Walkin´ on the pavement, I chipped my pride and my teeth on The girl I grew up with lives a couple houses down
The 8 Bus run the same, dogs howl when the train Comes like my ex girl and next girl Used to rock the S curl, wanted me a Nextel But my mama copped a Razr, that´s why I couldn´t blame her Flippin´ through my past like I used to flip the phone They kickin´ out the blacks and all the houses getting clones Friends used to do pills and only eat at Du´s Grill The food was pretty good but the times was better (Hmm) These are the only days I missed, like the first shawty I kissed I used to have dreams, now I dream
I look around and I see nothing in my neighborhood Not satisfied, don´t think I´ll ever wanna stay for good Packed up my bags, told Mom and Dad I´ve gotta go, go And once I do, they´ll finally see the inner me
Everybody wanna be a star, everybody want a nice car Everybody wanna live great, have a good damn time Never trip with the law The popo up in PO dirtier than BO Bullies from the past act like I´m they fuckin´ hero, uh Livin´ in LA for the weather, I FaceTime mom when I miss her
I got some homies that´ll never leave my hometown When I pull up to the corner, it smell like Miley Cyrus I told ´em I don´t smoke, they say "Boy, you fuckin´ wildin´" Innocent and young, reckless and we dumb Our heart is like our earth and memories the sun
I look around and I see nothing in my neighborhood Not satisfied, don´t think I´ll ever wanna stay for good Packed up my bags, told Mom and Dad I´ve gotta go, go And once I do, they´ll finally see the inner me
Mentality the same from my folks Momma wanna see me happy, she don´t wanna see me broke I sip red wine, sauvignon, Rastafar, Babylon My youth will never die if I live it like a prize (Hey!) Who knows who I am, who knows who I are Most people pretty sketch like a night at Echo Park That´s why I just keep it cool but my time is in a leisure Everytime I´m home I catch emotion like a seizure
(I cut the first night, we fuck around, I put my finger in her bootyhole ´cause you know you gotta test the water with hoes. A-a-and then...)
I slip and slide through the times in my youth What´s age? Too young to worry, too old to dream What´s age? Imagination to me, tragedy to some What´s age? I guess we´ll find out when we´re older. Touché
I look around and I see nothing in my neighborhood Not satisfied, don´t think I´ll ever wanna stay for good Packed up my bags, told Mom and Dad I´ve gotta go, go And once I do, they´ll finally see the inner me