Cinco Uno Eight (518) [feat. Sav & World Class]

I've been working on me, practicing patience
Don't worry 'bout time I'm just glad that you made it
I'll always have love for the place I was raised in
It wasn't all good but it is what you make it

Nothings for granted I'll always be grateful
Yea times might get tough but you can't let it break you
Where we come from we made something from nothing
You gotta keep pushing no matter how long it might take you

The road could get windy might need navigation
They don't know my story they just seen my face
So if you from where I'm from congratulations
You know like I know that we came a long way

They judged us off top, underestimate greatness
We been through too much and I can't stay the same
I needed to grow but they think that I'm changing
Reflect my surroundings, what else can I say

I swear there is no better place
Than El Cinco Uno Eight
It (You) might look ugly on its face
Cause if you're stuck here it feels like it's way too late
La comida's cheap per plate
For under a grand you can rent yourself a space
All the people are so great (Where the people kinda cray)
Cause we're all sedated watching time just tick away

And so passers-by may wonder why as they wander by
Try as they might, as it fades out of sight
And they'll never know of this hole we call a home
Oh and even though it sounds cliche
We learn to laugh and love living in this semi-soberish state

I remember when, I was just a young scholar, cruisin' dippin' in my Impala
On the quest for lil mamas, dollars to cop a couple bottles
Booking rooms at Ramadas, mobbin' to hit the town tonight
I be fly with no stylist, watch it, it's goin' down tonight
Couldn't get all my props, it was always a hurdle
To not be from the boroughs, 'til they figured I'm thorough
So it's not where you from, it's where you at
Thanks to L Niño's single, Cinco Uno Eight is all on the map

I'm from El Cinco Uno Eight
Dragging my feet cause I've already seen my fate
My paycheck is kinda late
But it's ok cause at least I'm getting laid
Off again in outer space
It's a brave new world (Scared new world) that keeps picking up in pace
All that I'm trying to say
Is so long as they speak something it'll stay the fucking same