Tax Shelter

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Another vacant building is a tax shelter and nothing more Cemented doors and windows keeping out the poor What purpose does it serve to keep these buildings empty? Destroying our community to protect abandoned property Functioning as financial loopholes instead of the housing they could make Because those owning empty buildings claim a generous government tax break So is housing just a luxury to be enjoyed by the upper class? Another right you don't deserve if you haven't got the cash [Chorus] The trouble with ruling class financial tactics Is that it's the people who need shelter, not their taxes [Verse 2] Destruction is described as progress evicting people from their shelter Renovating and rebuilding under the guise of making cities better But who does this progress better by putting people on the street? Has it benefitted the community when construction is complete? Housing is not a privilege, not a luxury, but a right Communities don't function any better with their problems out of sight Our communities consist of more than concrete, brick and steel It's made up of people, including the homeless they conceal [Chorus] The trouble with ruling class financial tactics Is that it's the people who need the shelter, not their taxes [Post-Chorus] Free the squats [Verse 3] Every inch of established land got that way by means of force And by paying rent, they were forced to contribute to that source In our communities, people suffer under this establishment It's not about housing, these are human rights, they make us rent Only the landlords profit as our lives are sold and bought And those who fight this process get evicted from their squat So while our "leaders" carry out these unjust squat evictions They prove that freedom can't exist under capitalist conditions [Chorus] The trouble with ruling class financial tactics Is that it's the people who need shelter, not their taxes