[Verse 1]
They say "flip to the ninth page", f** the ninth grade
Everyone just wanted to have a cool MySpace
f** this whole school, I'ma act a fool
My dad was mad, thought I was tryna be cool
But I was trying to be high just to get by
I was trying to be high, I was trying to fly
Without wings, there's a lot of things I remember
Before high school, man, I was real clever
If mom wasn't on it, she was sellin'
My dad was sellin' now he's a felon, true stories I'm tellin
My dad got raided, I said goodbye to Davis
In continuation, they was hatin'
Had a clique, they wasn't playin'
Fights broke out, and there was drama
Even at home, even with my mama
I stopped going cause of all the problems
Sure would be nice if my family was ballin'
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I'm from the other side of my city
Where they g**n just to maintain they brain
I'm from the other side of my city
On the block with a Glock they slang
I'm from the other side of my city
Where they g**n just to maintain they brain
I'm from the other side of my city
I'm on the block with a Glock I slang
[Verse 2]
See, I came from the other side of my city
Where the driveways ain't cement and the girls ain't pretty
Bunch of crackheads that smash heads if you got bread
You heard what I said? You heard what I said?
My dad was looking at life and that's another tale
My dad was looking at life and can't get no bail
After the federales, I was in the alleys
I was living in the pit of Cali, heart of the valley
Everyday a heart attack, they come wit' a Mack, park they lac', spray up a shack, steal a sack, and double back
Bullets got 'em on the run
These bullets got 'em on the run, sprayin' for fun
Merced is the same, they said Merced lame, so they g**n, throw up them things, let it bang, it's all the same
This my area code, and I gotta rep it
As a child, heart showed, and I was reppin'
Now I'm older feeling colder, getting bolder like a boulder, got a lot of f**in weight on my shoulders
A lot of f**ing sh** on my mind, just wish I could go back to the time
[Chorus]