I was raised in the hood
(East side Long Beach, to be exact)
I was raised in the hood
(Where the grass is greener and the Crips are much meaner)
We got your back

I was raised in the hood
(I`ll never turn my back on the hood, yeah)
I was raised in the hood
(You can take me out the hood)
(But you can`t take the hood up outta me, you, dig?)
We got your back

Raised by the gangstas, the generals, the thieves
The twins, yeah, I`m stealin` ni**as, please
What you know `bout that, I do it every time
Told `em 1800 had `em mixin` it with lime

Oh wee, my life is like a movie
I was thuggin` in the beach when I lit my first doobie
In the same city where I got my first piece of coochie
Where I sold my first dime and I held my first Uzi

Bitch, choose me `cause I`m goin` to the top
Rap or the rock
Them hoes think I`m on, bitch, whenever will it stop?
I was poppin` like it`s on, slammin` Chevy`s up the block

East up, what it do though, now I ride 2 door
The Porsche lookin` mean, I threw up the two O
Hella far from broke, the 40 won`t choke
Plus a ni**as still elope only `cause I was

I was raised in the hood
I was raised in the hood
(We got your back)
I was raised in the hood
I was raised in the hood
(We got your back)

Raised by the monsters, the criminals, the G`s
It was plain he had the ni**as on the east
What you know `bout that, Snoopy in his prime, I`m a boss
I catch a ni**a slippin` like moss

Ride with the realest, I`ve been on it since a young
And it`s 200 bitches in the function
Lookin` cool, you know it, bitchy, I`m rollin`
And I ain`t worried `bout them ni**as, we patrollin`

The hood and the city, rollin` on that dilly
2 Millys, 2 Bugattis, call `em Rozay and Diddy
Heart of the set, homie, I`m a vet
Lil ni**a, keep ya clothes, ask around, I`m a rep

East up, what it do though, hoes spillin` Nuvo
Doggy on his tip, I threw up the two O
Hella far from broke, the 40 won`t choke
Plus a ni**as still elope only `cause I was

I was raised in the hood
I was raised in the hood
We got your back
I was raised in the hood
I was raised in the hood
We got your back

Raised by them hustlas them dealers on the block
It was plenty of them ni**as on the spot
What you know `bout that, turned up fully
The hood raised me, gang bangin` made me a bully, ya dig?

Burnt out
And any party we at, you know it`s turned out
The people talkin` the rumors, now what you heard about?
How I spend 100 thou` gettin` purped out?

[Incomprehensible], I`m strapped up
I keep a pistol for these suckers tryna act up
They know I`m famous like I won`t get in the streets `cuz
Like I don`t come from the dub, yeah, I`m a beast, bru

What it do though, dickies for the dulo
Homie, you know skinny ni**as sumo
Hella far from broke, the 40 won`t choke
Plus a ni**as still elope, only `cause I was

I was raised in the hood
I was raised in the hood
We got your back
I was raised in the hood
I was raised in the hood
We got your back

I was raised in the hood
(Baby-doll)
I was raised in the hood
(Baby-doll, good lookin` girl)
We got your back

I was raised in the hood
(Yeah, everybody in neighborhood)
I was raised in the hood
(But your [Incomprehensible])
We got your back