You're Not from Around Here

Renovate and modernize, a lick of paint revitalizes Run-down houses in that run-down town Culturally commodified, housing price monopolized Run-down houses in that run-down town Church becomes a coffee shop, businesses an office block Crime rate low and the rent price up Elevate, globalize, residents dehumanized Run-down houses in that run-down town You're not from 'round here You're not from 'round here Renovate and modernize, a lick of paint revitalizes Run-down houses in that run-down town Equitize, villainize, violate squatters' rights Low-laws are ruining your brand-new town Town hall becomes a brewery, furthering disparity Drowning out sense of what was community Elevate and globalize, residents dehumanized Low-laws are ruining your brand-new town Gentrification is a process of urban development In which a neighborhood develops rapidly over a short time Changing from low to high value Original residents, families, single working mothers, low-income households Are displaced from the very community that they helped build Renovate and modernize, a lick of paint revitalizes Run-down houses in that run-down town Culturally commodified, housing price monopolized Run-down houses in that run-down town Church becomes coffee shop, businesses an office block Crime rate low and the rent price up Elevate and globalize, residents dehumanized Low-laws are ruining your brand-new town You're not from 'round here You're not from 'round here