I was just a young boy,
Raised out in Carson,
Ambler Elementary,
Principal Dr. Larson,
Me and my godbrotha,
Tyrin Davis,
walkin down the hallways,
He got all the ladies.
I was just a nappy head
livin on the 9 block,
Brandy went to Bankcroft,
I was at the chronic spot.
Then lil' rooster
and my homey shantwain-
and the homey BB
put me on the game.
The big homey solo
told me not to bang.
He told me don't put
my career to a shame.
But I did, anyway,
and I got in trouble but
I had the hookup on the hundred dolla double ups,
My nigga E-dog: he had the flow,
And when I snuck out my window,
I used to go smoke up his endo.
Oh
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{I grew up in the little town called}
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My dad was always at Church
working in his office,
and my cousin Ryan got a
scholarship to college.
Everything started happening
All so quick- fast
I got on a TV show
and started to makin cash,
My sister's on the radio
Banging through the stereo,
I remember when we used to go
skate at Skate Depot,
Damn those were the days,
Things just ain't the same,
And to my little homey Theo,
You gotta be careful in this game.
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{Listen, I was raised in a little town called}
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{in Centerview, ay ay ay...}
That's where I grew up at
So all I do is that
So now I'm giving back,
Put my city on the map
That's where I grew up at
First time I held a strap
So now I'm giving back,
Put my city on the map
In Cen...ter...view
Oh, I used to take the circuit bus
To the Carson mall,
To go buy cans of spray paint to
hit up on the walls,
I was young and dumb,
I was livin' crazy,
But thank God for my family, cuz
man they really saved me, yeah,
{Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh}
To everybody in my city
that remembers good times, oh oh,
{Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh}
I took a ride back to Carson
Just to hug a few friends, oh oh,
{Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh}
EZ, I know I can get you chillin
On the block around ten, Oh oh,
{Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh}
Ay, And all the soldiers that's dead and gone
Or locked up in the pen
Woah...
In Centerview, Yeah,
Woah... woah...
Well homey, this one's for you.
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That's where I grew up at
So all I do is that
So now I'm giving back,
Put my city on the map
That's where I grew up
First time I held a strap
So now I'm giving back,
Put my city on the map