California Love: A Tribute To the Golden Bears' 2009 Football Season

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I realize that this is not a traditional article, but I decided that the kickoff to Cal's season is too important and amazing to describe in prose.

So without further ado, I present my rap stylings (to the beat of 2Pac's "California Love", featuring Dr. Dre).

Please comment and me know if I have a future as a rapper.

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California...football is startin’

California...football is startin’

In the citaaay by the bay

In the citaaay, of boycotts

In the citaaay, the city of Berkeley

We keep it rockin! Sproul Plaza’s rockin'!

Now let me welcome everybody from your eight month’s rest

To a city, up and running just like Jahvid Best

Soon the fifth of September is about to commence

Time to Blue Out Memorial, so dress to impress

In the stadium is where all of the Bear fans best be

A place where the student section won’t be empty

The Bears be on a mission on that green

Field, for real—Pasadena’s the dream for our team

Ain’t gone to the place in 50 years and a blue moon

Back then when Elvis was singing his tunes

Now the year’s ’09, and we’re ranked and hyped up

A Heisman hopeful, sayin’ to the Pac-10 ‘we gotcha’

And we could win, but ‘SC we gotta play

This year would be bomb if we could finally make ‘em pay:

Drop me a comment if you feel the same way,

Ed rappin’ it up for Californi-a

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U of M, at 7 PM, California’s dreamin’

Soon as they step on the field, the Berkeley fans are screaming

Syd’Quan and Jahvid we got them all

These star-studded west-side players with Cali’s pride, and it’s football

We be in Berkeley, were the blue and gold lurks here on every night

Here our mascot is a Bear—no red trees (that’s right!)

Sing ‘Fight’ and ‘Big C’ all the time is what we do

To Tightwad, take precaution when you climb, I’m telling you

Watch out for our program, nation wide

Have them recognize from Westwood to Pullman

Best and Vereen, I tell ya ‘hot damn!’, in ‘09

You know the Blue and Gold won’t bow down to Trojans

I cannot wait

To be in the stands Saturday

The March to Victory is not far away

Up Telegraph and back down,

The Golden Bears on the attack now

‘Cause California football’s back now

Give ‘em love!

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