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