Loyal in Boyle

Along Cesar Chavez Avenue and Mariachi Plaza And Hollenbeck Park The Hipsters say they're here to clean up But homelessness and gangs are products of Colonial capitalist incarceral policies Not a lack of postmodern art They're washing at the neoliberal galleries While the laundromat doors are closing The viheula player's rents are rising He has nowhere to wash his guayabera But the Defenders of Boyle Heights say "Gene, Si! Gentry, No!" We should be loyal like Boyle And fight like the Heights. Low-income housing leaves and Sears Roebuck Tower brings The spill of fucking yuppies Like la cucharachas from art-district rents downtown The NGOs and the Real-estate markets unite Their shady policies an attempt to hide The creep of those who want back into Zones they once red-lined Won't you make up your fucking mind? The viheula player's rents are rising He has nowhere to wash his guayabera A history of socialist Jews, Canter's Deli and the Breed Street Shul They don't give a f*ck about your fake liberal shit They want places to live, work and raise kids Pssst got the f*ck out, the rest will fall The Defenders art is graffiti that simply says, "No" And the spray painting is on the wall