This City Is Our Land

The cities buildings get taller and taller City apartments get smaller and smaller Steel legs and arms make monsters named scaffolds Destroying the dated to build up new rentals What once was five floors has now become ten How long will this take or never will this end Before I was woken by the singing of sparrows Now vulgarity from a nasty young fellow Giant green dumpsters line our streets With rusty stoves and sinks that once leaked My neighbors now scattered amongst the rats Pushed out by investors who hold guns to our bats Mother father sisters and bothers Our city has-fallen in the hands of the others Brace one another hold tight your hands Always remember this city is our land