Luyện nghe bài hát Gentrify

Gentrification is something we can, we can do about it
We can use policy, but it comes down to what we value,
Who we value, and how we want to act it

Ándale,
Mírale!

And when you see billboards yelling "cash for homes"

They double your rent in the construction zone

They slick but be slicker, here we the hipsters
Microbrew, shop, Trader Joes, Whole Foods
Gentrify, baby,

Man, gastropubs and clean streets ain't good enough
want yours
Despite y'all crime rate, y'all got prime estate
Continuing Columbus and they for your porch and
they flag like "that's my land, I licked it"
Brother, it's business, your economy could use a boost
You the truth, your unemployment through the roof
And the say the crime rate is dropped in L.A
And robbery and homicide are down in a way
And gang life and poverty are some say
Why you ain't Why you feel a kind of way?
Boy you not fit in in the hood you was made in
The same corner twenty stole your Jordans
Hopeless little boys used to the town for hostage
complex, both guilty and victims, I guess
Better learn to invest 'fore investors and get yours
We locals, we loyal, we hopeful, we

And when you see billboards yelling "cash for homes", gentrify
They double your rent in the construction zone, gentrify
They but be slicker, here we welcome the hipsters
Microbrew, coffee shop, Trader Joes, Foods
Gentrify, baby,

Look, look they parent ya
the hood, boy their plan's apparent, huh?
What happened we handed hip-hop to the vultures?
An estuary mixture of culture
Not a convoluted Angelou of thoughts, torture
A quintessential hipster, bike lane's a
I sayin' you ain't welcome, please be our guest
Just know the limits beat in our chest
Hoping you for the best, I believe in us
Locally I invest, I leavin' us
Overly I protect, are our seeds with us
you we know what's best if you agree with us
Welcome

And when you see them billboards "cash for homes", gentrify
They finna double rent in the construction zone, gentrify
They slick but be slicker, here we welcome the
Microbrew, coffee shop, Joes, Whole Foods
Gentrify, baby,

Yeah, that increased an hour
But got the down payment thanks to housing vouchers
Slave to the rate, better not send it late
Better not a payment (ayy!) better not cross with Jake
Stranger in the zip code, what you doing here,
You lowering our house value, becoming clear, boy
You welcome here, boy, you ain't helping here, boy
You ain't got the to help yourself, so why you here, boy?
But kids are in a good and they tell 'em here, boy
College is for if you follow the rules
You, you they stare at you, you know they scared of you
I this is all new, but they better get used to you
You home!