Compton

Now you see there, sonny boy, if you go down to alondra Uh, oh, oh, alondra, I gave my whole life to it, you see this, yeah This amazing city, it's called, you ready Well, I'll let you tell it, straight out of compton, smooth motherfucker named GQ I'm built from the ground up, my nigga what about you, I'm red flag swingin', two C bangin' Oh yeah, we go hard, go hard on the pavement, this the story of my life And it's bitter and sweet, I put my heart out to the sounds of the drums of the beat I had to get it Out the mud, stay ten toes down, this for all my real niggas never quit or back down Aye I'm from, back up in my city like I never left, I give the hub everything That's where i take my last breath Can't see myself without it, no, I won't never leave Alondra, Central, Wilmington, that's where I rest in peace, I'ma give them everything All that I got, we the boys in the hood, except Ricky didn't get shot We got Dre, we got Cube, we got Eazy We got Ren, Tupac, my role model, let the story begin Aye I'm from Compton welcome to the city of my throne, this is where I lay my head This is where I call home, aye I'm from Compton, ain't no other place like home And I can't run from it never leave me alone, boy I'm from Compton Welcome to the city of my throne, this is where I lay my head This is where I call home, aye I'm from Compton, ain't no other Place like home, and I can't run from it never leave me alone, I love it You know as a youth man, just growing up in the city, like, it's always cool to get in Trouble, running from the police, staying out late, you know how it is, right Thank God for the city cause it made me, no matter where I go, I'm a California baby Yeah them streets is crazy, oh I never run from em, used to have mattress on the floors Just to jump on em, and I know that times get hard, but tough people don't break Remember eating TV dinners, picturing it was stake, and we ain't never had a home We lived off section 8, them gunshots at night been the reason we stayed awake I fell in love with Low riders, hittin switches impalas, palm trees, Cali weed Straight off the Hennessy, bumping non fiction by Mausberg, rest in peace We turned nothing to something thank you God, would you believe that I ain't never sold drugs But I still carry weight, the weight of the world and the odds that made me great To really be legendary, Lord knows what it take, you got to see the dream and chase it like my nigga Dr. Dre Aye I'm from Compton welcome to the city of my throne, this is where I lay my head This is where I call home, aye I'm from Compton, ain't no other place like home And I can't run from it never leave me alone, boy I'm from Compton Welcome to the city of my throne, this is where I lay my head This is where I call home, aye I'm from Compton, ain't no other Place like home, and I can't run from it never leave me alone, I love it Yeah, it's dedicated to all y'all, let's take them home And you ain't a square if you work a nine to five, if you go to school Try to make it just to survive, the streets calling every day It's up to you to decide, is you gon' ball, you gon' fall When you're back against the wall, from city to city You know I'ma take the hub with me, high socks and dickies Chuck Taylor's on with the glizzy, gotta love history, I can never fold This is in me, leave the streets if I could, always up to no good My reli from Lynwood, rolling down Carlin Street I grew up on Campanella, right down on Lennon Street And as I leave, believe I'm stopping, but when I come back, boy I'm coming straight out of Compton