Norwalk Lyrics

This goes out to a little town in Southeast LA that made it

Nothing short of famous...

Norwalk 562, city on the move

Do what it do like the hustle bus coming' through

Home of the Glock Pop, Cerritos College, and Kaos

You can find me on Alondra and Elmcroft

Norwalk 562, city on the move

Do what it do like the hustle bus coming' through

Home of the Glock Pop, Cerritos College, and Kaos

You can find me on Alondra and Elmcroft

In the 50's, Pops Herrera moved out of East Los

Back then it was country, a dream for Abuelo

Had three children, all raised in the Southeast

All went to Excelsior, right next to the mean streets

Their only daughter, who was my mom

Couldn't have kids, so she adopted one

Then came me, this ghostly huero

Three pounds, three months early, sick little pero

Grew big and strong, just like an ox

Grandma used to joke how they found me in a shoebox

Pops skirted out by the time I was cuatro

Moms did her best, but damn, we ain't got dough

So I'm the white sheep in this brown family

Got a lot of love, permanently wear it on my sleeve

Good memories when I exit Alondra

562, thought you knew was the mantra

Norwalk 562, city on the move

Do what it do like the hustle bus coming' through

Home of the Glock Pop, Cerritos College, and Kaos

You can find me on Alondra and Elmcroft

Norwalk 562, city on the move

Do what it do like the hustle bus coming' through

Home of the Glock Pop, Cerritos College, and Kaos

You can find me on Alondra and Elmcroft

Older, maybe wiser, now that it's too late

Gotta stop and smell the roses, take time to appreciate

Norwalk's a lot colder now that Pops is gone

Went a year after Abuelita, it didn't take long

I moved from Norwalk to LAX like the 105

I was a menace, kicked it in Venice just to stay alive

From my mouth to God's ears them years was tough man

Kept my head in the clouds and my feet in the sand

Streets almost ate me, swallowed me whole

Took me for everything, left me out in the cold

Always knew it was laugh now, and cry later

But I was clapping at my enemies like Hi, haters

But you know Evil, what goes around man, karma's a bitch

Your homie ain't your homie if your homie's a snitch

All we ever wanted to be was cool rich

Now we just OG's talking our bullshit about how

Back in the days, things were much better

We didn't need the internet, played out in the weather

But honestly, it was gunplay by the one-ways

I'd be a dummy if I raised my son around that way

Truth be told, Norwalk gave me flavor

It was my worst enemy, sometimes my only savior

It's like a devil, and an angel sitting on my shoulder

I appreciate you, now that I'm a little older

So this is just a tribute, the streets can take away

Or you can take away what the streets gave you

Norwalk you raised me, made me shady

Brought me up in the streets, since I was a baby

Many times late at night, thought you'd erase me

Between the gangs and the cops trying to chase me

Then you damn near slayed me at the age of 18

Bullets flying heavily they just did graze me

This about the time I linked up with KP

We used to do a radio show at KCEB

Did our little rap thing, built up a following

Beat pimps with the shit, but the streets they were hollering

Had a little falling, now you know how the story goes

Heads getting inflated when it comes to them silly hoes

I think back on it now, I ain't mad

Those were the best times that we ever had in

Norwalk 562, city on the move

Do what it do like the hustle bus coming' through

Home of the Glock Pop, Cerritos College, and Kaos

You can find me on Alondra and Elmcroft

Norwalk 562, city on the move