| Edgewood Avenue down in Atlanta, Georgia
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| There buildin' a brand spankin' new high rise
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| It used to be a crack spot, other side of the track spot
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| I hear 'em say it needs to be gentrified
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| They say that the people down here are worthless
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| And they just need to be swept away
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| It’s really not worth any kind of investment
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| We’re all on welfare anyway
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| They’re bringin' a new world and a new time
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| Young blood, get yo’slf together
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| Bringin' a new world and a nw time
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| Young blood, get yo’self together
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| A high school diploma ain’t really no education
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| All they give you for that is back-breakin' work
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| They really oughta make it so you could go to public college
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| But that would seem too much like rice
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| You see the Old Fourth Ward got a lot of culture
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| The only thing it lacks is capital cash flow
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| But then again when you really come to think about it
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| The money pretty much all goes to dough
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| They’re bringin' a new world and a new time
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| Young blood, get yo’self together
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| Bringin' a new world and a new time
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| Young blood, get yo’self together
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| They already kick folks out of Grady
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| It’s a matter of months for the Wheat Street homes
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| There’s a run-down gump right next to MLK’s crib
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| Pearl Cleage never wrote a more poignant poem
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| We’re livin' in a new world and a new time
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| Young blood, get yo’self together
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| Livin' a new world and a new time, hey
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| Young blood, you can’t play the corner forever
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| Sing it again for me
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| Welcome to the future, young bloods
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| A new place and a new time
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| You know, they’re reconstructin' all of the
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| Cities and neighborhoods into a, new Hollywood
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| For tourists and people with upper class
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| And upper-middle class status
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| Now gentrification is cool when you got money
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| But what about the, local residents and the common folks
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| And the blue collar workers
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| They wanna enjoy and participate but it seems
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| They’re bein' forced to migrate
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| With all these high priced homes and high mortgage interest rates
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| Shit, the cost of livin' alone got us all
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| Diggin' through the holes in our bridges
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| So when you think gentrification
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| You need to be thinkin' about your synth-preservation
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| Get your education and invest your money
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| Stop rentin' and start buyin'
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| These are words from Cool-Lada |