YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM THE BAY WHEN...

Gas prices are a dollar more than anywhere else in the country.

"We got purple.. we got graaaaapes!" We have the best damn weed in the country. Everyone knows it and anyone who doesn't live here is jealous.

Thizzles are your term for E pills

Broadway is not the plays and theater....but the bars and stripclubs.

Stupid, Dumb, n Hyphy are your descriptive words for a party/club that you went to.

Ghost ridin' your car and rollin' with your doors open is the cool shit to do.

Underage drinkin' starts at the age of 12

You've laughed at the Bushman at Fisherman's Wharf

You've paid money to the robot man dressed in all silver

You've seen Alcatraz from a distance...but never go

You know someone who runs in the Bay to Breakers every year...usually naked.

You can't smoke in restaurants, clubs, bars, or 25 feet near a door of a business.

While going over the bridge you think to yourself, What if another earthquake happened right now?

You went to Club X/City Nights when you were 16 or 17.

When you hear "I got 5 on it", you yell Oakland! (WHERE YOU FROM??? OAKLAND. SMOKIN')

When you from Richmond you holla out, Yee!Yee!

You know exactly who: Mac Dre, Keak Da Sneak, Richie Rich, Spice 1, Turf Talk, The Team, Federation, Mistah FAB, E-40 are...

You've called into Wild 94.9 sayin "St. John you so fierce!"

You actually know a bum or crackhead by face or name.

Youve been to an A's Wednesday $1 night

You've tailgated at the coliseum

Ridin' the yellow bus...is not actually ridin' the yellow bus.

You've seen or been to the Chinese New Year Parade.

You know someone who is a DJ, or tryin' to become a rap artist.

There are many white kids in the high-class suburban areas thinkin' they are from Oakland.

You get charged an arm and a leg to go across a damn bridge

You own a pair of stunnas

You know the words to Cailfornia Love

You've been to a concert/rave at the Shoreline

You or a friend have Gas, Break, Dipped in front of a club

You've gigged on the dance floor

You've been to the Cow Palace for some event

You know exactly where Pier 39 is.

You got a piercing or tattoo on Telegraph

You are still confused why Cal State Hayward changed to Cal State East Bay and

finally "Goin' Dumb" is a dance...not an insult to your intelligence. "

...IT'S OFFICIAL LIKE A REFEREE'S WHISTLE...I'M SO BAY WIT IT!!"