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 flashing in his hand
He said, alright all you mohuddles 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?
That's right, I said
Where were ya born?
Hey, are you one of those dudes who do horoscopes, man
Hey, I'm a cancer with a bad moon rising
Look here Alfago, watch my lips
Where were ya 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
Let's see your green card
Huh? green card?
I'm from East L.A
Alright, 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 helping hand
I was cold, it was dark where is a burger stand
I want to go back to east L.A
I wish I was back in East L.A
I don't belong here in downtown t.j.
Cause I was born in East L.A, 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 it's 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 billion 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, oh L.A
East L.A
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Bruce Springsteen / Richard Marin
Born In East L.A. lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
d.: Hi, Cal.E., where have you been? I’ve been looking for you all morning.
C.: Oh, I’m sorry, d.c. I know that you wanted to start early on our blog, but I had to go back to my home planet to vote.
d.: I thought that you had already cast your vote.
C.: I did, but there was a runoff, so I had to go back and vote in that.
d.: I thought that Mewo Z. Tongue was running unopposed for Supreme Ruler of the Cat Galaxy, so how did a runoff occur?
C.: He was running unopposed, but some cats wrote in other names. Those votes don’t count, though. Meow’s electoral officials just throw away any ballots without his name on them. Has that ever happened on this planet?
d.: No comment on that. Anyway, if Meow was unopposed and threw away all the write-in votes, why did you need to vote again?
C.: Because Meow likes to hear his name called as the winner of the election. And, if I didn’t go back and vote, I’d be in bad trouble now that he knows where I am. Every resident of the galaxy must vote, or face the consequences.
d.: I see. But, don’t you have a time machine that would have gotten you back here sooner?
C.: I do, but I had some problems registering to vote. Since I’ve been on Earth so long, I picked up some characteristics of a cat from this planet. So I had to prove that I was a native of The Planet of the Talking Cats.
d.: How did yo udo that?
C.: With my rap song. It told them where I was originally from
Took a flight to the Galaxy door
Just to vote and chill and snore
Up pulled a cat who looked like a jello man
 Flashing shiny things to put me in a trance, man
He said, alright all you Earth cats down here
I want you all to hit the floor
I got one thing to ask you and nothing more
So answer in Catonese, 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 cats who do horoscopes, man
Hey, I'm a cancer with a bad moon rising
Look hereEarth Cat, watch my lips
Where were ya born?
I was born east of here
Man, I was born in the East Chalet
Oh yeah, you were born in the East Chalet
Let's see your cat card
Huh? cat card?
I'm from the East Chalet
Alright, then who's Supreme Ruler of the Cat Galaxy
Oh, that's easy, man
That huge cat that with the long lengua
He’s been in charge since I was a gatita
Next thing I know, I'm in a foreign land
Cats meowing so fast, I couldn't 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 the East Chalet
I wish I was back in the East Chalet
I don't belong here in the smelly hay
Cause I was born in the East Chalet 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 it's 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 billion sold
And I was back at the East Chalet
Yes, I was back in the East Chalet
You know I'm never gonna stray
Cause I was born in the East Chalet
C.: So, after that, I had jet lag and set my time machine incorrectly.
d.: It sounds like you’ve been through a lot, so why don’t we just try this again tomorrow?
C.: Okay.
d.: So, I guess that all the time we have for today.
Please join us tomorrow for another (better, hopefully) episode of Cal.E.s’ Korner.