Song 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.

Derrelle Owens, Noel C Fisher, Willie Norwood

The duration of Centerview is 4:33 minutes and seconds.