In the Good Visionaries (Ft. Ariano)

"Growing up in the.."
"Hood"

[2mex]
Los Angeles, mid-city in fact
I used to run around the swap meet with my liquor store hat
Before I ever even rapped I would be there just loitering with my Raiders Starter jacket trying to get some embroidery
All my homies older than me
Always looking over my shoulder makin’ sure that I know what I needed to know to be, I'm not a veterano OG
I just studied at the Good Life to be a better MC
Knock on wood that I never went to prison
Did a couple days in county, quickly in and out the system
To me, LA will always be that chillin' villain-ism
These new gangsters get their feet washed at the catechism

[LMNO]
Tube socks and Cortez or flip-flops
Where you hear the surfinest dude screaming “bee-yatch!!”
Jheri curl mullets, skaters and gangsters who ain’t afraid to pull it
With so much marijuana in the LBC it’s kinda hard not hooking up a bag of tree, kids sagging at three
Wrappin a sheet around a dead body in the street
Went to Toejam’s, bustin' listening to beats
Most the rap I listened to came from the East
Except for ATL, CPO and King Tee
Saw a bunch of In-n-Outs with DJ Speed, MixMaster Spade, DJ Train and Eazy-E (RIP)
The telescope’s out, anyone can be reached
Word to RBX, there’s no stars in Long Beach