As you're walkin' down the street
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Might wanna skip a beat
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Think it over
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Walkin' to the corner store
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But it ain't there no more
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If you want a loaf of bread
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You try a pharmacy instead
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Another chain will set you free
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When you go to pay the rent
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You see it's all been spent
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The purse is empty
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Money, money make a buck
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But you're all outta luck
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This town ain't friendly now
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A thousand faces stare you down
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Each one's afraid of what you see
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Slither in your sea (can't deny it)
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Hide behind the view (gentrifying)
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Take a life or two (The revolution's comin' round)
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Clingin' to the door ( quiver, cower )
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Profit off the poor (fight the power)
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Pay 'em even more (That's why they took Bruce Bailey down)
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Took Bruce Bailey down
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Lookin' like the jack is back
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But he ain't gonna attack
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His hands are flippin'
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Druggies dyin' in the halls
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They're bangin' on the walls
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Your Ma ain't trippin' now
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It ain't a home if you ain't allowed
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What time's the cease fire
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Where's the heat?
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Spittin' on the old (sister/brother)
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Shittin' on your soul (welfare mother)
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Profit is the goal (the revolution's comin' round)
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Payin' off a loan (mass eviction)
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Elevate the zone (ain't no fiction)
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Breakin' up a home (that's why they took Bruce Bailey down)
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Took Bruce Bailey down
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No more tokens, take a train
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You swipe a piece of plastic paper
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No more smokin' on the plane
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You gripe they'll take you to the jailer
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Bind your time, it's all in vain
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They tell you as you meet your maker
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Grief's the mother of invention
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Pain's the midwife to your labor
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Turn it, burn it, cure it, endure it
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If you are able, sucker
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People standing in the park
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It's getting mighty dark
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The kids are scowlin'
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Shutter up the windows tight
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This is an evil night
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The wind is howlin' fast
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Another tragedy has passed
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Another stain on you and me
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Slither in your sea (can't deny it)
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Hide behind the view (gentrifying)
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Take a life or two (The revolution's comin' round)
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Clingin' to the door (quiver, cower)
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Profit off the poor (fight the power)
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Pay 'em even more (That's why they took Bruce Bailey down)
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Took Bruce Bailey down
|
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Spittin' on the old (sister/brother)
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Shittin' on your soul (welfare mother)
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Profit is the goal (the revolution's comin' round)
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Payin' off a loan (mass eviction)
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Elevate the zone (ain't no fiction)
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Breakin' up a home (that's why they took Bruce Bailey down)
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Took Bruce Bailey down
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The Big One
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| Nellie McKay |
