Born In East L.A.

Took a walk to the corner store

Just to buy a loaf of bread and a box of s'mores

Up pulled a guy in a yellow van

Shiny gold badge flashin' in his hand

He said

"Alright, all you mojados down here

I want y'all to hit the floor

I got one thing to ask ya and nothin' more

So answer in English if you can

Where were ya born, man?"

Huh, where was I born?

That's right, I said where were ya born?

Hey, are you one of those dudes that do horoscopes, man?

Hey, I'm a Cancer with a bad moon rising

Look here, el vago, watch my lips

Where were you born?

I was born in East L.A.

Man, I was born in East L.A.

Oh, yeah, you were born in East L.A.

Well, let's see your green card, huh?

Green card?

I'm from East L.A

Alright, well then who's President of the United States?

Oh, that's easy, man, that guy that used to be on Death Valley Days

John Wayne

Alright, let's go, come on

Next thing I know I'm in a foreign land

People talkin' so fast, I couldn't understand

There was nobody there to lend a helpin' hand

I was cold, it was dark, where is a burger stand?

I want to go back to East L.A.

I was I was back in East L.A.

I don't belong here in downtown TJ

'Cause I was born in East L.A., olé

I crawled under barbed wire, swam across a stream

Rode in six different trucks, packed like a sardine

Walked all day in the burnin' sun

Now I know what it's like to be born to run

Up ahead was the promised land

Shinin' like a star just beyond my hand

All I could see was a golden door

I looked up, a sign said, five zillion sold

And I was back in East L.A.

Yes, I was back in East L.A.

You know I'm never gonna stray

'Cause I was born in East L.A., órale

Born in East L.A.

(I'm a low rider vato from  East L.A. cuìdate)

Born in East L.A.

Born in East L.A. (Órale)

Born in East L.A.

Born in East L.A. (This ain't no Datsun, Chevrolet, cruise all day)

Born in East L.A. (What'd I say?)

Born in East L.A. (Órale)

Soto street (We love it)

Brooklyn Avenue (We love it)

City terrace

We love forever (We love it) órale

Wilshire

I said, how do you get to Wilshire?

What, am I lost or what?

I'm a low rider vato from a far away

I was born, I was born in East L.A. got to say

Born in East L.A. (East L.A.)

Born in East L.A. (Won't delay)

Born in East L.A. (Cruise all day)

Born in East L.A. (In East L.A.)

Born in East L.A. (Órale)

Born in East L.A.

(I'm from East L.A, what'd I say?)

(East L.A.)

Born in East L.A.

(East L.A.)