Disruptive Technology (feat. Lil Flower Nasti)

They call it disruptive Technology, fancy name For white-collar robbery Check out the psych in the psychology Silicon Valley digital Odyssey Parasite to host on the coast Once called Barbary So many on the street Lost in poverty In a city of smash and grab Apps Where housing's at capacity, I Represent Kerouac and Cassidy Live on peanuts, dine on Ramen A tech kid makin' seven figures Ain't uncommon I'm an artist, Tutankhamun Preserving the culture their embalmin' Nowadays its feast or famine Suicides jumpin off the bridge Like salmon off the falls Empathy ain't for sale at the Westfield mall I steal from Peter to pay Paul, desperate people Shoplifting in a bathroom stall Go to jail, can't make bail Run amuck in the socialism For the rich free-for-all Livin' in the street in tents Working people payin' outrageous rent The gap between rich and poor is immense And every day the shit gets more intense Homeless livin' in the street in tents Working people payin' outrageous rent The gap between rich and poor is immense And everyday the shit gets more intense My cab was a cable car to the stars In the wee hours, I used to pick up After hours at the bars We can't get those hours back Even with a basketball dynasty, cigars, Red Orbach This is not about victimhood and lack About the time I came back from Cuba The cab industry was through, Uber and Lyft Hit like Rod Carew, or Wellington at Waterloo I flow like water do, through this time-space flesh And sinew rendezvous Despite the pain, we gotta continue Ain't no throwin in the towel City Lights bookstore, Ginsberg's Howl Nightmare of Moloch My lyrics blow through sheetrock, With the sheer shock of Jackson Pollock My bars are gold bullion, my lyrics are On a different echelon Made in the image of Tony Bennett And the benefit of every dislodged tenant Livin' in the street in tents Working people payin' outrageous rent The gap between rich and poor is immense And every day the shit gets more intense Homeless livin' in the street in tents Working people payin' outrageous rent The gap between rich and poor is immense And everyday the shit gets more intense