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Ryan Harvey
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Gentrification
There's cranes inside the city Standing up tall Stacking metal and concrete Like a poverty wall Investors chose this neighborhood To market, buy and sell Now there' condos growing like weeds Making the rent prices swell
The place that you were born in The block where you we're raised The gentrification monster came And put it in it's grave They built a big hotel on the corner To bring the tourist in And built a new prison wing For the local kids
There's a difference between development And gentrification As there's a difference between a local shop And a global corporation Another shopping center Full of big-box stores Undercutting local business They're gonna close their doors
That's gentrification
They saturate the media With logos and names You get lost inside that world And you forget to point the blame There's a process behind the building That's based on market-rates So they're pushing you out of your building To make a clean-slate
Switching the colors in the neighborhood By switching the class Some big developer's getting rich By sitting on his ass You gotta back your bags and hit the road Or maybe hit the streets Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Not poor enough for hand-me-downs Not rich enough to compete
There's a difference between development And gentrification As there's a difference between a local shop And a global corporation One builds a higher standard That everyone enjoys The other picks the pockets bare And gives you back the coins
That's gentrification
In search of something new Families moving out Crossing over the imaginary line To the next town Borders defining counties Borders defining states Determining who profits Determining who pays
They call it development But it starts with destruction First they demolish the neighborhood Then they start construction A violent cycle Enforced by cops and debt One manifestation Of a global human threat
There's a difference between development And gentrification As there's a difference between a local shop And a global corporation As they market off the cities Like products in a store The rich get richer And the poor stay poor
That's gentrification
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