Centerview-Ray J

[ti:Centerview] [ar:Ray J] [al:Raydiation] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Centerview - Ray J (William Ray Norwood Jr.) [00:12.64]I was just a young boy [00:14.23]Raised out in Carson [00:15.12] [00:15.69]Ambla Elementary [00:16.46] [00:17.27]Principal Dr Larson [00:18.35] [00:19.04]Me and my godbrotha [00:20.59]Tyrin Davis walkin down the hallways [00:23.13] [00:23.83]He got all the ladies [00:25.44]I was just a nappy head livin on the 9 block [00:28.75]Brandy to bedcross [00:30.35]I was at the chronic spot [00:32.17]Did a lil rooster and my homey shantwain [00:33.99] [00:35.10]And the homey Big B put me on the game [00:37.83] [00:38.40]The big homey solo told me not to bang [00:41.60]He told me don't put my career to a shame [00:44.85]But I did anyway and I got in trouble but [00:48.09]I had the hookup on the hundred dolla double ups [00:50.86] [00:51.68]My ni**a E-dog he had the flow [00:54.26] [00:54.80]And when I snuck out my window [00:56.14] [00:56.73]I used to go smoke up his endo [00:58.42]Oh Centerview [01:00.14] [01:03.50]I grew up in the little town called [01:04.74] [01:05.55]Centerview oh yes I did [01:09.24] [01:10.05]I did a little bit of dirt in [01:12.04]Centerview oh yes I did [01:15.63] [01:17.37]My dad was always at Church working in his office [01:20.62]And my cousin Ryan got ascholarship to college [01:24.03]Everything start happening [01:25.46]All so quick fast [01:26.29] [01:27.02]I got on a TV show and started to make cash [01:29.70] [01:30.39]My sister's on the radio [01:31.94]Banging through the stereo [01:32.99] [01:33.60]I remember when we used to go skate at Skate Depot [01:36.77]Damn those were the days [01:38.33]Things just ain't the same [01:39.37] [01:40.17]And to my little homey D-O [01:41.87] [01:42.63]You gotta be careful in this game [01:44.46]Centerview [01:45.70] [01:47.89]Listen I was raised in a little town called [01:50.10] [01:51.07]Centerview you see [01:55.21]I did a little dirt in [01:56.61] [01:57.20]Centerview [01:57.38] [02:01.38]In Centerview [02:01.66] [02:03.74]Guess who I do it back [02:04.81] [02:05.50]So all I do is that [02:06.55] [02:07.15]So how I'm giving back [02:08.38]Put my city on the map [02:10.15]That's why I do it back [02:11.77]First time I held this track [02:13.48]So how I'm giving back [02:15.01]Put my city on the map [02:16.45]In Centerview [02:17.43] [02:21.20]Oh I used to take the circuit bus [02:23.09] [02:23.92]To the Carson mall [02:24.79] [02:25.32]To go buy cans of spray paint [02:26.68]To hit up on the walls [02:27.91] [02:28.63]I was young and dumb [02:29.69] [02:30.34]I was livin crazy [02:31.30] [02:31.83]But thank God for my family [02:33.35]Cuz man they really saved me yeah [02:35.53] [02:36.50]Oh-oh oh-oh [02:38.23] [02:38.78]To everybody in my city that remembers good times [02:42.29]Oh-oh I took a ride back to Carson [02:46.93]Just to hug a few friends Oh-oh [02:48.52] [02:51.04]You see I know I can get you chillin [02:53.15]On the block around ten [02:54.72] [02:57.31]Oh-oh And all the soldiers that didn't go [02:59.82] [03:00.35]Who are locked up in the pen [03:01.98]Woah In Centerview Yeah [03:04.09] [03:05.91]Well homey this one's for you [03:08.25] [03:08.82]Centerview [03:09.95] [03:12.16]You see I was raised in a little town called [03:14.62] [03:15.28]Centerview [03:15.44] [03:20.04]I did a little dirt in [03:21.66]Centerview [03:22.23] [03:28.92]Centerview [03:29.29] [03:34.47]Centerview [03:34.80] [03:40.96]Centerview