We was scared of gang bangers, walked to school in groupsĪrgued who was the best MC, Ice Cube or Snoop We just poke our chests out, and say we miss ya niggas Worst that that my man took 5 shots and ain't lose his soulĪnd no matter how hard I tried, I could never see prisonĪnd to all my dead homies, we don't pour rout liquor Spent the night at boo's house, we was sharin' his clothes

Ran til my And 1's had holes in the soles Let me take you back ooh (I'm reminiscin' bout my ghetto dayz)Truth is I ran way when I was 5 years old Reminiscin' bout my first piece of cockLet me take you back ooh (I'm reminiscin' bout my ghetto dayz) That's all you can beI used to love feedin' polices and cheap coastĪnd all the hoodrats used to hold us down on the block On Sunday's watchin' all the big homies spin West Side til I dieI got a lot of rider in meĬrinshaws crackin, durin' the day got schwinns Got a problem wit me holla at me I'll be back in 6 monthsĪnd I remember all the young soldiers in the hood Let me take you back ooh (I'm reminiscin' bout my ghetto dayz)I ain't changed nigga, I'm just busy Let me take you back ooh (I'm reminiscin' bout my ghetto dayz) Let em knowLet me take you back ooh (I'm reminiscin' bout my ghetto dayz) You could catch me in the middle of the streets We stayed fallin' of them ice cream trucks,Īll my niggas nickel baging it and hustling bucks, Ty tell em about that Watts experienceIn Watts, a nigga couldn't wait for the summer timeīack yard barbecue yea that'll free your mind, I was always in the mix, too young for sticks Ridin' down the block so Ima tell you how I grew up, (I'm reminiscin' bout my ghetto dayz)When I was young living life on the run, West Coast for life, live and die for this shit Compton, South Central Watts, Longbeach, Engelwood A couple years later, he teamed up with Tank and Ginuwine for Three Kings, the debut. Another five years passed before Open Invitation, where he declared to his listeners that music had always been his first love. Even with the four-year gap between releases, Alter Ego was Tyrese's fourth consecutive Top Ten R&B album. 2000 Watts arrived three years later and I Wanna Go There appeared a year after that, but it wasn't until late 2006 that he released his fourth album, Alter Ego, a double-disc set split between R&B and rap material. His big break came when he starred in a commercial for Coca-Cola, followed shortly in 1998 by his self-titled debut album for RCA. R&B singer and actor Tyrese Gibson - referred to as Tyrese - began his career at the age of 14, performing in local talent shows around his home in Los Angeles' Watts section.

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