San Diego /ˌsæn diːˈeɪɡoʊ/ is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the U.S. Navy, and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology enclave. The population was 1,301,617 at the 2010 census.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission of San Diego, founded in 1769, were the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of newly independent Mexico, and in 1850, became part of the United States following the Mexican-American War and the admission of California to the union.
Watchin' the wheel as it
Turned down the hill, like you
Turned me down into my
Self-destiny, every kiss means
Pain, pain and secrets to me
Is it permanance that love
Shattered pride?
San diego was a mistake
The sun burns into my face
At six o'clock I awake
Step into this endless race
A man stands there lovely on
The fiels and a rabbit trapped
In the lime light like I walked
Straight into your zombie machine
The rain refreshed the air, like
My old tears reborn on my cheek
Is it permanance that love
Shattered pride?
My hands could touch the sky
A fence, a wall I couldn't walk
Through the door to your
Killing touch, it could be all
Catch in green grass + isolation
your love is a parking lot
with potholes and faded lines
and the kids don't hang because
the cops just chase them out
your love is a tow away zone
no parking unless you're willing
to pay the fine
you said we're as close as we
could be
well o.k. maybe you didn't
then you said you wanted intimacy
then you said you had to leave
your love is a chemical plant
ambiguous to the public
it's not secure to our melting
What's up ese
It's your homeboy
Lil' Rob
Representing my city to the fullest
San Diego, Southern California
That's where I'm from, simon
S-A-N D-I-E-G-O representado con Mano Lopalo
Mi pa mi lado, Chicano liempo creased down with the wrinkles
Bet you get them tingles when you listen to my singles
Mi cate, pelonsito con marijuanito
Got one hand on my cuete and the other on my pistol
Siempre listo, mijito en todo
I'm one bad motherfucker from the wrong side of town ese, mi moto
Pero no me jolles, but I still enjoy this
Lil' Rob controla, fucking up this rola like a bomba on the boulevard
Cruising with the 45's, got my loaded .45's still living this Crazy Life
I lay low like a Chevrolet, Chevrolet
And I bust my rhymes and they come away, come away
And I been many places but it's not the same though
L-I-L R-O-B, S-A-N D-I-E-G-O
[Chorus]
S-A-N D-I-E-G-O, E-G-O
San Diego
S-A-N D-I-E-G-O, E-G-O
San Diego
S-A-N D-I-E-G-O, E-G-O
San Diego
S-A-N D-I-E-G-O, E-G-O
San Diego, Southern California
Though my town ain't what it used to be
It still means everything to me
I used to have dreams to be, something is what it made of me
Nothing like I used to see, drug deals everyday homey
Overdoses? Yeah usually, but the streets was so damn good to me
Pain the walls with graffiti, all the vatos acting rough with me
So rough so tough with me, pinche juras handcuffing me
They never left me alone, just 'cause I was pelon
And because of my skin-tone, fuck that must be 'cause I'm chingon
And I tell it like it is, my shit's bad damn right it is
Can't believe how tight it is, like baby Jennifer Lopez
Leaving all you fools so please, knowing you can't fuck with this
Say that you don't like my shit, your fucked and now you're stuck with it
I know that you're bumping it, on the down low you be loving it
I'm the baddest one Brown-raggin it, catch me on the street Brown-baggin it
This one's for my city where I learned my flow
S-A-N D-I-E-G-O, San Diego
[Chorus]
I always say stay down for the Brown
But don't let no one get you down, don't frown
Ready for showdowns, I got more sold than MoTown bumping in your town
Who's got the flows now? Who's running the shows now?
The wicked wicked Lil' Rob gots it all under control now
Go now, if you know what's good for you
But you're one of those vatos that likes to talk away
If you had any sense you'd swallow your foolish pride homey and walk away
The other way, oh by the way I fly away back to my four corner room
Like my song 4 Corner Room, tripping out like I was on shrooms
I sit and look at the colorful things, evil, good or whatever it brings
Spread my wings and fly away again, Lil' Rob the San Diegan
Let me know when you want to play again, play again
Maybe next year on the Fifth of May again, May again
But until then keep up with Lil' Rob year round
And I'm promising you the crystal clear sound of a Mexican
But it's time for me to go rest again
It's time for me to go but I'll be back to flow
Remember my name, Lil' Rob
Know where I'm from, San Diego
[Chorus]
That's right
That's the way we do it
San Diego, Southern California
Yea, 1904
That's right
I wanna go where it's warm
I wanna go to where you were born
All I want is you even if I can't have it
Don't take me to a place I don't wanna go
Don't tell me something I already know
We're gonna learn everything from bad habits
And I give myself to the open water
And I give myself to the bleeding sun
I'm looking for something to take
I'm looking for a missing hot snake
Early bird gets an apple full of black maggots
Live it down till the day you die
Never look a needle in the eye
Open up, open really wide
You can't have it
And I give myself to the open water
And I give myself to the bleeding sun
I align myself with New England winter
And I give myself unto you
Drag it out, walk it home
San Diego
Let's go down and take a breath under water
Make like shipwrecks for a few centuries
You and I will relax into eternity
And become as bottomless as the sea
And I give myself to the open water
And I give myself to the bleeding sun
I will find you there through the foggy weather
And I give myself unto you
Drag it out, walk it home
I've got one thing left to say
I hope that things turn out OK
Maybe some day you will come around
Mabye we're too self-obsessed, materialistic, over-sexed
Energizers, silicone, aviators, mobile phones
I'll tell you one thing, gonna make it
Start a new life, be connected
Cause you will never see me drown, I'll build a ship when bridges burn
I don't want to fall back in, defenses down when eyes are staring in, staring in
San Diego (San Diego) that's where I'll go (that's where I'll go)
We'll watch the waves rise yeah as bodies glisten in the sun
San Diego sounds like fun
I just wanna find that place, journey into outer space
Watch the world through telescopes, send back photos to the folks
I'll tell you one thing, gonna make it
Start a new life, be connected
Cause you will never see me drown, I'll build a ship when bridges burn, yeah
I don't want to fall back in, defenses down when eyes are staring in, staring in
San Diego (San Diego) that's where I'll go (that's where I'll go)
We'll watch the waves rise yeah as bodies glisten in the sun
San Diego (San Diego) that's where I'll go (that's where I'll go)
We'll watch the waves rise yeah as bodies glisten in the sun
San Diego sounds like fun, fun
Me, myself I always burn my fears away
as substance turns me into something I can't be
San Diego (San Diego) that's where I'll go (that's where I'll go)
We'll watch the waves rise yeah as bodies glisten in the sun
San Diego (San Diego) that's where I'll go (that's where I'll go)
We'll watch the waves rise yeah as bodies glisten in the sun
San Diego (San Diego) that's where I'll go (that's where I'll go)