(Hook: Carlitta Durand)
Step back and view the picture (the picture)
And see the colors that paint my life (my life)
It takes a minute to hit 'ya (to hit you)
See the shades of the Oakland lights (the Oakland lights)
I wouldn't change it for a thing (I wouldn't change)
No matter what this life may bring (what it bring?)
So tell me what you see (what you see?)
This is me (this is me)
This is me
(Verse 1: GQ)
Live from the town, broadcasting
It's no cuts from the camera all action
Reality show but oh, no acting
All words are heard, it's no caption
Get the whole feel no fraction
Home sweet home, I'm lovin' it with a pa**ion
Now the folk askin' how I did it, how I made it
Out a city like mine, but really I can't explain it
I just tell 'em that I painted a picture that never faded
Now I'm, reminiscing on my past, can't take it
Cause there's a lot from them blocks didn't make it
And it's a few that I knew couldn't break it
And even though they tried, they couldn't shake it
The drama to bright can't shade it
So sungla**es and a prayer what I stay with
Homicide after homicide, same sh**
And even if i could, i wouldn't change sh**
(Hook)
(Verse 2: GQ)
It hurt like a needle, pain stick
Had my first nightmare at six and been awake since
But this kept me cautious of the fake
Yeah the wins feel good but the losses made me great, I'm straight
Only one man but I'm eight plus two
I'm an ace, I'm stickin' (?)
Rock solid, don't break
Dough risin', I'm cake
Like a bank, I'm worth it, I'm perfect, I'm great
I'm slidin' in touchin' home base
I'm certain I'm safe
And thanks for this landscape space
Thanks to the man upstairs showin' me grace
Thanks to my Mama, to my Sis, to my Daddy
To my Uncles, to my Aunts, to my Cousins, to my Granny
I thank my whole family, you know I know better
Thanks for the love you can't support me no better, and...
(Hook)
(Bridge: GQ (x2))
My city, my heart, my blood
My pain, my joy, my love
My hopes, my wishes, my dreams
My block, my street, my city's my everything (this is me)
(Outro: Carlitta Durand)
This is me (x3)