CORRECT LYRICS
Lyrics : Turned The Key
Neighborhood tensions have been simmering over gentrification. Though moderate housing has been built, thousands have been displaced. While a new class of urban professionals took up residence in luxury apartment houses, spawning changes that cater to them
I try to represent the struggle
But the struggle as of late is being co opted to bubble
Check the hustle, poverty stricken huddles
Poverty stricken of us just displaced and rustled up
With poor folks rushed to the valley
Movin' us outta coastal Cali
Provin' that the gap between the haves and the have nots
Got the workin' classes steady assed out when it come to housing
Gentrified is what we call it
Reverse white flight steady spoilin'
Got these wealthy techies lovin' when we selling weed for they dogs
But little black kids sellin' water get the cops called
Liquor stores and weed when it’s us
When it’s them is microbreweries and cannabis
Same neighborhood, different people but the quality of life
Is through the roof for certain reasons that they tap dancin' answers to
We want freedom and equality, right here where the gangstas ride
And if you can't follow me, all you gotta do is look outside
Where did we go? Where are we at? How did we get here? Can we go back?
Thinkin' 'bout how they burned me - I should've never turned the key
I try to represent the struggle
But the struggle as of late is being co opted to bubble
Check the hustle, poverty stricken huddles
Poverty stricken of us just displaced and rustled up
With poor folks rushed to the valley
Movin' us outta coastal Cali
Provin' that the gap between the haves and the have nots
Got the workin' classes steady assed out when it come to housing
Gentrified is what we call it
Reverse white flight steady spoilin'
Got these wealthy techies lovin' when we selling weed for they dogs
But little black kids sellin' water get the cops called
Liquor stores and weed when it’s us
When it’s them is microbreweries and cannabis
Same neighborhood, different people but the quality of life
Is through the roof for certain reasons that they tap dancin' answers to
We want freedom and equality, right here where the gangstas ride
And if you can't follow me, all you gotta do is look outside
Where did we go? Where are we at? How did we get here? Can we go back?
Thinkin' 'bout how they burned me - I should've never turned the key
