{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.