Yeah
Yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah
When I first came to the neighborhood
down beneath the up above
I knew I was in love
Abandoned buildings winking
and the red light district blinking at me
Oh yeah, because
I love criminals; I love crime
The neighborhoods a time bomb and it's tickin' down time
But it's all goin down
The mayor said he wants our town
?
But its all goin down
The mayor said he wants our town
?
Yeah, someday
We'll be goin' home to find we dont have any home at all
Anyday
They'll section off our block with riot gear and come evict us all
Today
The lower east side is yuppified with fat cats, and their poor folk hide
Someday
Maybe we will re-emerge from east river: a turning tide
Avenue by avenue we're taking everything we knew
The gardens, squats, and all our share
We'll even take back Tompkins Square!
I've got something of a problem with the nation
Whoa, it's called gentrification
Marching to our neighborhood to lock us in the station
"We're gonna clean up the streets!"
What? So we got cleaner streets to sleep on?
Oh, gee, thanks a lot
I always thought
that killin was your main plot
Didn't know you were so d*** upright about it
Sneakin' in expensive stores so we won't even fight about it
Sneakin' up block by block, you think you're so d*** right about it
So you've got all the "rights" you need
The S's on the end are dollar signs
We can read between the lines
Someday
We'll be goin' home to find we dont have any home at all
Anyday
They'll section off our block with riot gear and come evict us all
Today
The lower east side is yuppified with fat cats, and their poor folk hide
Someday
Maybe we will re-emerge from east river: a turning tide
Avenue by avenue we'll take back everything we knew
The gardens, squats, and all our share
We'll even take back Tompkins Square!
I've got something of a problem with the nation
Whoa, it's called gentrification
They're(?) marching to our neighborhood to lock us in the station
Pusing the poor off shore
Yeah
That's right!(?)
Yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah
When I first came to the neighborhood
down beneath the up above
I knew I was in love
Abandoned buildings winking
and the red light district blinking at me
Oh yeah, because
I love criminals; I love crime
The neighborhoods a time bomb and it's tickin' down time
But it's all goin down
The mayor said he wants our town
?
But its all goin down
The mayor said he wants our town
?
Yeah, someday
We'll be goin' home to find we dont have any home at all
Anyday
They'll section off our block with riot gear and come evict us all
Today
The lower east side is yuppified with fat cats, and their poor folk hide
Someday
Maybe we will re-emerge from east river: a turning tide
Avenue by avenue we're taking everything we knew
The gardens, squats, and all our share
We'll even take back Tompkins Square!
I've got something of a problem with the nation
Whoa, it's called gentrification
Marching to our neighborhood to lock us in the station
"We're gonna clean up the streets!"
What? So we got cleaner streets to sleep on?
Oh, gee, thanks a lot
I always thought
that killin was your main plot
Didn't know you were so d*** upright about it
Sneakin' in expensive stores so we won't even fight about it
Sneakin' up block by block, you think you're so d*** right about it
So you've got all the "rights" you need
The S's on the end are dollar signs
We can read between the lines
Someday
We'll be goin' home to find we dont have any home at all
Anyday
They'll section off our block with riot gear and come evict us all
Today
The lower east side is yuppified with fat cats, and their poor folk hide
Someday
Maybe we will re-emerge from east river: a turning tide
Avenue by avenue we'll take back everything we knew
The gardens, squats, and all our share
We'll even take back Tompkins Square!
I've got something of a problem with the nation
Whoa, it's called gentrification
They're(?) marching to our neighborhood to lock us in the station
Pusing the poor off shore
Yeah
That's right!(?)