In the Good

"Growing up in the.." "Hood" [2mex] Los Angeles, mid-city in fact I used to run around the swap meet with my liquor store hat Before I ever even rapped I would be at the bartery with my Raiders Starter jacket trying to get some embroidery All my homies older than me Always looking over my shoulder makin’ sure that I know what I needed to know to be, another veterano OG I just studied at the Good Life to be a better MC Knock on wood that I never went to prison Did a couple days in county, quickly in and out the system To me, LA will always be that chilling villain-ism These gangs will get their souls washed at the catechism [LMNO] Tube socks and Cortez or flip-flops Where you hear the surfinest dude screaming “bee-yatch!!” Jheri curl mullets, skaters and gangsters who ain’t afraid to pull it With so much marijuana in the LBC it’s kinda hard not hooking up a bag of tree, kids sagging at three Wrappin a sheet around a dead body in the street Went to Toejam’s, bussed in, listening to beats Most the rap I listened to came from the East Except for ATL, CPO and King Tee Saw a bunch of In-n-Outs with DJ Speed, MixMaster Spade, DJ Train and Eazy-E The telescope’s out, anyone can be reached Word to RBX, there’s no stars in Long Beach [Chorus: Ariano] You made me who I am Taught me how to be a man I’mma make you understand My life… [sample] Growing up in the.. [Key Kool] South Bay of LA, North Torrance, be kind Roadium swap meet, going record shopping Buy mix-tapes from Dr. Dre Saw the beginnings of N.W.A B-Real stayed on the next block B.O.O.Y.A.A. Tribe was a blue city crew when the pop locked Hung at the mall, but not to shop Used to B-Boy and get down at Del Amo You know the one in Jackie Brown, what’s up Tarantino? Gardena was the only city with casinos Raised on all types of cultures, so we know The best thing in LA is the people, is the people [Chorus] [sample] Growing up in the.. [Dannu] East side of SD, southernmost Cali Spring Valley, graffiti walls and dirty alleys Next door to Mexico, traffickin’ heavy flow AKA Dago, crystal meth capital Samoans popping in the seventies To drop trucks and lowriders, f*** the Bentleys Mentally sick one nine , peace to Southside & Skyline Mission Bay to O-side culture class collide Lost horse, Pop Warner kept us off the scene Bangers and slangers learned the meaning of a team Dirty ass cops leaving dead off the blocks So we street sweeping, keep cleaning up hip hop [sample] Growing up in the.. [Zen] Projects, two apartments When Darryl Dawkins darkness falls on the block When heat walking the street There’s more to the peeps than guarding the wheat Break bread nigga, we all got to eat Ghetto prophets speak in codes to those that know Each one, teach one, promoted some souls Out of Turkish ropes, Tachini suits Gold nugget rings and finger waves to boot Gold spokes on the pearl white elko And an indigo ? no call(car?) for knowing who’s behind the tinted windows Chose a few out of the many holding truth Old and new school goodlums strolled into view [Chorus]