{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.