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You might think that you know me |
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You know where I'm coming from |
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You might think everything's all good |
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But at the end of the day you're all wrong |
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All blue chuck taylors blue Dodger hat |
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85 Regal my daughter in the back |
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I'm just a gangsta to most of y'all |
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On the real we're just hanging on the way to the mall |
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Weekdays I'm an RN down at Kaiser |
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Weekends at church I'm a youth adviser |
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Just because I'm doing good I can't forget my roots |
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I can never feel right in a tie and suit |
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501s and a plain white tee |
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I stay gettin' stopped by the LAPD |
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That's just life growin' up in south central |
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I been done move but it's not that simple |
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I gotta come back |
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My grandmomma there |
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Sometimes it's drama |
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But I really don't care |
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It's my neighborhood and I love it |
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Showin' all the little homies you can rise above it |
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You might think that you know me |
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You know where I'm coming from |
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You might think everything's all good |
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But at the end of the day you're all wrong |
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You might think that you know me |
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You know where I'm coming from |
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You might think everything's all good |
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But at the end of the day you're all wrong |
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All red chuck taylors red Dodger hat |
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Posted up at market with a bottle of yak |
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I'm just a gangsta that's what they say |
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But on the real homeboy I just had a bad day |
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Ten interviews no call backs |
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PO askin' me where my job at |
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I'm an ex-con that's almost useless |
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I'm a felon don't mean that I'm stupid |
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Got caught up tried as an adult |
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Lost five years of my life as a result |
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(real talk) |
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In the feds I prayed and I read |
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Anything to keep the system up out my head |
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I read Zinn Young Bukowski |
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You really don't know a damn thing about me |
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I probably gotta higher IQ than you |
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These jobs ain't hiring what should I do |
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You might think that you know me |
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You know where I'm coming from |
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You might think everything's all good |
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But at the end of the day you're all wrong |
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You might think that you know me |
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You know where I'm coming from |
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You might think everything's all good |
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But at the end of the day you're all wrong |
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All black dickies black Cortez |
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White wife beater a fresh shaved head |
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I'm just a gangsta that's what you thinkin' |
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You see me in the crew posted up by Lincoln |
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You see my tattoos |
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You figure why bother |
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Really I'm an artist and I got my own parlor |
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Hard workin' father wife and two daughters |
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Strugglin' |
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Trying to keep our heads above water |
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I'm a tax payer I'm bilingual |
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I'm chicano I'm not an illegal |
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(I was born here) |
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Tryin' to live your American dream |
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But you keep judging me about how I wear my jeans |
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They're 42s they starched and they creased |
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I got a education I got proper speech |
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I'm from the streets I'm not less of a man |
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Just trying to get by and do the best that I can |
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You might think that you know me |
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You know where I'm coming from |
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You might think everything's all good |
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But at the end of the day you're all wrong |
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You might think that you know me |
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You know where I'm coming from |
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You might think everything's all good |
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But at the end of the day you're all wrong |