Save The Neighborhood

Lyrics

Verse 1: Driftin' on memories of once was All I got is a faded image, I'm watchin' diminish 'cause they tearin' it down leaving only shards Me and my cousins used to catch light-bugs in jars at the park Where my first love told me that she "like me"-liked me But through these shattered reflections, it's highly likely That it'll disappear in time like our youth did Demolition worker said, 'I'ma tell you the truth, kid, we gon' tear it down, every building, every landmark, replace 'em with Walmart, malls, places where they can park, and all the trees you carved your names into are gonna be used to make pencils' I led many b-ball games at the court where they currently diggin' Family reunion was here, man my uncle was jiggin' We was livin', but now our youth is dyin' Might as well release a dove, they murdered a piece of my love Chorus: (They're tearing down the street, where I grew up) (They're tearing down the street, where I grew up) (They're paving concrete, on a part of me) (No trial for killing off a memory) Verse 2: They call it urban renewal, stealin' all of our jewels The precious memories I made are laying in pools Of ash and rubble, now you askin' for trouble 'cause that's my childhood, ain't no way I'm gonna be subtle We gotta take a stand and protect what they neglect The street I'm standing on is where my Granny taught me respect And you expect to bulldoze, the place that raised me The home where my mom and dad romantically made me You crazy, I done fell in and out of love here Formed brotherhoods from another hood and that was here Paving roads on the souls of our innocence The place where it started at, you tearin' down our genesis Where we played Genesis, picked berries in the field Scars still remain just to show you that it's very real You can't kill what you didn't help create This is spiritual so go and tell 'em they made a mistake Chorus: (They're tearing down the street, where I grew up) (They're tearing down the street, where I grew up) (They're paving concrete, on a part of me) (No trial for killing off a memory) Now everybody, all together— "Save the neighborhood" [?] the police whatever "Save the neighborhood" This is ours, you can't take it "Save the neighborhood" It's home, we never forsake it "Save the neighborhood" Everybody, all together— "Save the neighborhood" [?] the police whatever "Save the neighborhood" This is ours, you can't take it "Save the neighborhood" It's home, we never forsake it "Save the neighborhood"