[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' [Chorus] 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]