[00:12.38]You might think that you know me
[00:15.10]You know where I'm coming from
[00:17.67]You might think everything's all good
[00:20.63]But at the end of the day you're all wrong
[00:22.93]All blue chuck taylors  blue Dodger hat
[00:25.29]85 Regal  my daughter in the back
[00:28.34]I'm just a gangsta to most of y'all
[00:29.78]
[00:30.31]On the real we're just hanging on the way to the mall
[00:33.39]Weekdays I'm an RN down at Kaiser
[00:35.95]Weekends at church I'm a youth adviser
[00:38.54]Just because I'm doing good I can't forget my roots
[00:40.88]I can never feel right in a tie and suit
[00:44.23]501s and a plain white tee
[00:46.74]I stay gettin' stopped by the LAPD
[00:49.58]That's just life growin' up in south central
[00:51.88]I been done move  but it's not that simple
[00:54.97]I gotta come back
[00:56.14]My grandmomma there
[00:57.42]Sometimes it's drama
[00:58.60]But I really don't care
[01:00.39]It's my neighborhood and I love it
[01:02.93]Showin' all the little homies you can rise above it
[01:06.01]You might think that you know me
[01:08.97]You know where I'm coming from
[01:11.50]You might think everything's all good
[01:14.21]But at the end of the day you're all wrong
[01:17.01]You might think that you know me
[01:19.59]You know where I'm coming from
[01:22.27]You might think everything's all good
[01:25.29]But at the end of the day you're all wrong
[01:27.53]All red chuck taylors  red Dodger hat
[01:29.73]Posted up at market with a bottle of yak
[01:32.75]I'm just a gangsta  that's what they say
[01:35.05]But on the real homeboy I just had a bad day
[01:37.85]Ten interviews  no call backs
[01:40.48]PO askin' me where my job at
[01:43.60]I'm an ex-con that's almost useless
[01:45.26]
[01:46.22]I'm a felon  don't mean that I'm stupid
[01:48.95]Got caught up  tried as an adult
[01:51.50]Lost five years of my life as a result
[01:53.85](real talk)
[01:54.55]In the feds I prayed and I read
[01:56.77]Anything to keep the system up out my head
[01:59.66]I read Zinn  Young  Bukowski
[02:02.28]You really don't know a damn thing about me
[02:05.08]I probably gotta higher IQ than you
[02:07.36]These jobs ain't hiring  what should I do
[02:10.26]
[02:10.89]You might think that you know me
[02:13.54]You know where I'm coming from
[02:16.28]You might think everything's all good
[02:19.16]But at the end of the day you're all wrong
[02:21.55]You might think that you know me
[02:24.34]You know where I'm coming from
[02:27.04]You might think everything's all good
[02:29.97]But at the end of the day you're all wrong
[02:32.30]All black dickies  black Cortez
[02:34.50]White wife beater  a fresh shaved head
[02:37.39]I'm just a gangsta  that's what you thinkin'
[02:39.85]You see me in the crew  posted up by Lincoln
[02:42.46]You see my tattoos
[02:43.75]You figure why bother
[02:44.62]
[02:45.29]Really I'm an artist and I got my own parlor
[02:47.93]Hard workin' father  wife and two daughters
[02:50.67]Strugglin'
[02:51.63]Trying to keep our heads above water
[02:53.63]I'm a tax payer  I'm bilingual
[02:56.31]I'm chicano  I'm not an illegal
[02:58.82](I was born here)
[02:59.76]Tryin' to live your American dream
[03:01.36]But you keep judging me about how I wear my jeans
[03:04.28]They're 42s  they starched and they creased
[03:06.35]
[03:07.07]I got a education  I got proper speech
[03:09.86]I'm from the streets  I'm not less of a man
[03:12.29]Just trying to get by and do the best that I can
[03:15.56]You might think that you know me
[03:18.15]You know where I'm coming from
[03:20.86]You might think everything's all good
[03:23.91]But at the end of the day you're all wrong
[03:25.67]
[03:26.34]You might think that you know me
[03:28.98]You know where I'm coming from
[03:31.62]You might think everything's all good
[03:34.68]But at the end of the day you're all wrong