Eastside

Small time Mexicana

On the come up from the Eastside

Ahora mírala

Eastside, I'm on the

Eastside, We on the

Eastside, I'm on the

Eastside

Ay!

Raspado man

Pour that syrup in my white foam cup

Lot of POC

Very little white folk stuff

Looking real E

But I got no sign thrown up

I just feel me

I ain’t tryna fight no one

Know I’m in the East

Even with my eyes closed shut

Waiting in the streets

Sometimes I would bike home

But the 22 and 25 were what I rode

So the public transit was like my school bus

He said let’s go to the Southside for fries

I said "no manches guey

You want it done right, ima take you straight to Santa Fe"

He said "let’s go"

I said "I’m already on the way"

So much on the East

That you really gotta contemplate

This is where I reside

La cultura aka Dickies and Levi’s

It ain’t basura

But it ain’t no pretty peace sign

It’s where I grew up

Yeah it’s the Eastside

Small time Mexicana

On the come up from the Eastside

Ahora mírala

Eastside, I'm on the

Eastside, We on the

Eastside, I'm on the

Eastside

Ay!

Shouts to Karmen for the hustle and bustle

Selling candy out her house

She was one with the struggle

Everyone on the block would go

Even my cousins and uncles, sister and brother and grandmother, single lovers or couples

It was the spot

And any competition there was no

You could get

Shot

I’m just kidding but we lived in no bubble

We kept it locked

For no unexpected visitor trouble

We hear a knock

Turn the light off, we don’t live here

We unknown

I’m in my place

Chicanos, chicanas

I’m with my race

Fake beggars outside Tropicana

Get out my face

Bummin' in my pijamas

But wide awake

Do the work and we can be what we wanna

Decide a fate

Lotta real out here besides the fake

Love is what I feel out here behind the hate

It’s more than just the streetlights

It’s where I grew up

Yeah It’s the Eastside

Small time Mexicana

On the come up from the Eastside

Ahora mírala

Eastside, I'm on the

Eastside, We on the

Eastside, I'm on the

Eastside

Ay!