Centerview

[00:07.11] {Yeah, yeah}
[00:08.96] {Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah}
[00:12.58] I was just a young boy,
[00:13.46] Raised out in Carson,
[00:15.29] Ambla Elementary,
[00:17.07] Principal Dr. Larson,
[00:17.96] Me and my godbrotha,
[00:19.88] Tyrin Davis,
[00:21.64] Walkin down the hallways,
[00:23.42] He got all the ladies.
[00:25.22] I was just a nappy head
[00:26.18] Livin on the 9 block,
[00:27.97] 'Brandy went to Bedcross,
[00:29.74] I was at the chronic spot.
[00:31.56] Did a lil' rooster
[00:32.45] And my homey shantwain-
[00:33.34] And the homey Big B
[00:36.01] Put me on the game.
[00:37.86] The big homey solo
[00:39.61] Told me not to bang.
[00:41.47] He told me don't put
[00:42.33] My career to a shame.
[00:44.18] But I did, anyway,
[00:45.91] And I got in trouble but
[00:47.74] I had the hookup on the hundred dolla double ups,
[00:51.32] My nigga E-dog... he had the flow,
[00:54.01] And when I snuck out my window,
[00:55.86] I used to go smoke up his endo.
[00:57.66] Oh
[00:58.55] Cen... ter... view
[01:03.01] {I grew up in the little town called}
[01:04.97] Cen... {oh yea} ter... view {oh, yes I did}
[01:08.52] {I did a little bit of dirt in}
[01:11.30] Cen... ter...{oh, yes I did} view
[01:15.73] {Aww yes I did}
[01:16.62] My dad was always at Church
[01:18.47] Working in his office,
[01:20.30] And my cousin Ryan got a
[01:22.00] Scholarship to college.
[01:22.91] Everything start happening
[01:24.72] All so quick- fast
[01:26.52] I got on a TV show
[01:28.30] And started to make cash,
[01:30.19] My sister's on the radio
[01:31.06] Banging through the stereo,
[01:32.86] I remember when we used to go
[01:34.64] Skate at Skate Depot,
[01:36.41] Damn those were the days,
[01:37.37] Things just ain't the same,
[01:39.11] And to my little homie D-O,
[01:41.82] You gotta be careful in this game.
[01:44.54] Cen... ter {oh yes you do}...view
[01:47.24] {Listen, I was raised in a little town called}
[01:49.91] Cen... {oh} ter... {yea} view {you see}
[01:54.55] {I did a little dirt in}
[01:56.38] Cen {in} ...ter...{in, in} view
[02:00.83] {In Centerview, ay ay ay...}
[02:04.46] Guess who I do it back
[02:05.35] So all I do is that
[02:06.29] So how I'm giving back,
[02:08.02] Put my city on the map
[02:09.86] That's why I do it back
[02:10.77] First time I held this track
[02:12.55] So how I'm giving back,
[02:14.36] Put my city on the map
[02:16.10] In Cen... ter... view
[02:20.68] Oh, I used to take the circuit bus
[02:23.33] To the Carson mall,
[02:25.10] To go buy cans of spray paint to
[02:26.98] Hit up on the walls,
[02:27.85] I was young and dumb,
[02:29.62] I was livin' crazy,
[02:31.40] But thank God for my family, 'cause
[02:33.25] Man they really saved me, yeah,
[02:35.11] {Oh-oh, oh-oh
[02:36.97] Oh-oh, oh-oh}
[02:38.62] To everybody in my city
[02:39.66] That remembers good times, oh oh,
[02:42.38] {Oh-oh, oh-oh
[02:44.19] Oh-oh, oh-oh}
[02:45.07] I took a ride back to Carson
[02:46.80] Just to hug a few friends, oh oh,
[02:49.53] {Oh-oh, oh-oh
[02:50.41] Oh-oh, oh-oh}
[02:51.31] You see, I know I can get you chillin
[02:53.18] On the block around ten, Oh oh,
[02:55.80] {Oh-oh, oh-oh
[02:56.75] Oh-oh, oh-oh}
[02:57.65] Ay, And all the soldiers that didn't go
[02:59.45] Who are locked up in the pen
[03:01.25] Woah...
[03:02.18] In Centerview, Yeah,
[03:04.82] Woah... woah...
[03:05.72] Well homie, this one's for you.
[03:07.53] Cen...{you, you}ter... view
[03:12.08] {You see, I was raised in a little town called}
[03:13.83] Cen... {oh yea, yea} ter... view
[03:18.30] {Haha and uh- I did a little dirt in}
[03:21.02] Cen {oh}...ter...{ooh} view
[03:25.53] Cen... ter... view
[03:33.78] Cen... ter... view
[03:40.07] Cen... ter... view
[03:53.55] Guess who I do it back
[03:55.39] So all I do is that
[03:56.23] So how I'm giving back,
[03:57.17] Put my city on the map
[03:58.06] That's why I do it back
[03:58.95] First time I held this track
[03:59.83] So how I'm giving back,
[04:00.75] Put my city on the map
[04:01.64] East side up,
[04:02.50] West Coast,
[04:03.46] I'm out.
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