ray j - centerview lyrics

{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.