text: Took a walk to the corner store
  Just to buy a loaf of bread and a box of smores
  Up pulled a guy in a yellow van
  Shiny gold badge flashing in his hand
  He said, alright all you mojados down here
  I want you all to hit the floor
  I got one thing to ask you and nothing more
  So answer in English, if you can
  Where were ya born, man
  Huh? Where was I born?
  Thats right, I said
  Where were ya born?
  Hey, are you one of those dudes who do horoscopes, man
  Hey, Im a Cancer with a bad moon rising
  Look here, el vago, watch my lips
  Where were ya born?
  I was born in East LA
  Man, I was born in East LA
  Oh yeah, you were born in East LA
  Lets see your green card
  Huh? Green card?
  Im from East LA
  Alright, then whos President of the United States
  Oh, thats easy, man
  That guy that used to be on Death Valley Days, John Wayne
  Alright, lets go, come on
  Next thing I know, Im in a foreign land
  People talkin so fast, I couldnt understand
  There was nobody there to lend a helping hand
  I was cold, it was dark where is a burger stand
  I want to go back to East LA
  I wish I was back in East LA
  I dont belong here in downtown TJ
  Cause I was born in East LA, ole
  I crawled under barbed wire, swam across a stream
  Rode in six different trucks packed like a sardine
  Walked all day in the burning sun
  Now I know what its like to be born to run
  Up ahead was the promised land
  Shining 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 LA
  Yes, I was back in East LA
  You know Im never gonna stray
  Cause I was born in East LA, oralé!
  Im a low rider vato from East LA, cuìdate!
  East LA, oralé!
  This aint no Datsun its a Chevrolet, cruise all day!
  What I say, East LA, oralé!
  Soto Street 
  Brooklyn Avenue 
  City Terrace 
  Whittier Boulevard oralé!
  Wilshire! I said, how do you get to Wilshire?
  What am I lost or what....?
  Im a lowrider vato from a-far away
  I was born, I was born in East LA, how to say
  East LA, dont delay
  Cruise all day in East LA, oralé!
  Im from East LA, what I say
  East LA.................!
  East LA!