{Yeah, yeah}  
{Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah}  
 
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  
 
Cen...ter...view  
{I grew up in the little town called}  
Cen... {oh yea} ter...view {oh, yes I did}  
{I did a little bit of dirt in}  
Cen...ter...{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.  
 
Cen...ter {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 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}  
You see, 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 didn't go  
Who are locked up in the pen  
Woah...  
In Centerview, Yeah,  
Woah... woah...  
Well homey, this one's for you.  
 
Cen...{you, you}ter...view  
{You see, I was raised in a little town called}  
Cen... {oh yea, yea} ter... view  
{haha and uh- I did a little dirt in}  
Cen {oh}...ter...{ooh} view  
Cen...ter...view  
Cen...ter...view  
Cen...ter...view  
 
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.
					 
					 
					
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