but my mama never would let me play outside. but when i got enrolled in elementary school
started bangin' like a fuckin' fool. so cool
throwin' up gang signs to the gangster beat
shot an enemy from across the street
mama came home
said she got a good job. daddy did too. now they don't squab. financially
we improvin'. 2 months later
son
we movin'. no more duckin' from shotgun shells. bought a two-story house in east palmdale. palmdale
come back to me. i need you and i love you
baby. palmdale
come back to me. no more rats and no more roaches
livin' next door to football coaches. now i got a new place to sell me crack. now i got little white kids to jack. i stopped wearin' blue
wasn't trippin' on red. too busy squabbin' with the skinheads. stupid questions
distract the class. rubbin' little white girls on the ass. i didn't really care if i passed or failed
i knew i was headed for the nfl
until the playoff game
shoulder got hurt. i thought about my future
layin' in the dirt. i can't jump
i can't flinch. superstar player
ridin' the bench. graduate from school? don't make me laugh. i got an f+ in basic math. palmdale
come back to me. i gotta do one song for my neighborhood. bucccoooc!
palmdale
come back to me. i knew i couldn't make it in the white man's world
so i bought me some khakis and a geri curl. i knew i couldn't make it to the nfl
so i went to east palmdale and started slingin' yayo. for sure! i was makin' crazy dough. should've dropped outta school a long time ago. bought a cell phone
like a nut. now i deliver like pizza hut. i drunk whisky and bacardi. i sold dope to anybody. me and my homies sold dubs and dimes
took turns bustin' rhymes just to pass the time. a white man drove up to my spot. he said
hey
homeboy
what you got?
i put a fat rock inside his hand. about 25 sheriffs jumped out the van. palmdale
come back to me. i need you and i love you
baby. palmdale
come back to me. can't get drunk. can't get blunted. la county
95 hundred. crips wanna take my all-stars. bloods wanna eat my snicker bars. them peckerwoods don't want none
but the mexican's straight own one. them ese's
catorces
treces
always tryin' to test me
so i jumped off the bed
cause i ain't no punk. jammed his head up against the bunk. socked that cholo in his chin. black mother-fuckers scared to jump in. sheriff broke it up when we hit the floor. i kept talkin' shit cause i want some more. back in town
we get along with the brown. now i'm in jail
they tryin' to beat me down. jail is hell
but i'll adapt. won't hesitate to get in a scrap. 'cause i'm down for mine
and that's for certain
sittin' in the hole with my knuckles hurtin'. palmdale
come back to me. i need you and i love you
baby. palmdale
come back to me. now i got a fucked up life. two bad kids and a naggin' wife. dead end job at the airport. check too short to pay the house note. turn on the tv
then i see different homeboys that went to school with me
playin' in the nfl. we used to kick back in east palmdale. rodney williams. lorenz tate. zeno plays for colorado state. i wish my homeboys much success
but at the same time
i still get depressed. walkin' through the wind with a cup full of gin thinkin' 'bout things that could've
would've
should've been. i wipe my tears
sip my beers
wish good luck to my peers. palmdale
come back to me. i need you and i love you
baby. palmdale
come back to me. cause that's where my heartache began
heartache began. palmdale
come back to me. i need you and i love you
baby. palmdale
come back to me. cause that's where my heartache began