Ray J: Centerview

{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, 'Brandy 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 homie 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, 'cause 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 homie, 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.