As you're walkin' down the street
Might wanna skip a beat
Think it over

Walkin' to the corner store
But it ain't there no more
If you want a loaf of bread

You try a pharmacy instead
Another chain will set you free


When you go to pay the rent
You see it's all been spent
The purse is empty

Money, money make a buck
But you're all outta luck
This town ain't friendly now

A thousand faces stare you down
Each one's afraid of what you see


Slither in your sea (can't deny it)
Hide behind the view (gentrifying)
Take a life or two (The revolution's comin' round)

Clingin' to the door ( quiver, cower )
Profit off the poor (fight the power)
Pay 'em even more (That's why they took Bruce Bailey down)

Took Bruce Bailey down

Lookin' like the jack is back

But he ain't gonna attack
His hands are flippin'
Druggies dyin' in the halls

They're bangin' on the walls
Your Ma ain't trippin' now
It ain't a home if you ain't allowed

What time's the cease fire
Where's the heat?


Spittin' on the old (sister/brother)
%#@!tin' on your soul (welfare mother)
Profit is the goal (the revolution's comin' round)

Payin' off a loan (mass eviction)
Elevate the zone (ain't no fiction)
Breakin' up a home (that's why they took Bruce Bailey down)

Took Bruce Bailey down

No more tokens, take a train

You swipe a piece of plastic paper
No more smokin' on the plane
You gripe they'll take you to the jailer

Bind your time, it's all in vain
They tell you as you meet your maker
Grief's the mother of invention

Pain's the midwife to your labor

Turn it, burn it, cure it, endure it

If you are able, sucker

People standing in the park

It's getting mighty dark
The kids are scowlin'
Shutter up the windows tight

This is an evil night
The wind is howlin' fast
Another tragedy has passed

Another stain on you and me

Slither in your sea (can't deny it)

Hide behind the view (gentrifying)
Take a life or two (The revolution's comin' round)
Clingin' to the door (quiver, cower)

Profit off the poor (fight the power)
Pay 'em even more (That's why they took Bruce Bailey down)
Took Bruce Bailey down


Spittin' on the old (sister/brother)
%#@!tin' on your soul (welfare mother)

Profit is the goal (the revolution's comin' round)
Payin' off a loan (mass eviction)
Elevate the zone (ain't no fiction)
Breakin' up a home (that's why they took Bruce Bailey down)
Took Bruce Bailey down