Lyrics:

Yeah (6x)

I was just a young boy,
Raised out in Carson,
Ambla 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,
'Ready went to Bedcross,
I was at the chronic spot.

Did a lil' rooster
And my homey shantwain
And the homey Big B
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

Centerview
I grew up in the little town called
Cen - oh yea - terview - oh, yes I did
I did a little bit of dirt in
Center - oh, yes I did - view
Aww yes I did

My dad was always at Church
Working in his office,
And my cousin Ryan got a scholarship to college.

Everything start happening
All so quick- fast
I got on a Tv show
And started to make 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 D-O,
You gotta be careful in this game.

Center - oh yes you do - view
Listen, I was raised in a little town called
Cen - oh - ter - yea - view - you see
I did a little dirt in
Cen - in - ter - in, in - view
In Centerview, ay ay ay

Guess who I do it back
So all I do is that
So how I'm giving back,
Put my city on the map

That's why I do it back
First time I held this track
So how I'm giving back,
Put my city on the map

In Centerview

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 (4x)

To everybody in my city
That remembers good times, oh oh,
Oh-oh (4x)

I took a ride back to Carson
Just to hug a few friends, oh oh,
Oh-oh (4x)

You see, I know I can get you chillin'
On the block around ten, Oh oh,
Oh-oh (4x)

Ay, And all the soldiers that didn't go
Who are locked up in the pen
Woah
In Centerview, Yeah,
Woah (2x)

Well homey, this one's for you.

Cen - you, you - terview
You see, I was raised in a little town called
Cen - oh yea, yea - terview
Haha and uh - I did a little dirt in
Cen - oh - ter - ooh - view
Centerview (3x)

Guess who I do it back
So all I do is that
So how I'm giving back,
Put my city on the map

That's why I do it back
First time I held this track
So how I'm giving back,
Put my city on the map

East side up,
West Coast,
I'm out.