El Sereno (feat. F. Lee Bryant & Avion the Artist) [Remix] [Saxophone Version]

Six two six It's been a minute I was going through my catalog And I realized that I really haven't Taken the time to talk about The place that made me Yeah yeah yeah Take you back to growing up in Pasadena California Still could smell that KFC cuz that was right around the corner From Mrs. Henry I tell her please forgive me I was fucking up the bus and cutting up with Bubba, Kini And Alikunta Griggs, and being stupid kids We would kick it on Ventura where the homie Hughlan lived Knew that we would do it big fresh up out the foster home When the city take you in you know you really got a home I remember extra chrome, on them lowrider bikes Slap boxing with Jermaine that low key taught me how to fight But everything was not alright, wish I had my momma closa Remember stressing throwing up from fuckin stomach olsars City of the roses I come from a thorn bush Say I'm hot headed but I'm barely gettin warmed up That's where I got my steelo, that's where I met my people Sometimes I might get emo when I think of El Sereno my home Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno My nigga Marcus just got back I'm tight as hell with his brother I'm making songs with his cousin He send me beats like it's nothin Rest in peace to Chicago I need my wine when I'm buzzin Might catch me on Colorado I hit it up when I'm clubin Me and Korie used to kick til tomorrow I was broke but Randy always had couple bucks to borrow Basketball on Navarro before Ryan went UCLA Used to talk about the day he'd make it to the NBA Backyard dances damn right we kept it old school Bar-b-q with the soul food at Nicole's pool Mister, Jayson, Andrew, Ran2 and you can't forget Miguel Shout out to Deontay man I hope your family doing well Since we went to Blair they never thought we make it real far Remember making beats in that apartment down on Del Mar That's where I got my steelo, that's where I got my people But sometimes I get emo when I think of El Sereno my home Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Playing football in the middle of the street Niggas caught fade in the middle of the street Drive bys done in the middle of the street Cops pulled up to the middle of the street Yea yeah sometimes it could get a little deep We would run the streets til we feel it in the feet Now a nigga grown up little nigga I'm a beast Better ask about me I been a killer with the beats And I rose up out of that concrete, In the City of Roses I reminisce of my childhood, it wasn't always the dopest But when I start to feel hopeless Or when I start to feel homeless I need to know where my home is And that's the reason I wrote this Ok Washington, Alta Drive, Woodbury to Fair Oaks Lincoln, Glenarm, Lake and don't forget Orange grove Blair high John muir Pcc Phs Marshall, Elliot and Wilson not to mention all the rest Washington, Alta Drive, Woodbury to Fair Oaks Lincoln, Glenarm, Lake and don't forget Orange grove And I can't forget Marengo, by where I met my people Sometimes I might get Emo when I think of El Sereno My home Always be a home to me It's where I built my destiny And I know where I'm going yeah yeah yeah But I won't forget where I came from Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno Home is El Sereno It's all in my DNA, It's all in my DNA And ummm, I really really remember when I was like Eleven Seeing uh, Black History Parade go up and down the streets on Fair oaks So um this is the hard part, I gotta acknowledge the people That's no longer with us from the city Rest in Peace City of Roses Dena Love