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

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