JP the Songwriter - Gentrify Lyrics

There is nothing wrong with change
And progression for everyone
But how do you expect something to grow
When all the roots are gone
We need a focus on community
Not the need for wealth
Because if you stood starving in front of me
I would open my door to help
Still they want to gentrify my home
They want to gentrify my soul
They want to tear down these four walls
Then tell me to move on
They want to move me from the city
They want to move me from the coast
They want to move me from the people
And the place I love the most
What was once a beating heart
Remains the cast of an iron lung
In the shadows of glass buildings
From where our cultures hung
In a world where we talk less everyday
Our nieghbours become strangers
So what will be, what is our legacy
In the eyes of mother nature
Still they want to gentrify my home
They want to gentrify my soul
They want to tear down these four walls
Then tell me to move on
They want to move me from the city
They want to move me from the coast
They want to move me from the people
And the place I love the most
Mr landlord wont you please come back down to Earth
Mr politician wont you please protect the people you serve
I said Mr landlord wont you please come back down to Earth
Mr politician wont you please protect the people you serve
Still they want to gentrify my home
They want to gentrify my soul
They want to tear down these four walls
Then tell me to move on
They want to move me from the city
They want to move me from the coast
They want to move me from the people
And the place I love the most