Dr. Dre - Intro (Compton) lyrics

Compton was the American dream
Sunny California with
A palm tree in the front yard, the
Camper, the boat temptingly close to the Los
Angeles ghetto in the 50's and 60's, it
Became "The Black American Dream"
Open housing paved the
Way as middle-class blacks flooded into the
City whites don't buy houses
In Compton anymore
Now with 74% of the population
Black power is the fact of life from banks
To bowling alleys but the dream that
Many blacks thought they were buying
Has turned sour though the
Mayor and four out of five
City councilmen are black
They have been unable to solve
The problems of crime
And growing welfare which is
Slowing turning suburban
Compton into an extension of the
Black inner city crime
Is now as high as the ghetto 47 homicides
Last year gave Compton one of
The highest per capita
Rates in the country juvenile
Gang activity, muggings
Small robberies make some blacks
Want to leave