The title track from N.W.A.’s 1988 classic album. Though they had released one prior EP, this was the song that gave the wider world its first sampling of Ice Cube, MC Ren, Eazy, Dre, and DJ Yella.

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You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge

[Verse 1: Ice Cube]

Straight outta Compton!

Crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube

From the gang called Niggas With Attitudes

When I'm called off, I got a sawed-off

Squeeze the trigger, and bodies are hauled off

You too, boy, if you fuck with me

The police are gonna have to come and get me

Off your ass, that's how I'm going out

For the punk motherfuckers that's showing out

Niggas start to mumble, they wanna rumble

Mix 'em and cook 'em in a pot, like gumbo

Going off on the motherfucker like that

With a gat that's pointed at your ass

So give it up smooth

Ain't no telling when I'm down for a jack move

Here's a murder rap to keep y'all dancin'

With a crime record like Charles Manson

AK-47 is the tool

Don't make me act a motherfucking fool

Me you can go toe to toe, no maybe

I'm knocking niggas out the box, daily

Yo, weekly, monthly and yearly

Until them dumb motherfuckers see clearly

That I'm down with the capital C-P-T

Boy, you can't fuck with me

So when I'm in your neighborhood, you better duck

‘Cause Ice Cube is crazy as fuck

As I leave, believe I'm stompin'

But when I come back boy, I'm coming straight outta Compton

(Compton Compton Compton)

(City of Compton, City of Compton)

[Interlude 1: Eazy-E & MC Ren]

Yo, Ren! (What's up?)

Tell 'em where you from!

[Verse 2: MC Ren]

Straight outta Compton, another crazy-ass nigga

More punks I smoke, yo, my rep gets bigger

I'm a bad motherfucker, and you know this

But the pussy-ass niggas won't show this

But I don't give a fuck, I'ma make my snaps

If not from the records, from jacking or craps

Just like burglary, the definition is jacking

And when I'm legally armed it's called packing

Shoot a motherfucker in a minute

I find a good piece of pussy and go up in it

So if you're at a show in the front row

I'ma call you a bitch or dirty-ass ho

You'll probably get mad like a bitch is supposed to

But that shows me, slut, you're not opposed to

A crazy motherfucker from the street

Attitude legit, ‘cause I'm tearing up shit

MC Ren controls the automatic

For any dumb motherfucker that starts static

Not the right hand, 'cause I'm the hand itself

Every time I pull an AK off the shelf

The security is maximum and that's a law

R-E-N spells Ren, but I'm raw

See, 'cause I'm the motherfucking villain

The definition is clear, you're the witness of a killin'

That's taking place without a clue

And once you're on the scope, your ass is through

Look, you might take it as a trip

But a nigga like Ren is on a gangsta tip

Straight outta Compton

(Compton Compton Compton)

(City of Compton, City of Compton)

[Interlude 2: Dr. Dre]

Eazy is his name, and the boy is coming

[Verse 3: Eazy-E]

Straight outta Compton

Is a brother that'll smother your mother

And make your sister think I love her

Dangerous motherfucker raising hell

And if I ever get caught, I make bail

See, I don't give a fuck, that's the problem

I see a motherfucking cop, I don't dodge him

But I'm smart, lay low, creep a while

And when I see a punk pass, I smile

To me it's kinda funny, the attitude showing a nigga driving

But don't know where the fuck he's going, just rolling

Looking for the one they call Eazy

But here's a flash, they'll never seize me

Ruthless, never seen, like a shadow in the dark

Except when I unload

You see a spark and jump over hesitation

And hear the scream of the one who got the lead penetration

Feel a little gust of wind and I'm jetting

But leave a memory no one'll be forgetting

So what about the bitch who got shot? Fuck her!

You think I give a damn about a bitch? I ain't a sucker

This is the autobiography of the E

And if you ever fuck with me

You'll get taken by a stupid dope brother who will smother

Word to the motherfucker, straight outta Compton

(Compton Compton Compton)

(City of Compton, City of Compton)

[Outro: Dr. Dre]

Damn, that shit was dope!