Domestic Imperialism

It feels like we all in a war with time Cities toss and turn with us on their spine It's been dark for months, you barely feel the sun Through the brick cold hearts that surrounded us The ancients be with you, but you don't notice em I am a vilified species and I don't run Bombed buildings with ghosts, I'm at home with em They tell stories of a world that I've grown within And it's changing quick, between coffee sips Of gentrified beans in this place I live, Or this place i lived, all of the soul I give That survivors grit made people flock to it They complain about changes after they move in Nut they could go back... we got nowhere now My Grandmother's house is a hole in the ground And it'll be a high-priced highrise no doubt I just made a couple songs about where I'm from I know they sound dope, but it don't mean come When you move in, somebody else moves out And I can't afford my city if I leave this house The place that raised me, neighborhoods that made me I walk around and don't recognize it lately The price goes up, we all get pushed out It's gonna hurt when we finally gotta leave this house I can't afford my home, they can't afford my soul We both stand in the rubble like where do we go? One of us must be from another world Maybe aliens came with these cranes to work They litter the sky to rearrange the earth And it has warmed up some since they came for sure But we know about greed and of industry How the colonizers came and claimed history We repeat it so much and so intimately It's like we are all born into bodies with disease Art is more than a form of our therapy But Barnes told me to watch out for the 3 P's They'll try to change the Purpose, of what you do To discard the People, they can replace you And then take the Place, gentrification's through Now look where we live, what did Hip-Hop do? I just made a couple songs about where I'm from I know they sound dope, but it don't mean come When you move in, somebody else moves out And I can't afford my city if I leave this house You could look, listen, but don't move in Spend money with the Mom & Pop businesses When you move in, somebody else moves out We can't afford our city if we leave this house