Gentrify Lyrics - Propaganda

Gentrification is something we can, we can do something about it 

We can use policy, but it really comes down to what we value, 

Who we value, and how we want to act upon it 

Ándale, puedes 

Mírale! 

And when you see them billboards yelling "cash for homes" 

Gentrify 

They finna double your rent in the construction zone 

Gentrify 

They slick but be slicker, here we welcome the hipsters 

Microbrew, coffee shop, Trader Joes, Whole Foods 

Gentrify, baby, gentrify 

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Man, them gastropubs and clean streets ain't good enough 

They want yours 

Despite y'all crime rate, y'all got prime real estate 

Continuing Columbus and they coming for your porch and 

Planting they flag like "that's my land, I licked it" 

Brother, it's just business, your economy could use a boost 

You know the truth, your unemployment through the roof 

And the mayor say the crime rate is dropped in L.A 

And robbery and homicide are down in a real way 

And gang life and poverty are gone some say 

Why you ain't celebrating? Why you feel a kind of way? 

Boy you finna not fit in in the hood you was made in 

The same corner rolling twenty stole your Jordans 

Hopeless little boys used to hold the town for hostage 

It's complex, both guilty and victims, I guess 

Better learn to invest 'fore investors come and get yours 

We locals, we loyal, we hopeful, we home 

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And when you see them billboards yelling "cash for homes", gentrify 

They finna double your rent in the construction zone, gentrify 

They slick but be slicker, here we welcome the hipsters 

Microbrew, coffee shop, Trader Joes, Whole Foods 

Gentrify, baby, gentrify 

Look, look they tryna parent ya 

Exterminate the hood, boy their plan's apparent, huh? 

What happened when we handed hip-hop to the vultures? 

An esoteric estuary mixture of culture 

Not a convoluted Angelou of thoughts, it's torture 

A quintessential hipster, bike lane's a fixture 

I ain't sayin' you ain't welcome, please be our guest 

Just know the city limits beat in our chest 

Hoping you hope for the best, I believe in us 

Locally I invest, I ain't leavin' us 

Overly I protect, these are our seeds with us 

Told you we know what's best if you agree with us 

Welcome home 

And when you see them billboards yelling "cash for homes", gentrify 

They finna double your rent in the construction zone, gentrify 

They slick but be slicker, here we welcome the hipsters 

Microbrew, coffee shop, Trader Joes, Whole Foods 

Gentrify, baby, gentrify 

Yeah, that commute increased an hour 

But got the down payment thanks to them housing vouchers 

Slave to the mortgage rate, better not send it late 

Better not miss a payment (ayy!) better not cross with Jake 

Stranger in the zip code, what you doing here, boy? 

You lowering our house value, it's becoming clear, boy 

You ain't welcome here, boy, you ain't helping here, boy 

You ain't got the wealth to help yourself, so why you here, boy? 

But kids are in a good school and they tell 'em here, boy 

College is for everyone if you follow the rules 

You, you know they stare at you, you know they scared of you 

I know this is all new, but they better get used to you 

You home!