Eli Arbor - 40 Acres lyrics

[Verse 1: Eli Arbor] Being home is f**ing hard for me Cause my city slowly dying and none of my friends is happy I watch it all crumble, people is being pushed out In pursuit of progress yo here's exactly what happens PJ's getting torn down, condos getting put up These yuppies wanna be downtown so neighborhoods get split up The U of R is starting to push across the Genesee To Genesee, the 19th Ward and Mayor's Heights It used to be that white folks they never came around Now I see them all walking down these f**ing streets at night What the f** happened? Excused it but can't explain it Confused as the block is tainted If they want it they attain it Here, money talks, crackers drive n***as walk, n***as rent No money to buy, so housing is renter's luck What would you do if you had nowhere else to go But an eviction notice trapped to ya door so you f**ing stuck? [Hook: Eli Arbor, Jae] I can't fix it It f**ing k**s me Popping pills I can't sleep Cause all night I know my people ain't all right All night, bundled up I'm running these city streets I just drive, drive, drive, drive Drive, drive, drive I just drive drive, drive As if these head lights could keep em all alive [Verse 2: Kae] I moved from my hometown, ran away in a sense Left behind my innocence, miles murdered an innocent I was feeling impotent, distance put an end to it But truthfully all I learned is power isn't everything Got it, made decisions, almost had to rock a wedding ring So much of something good don't always lead to better things Now on to better things, focus off the inner, man Only to see that they stay trying break our inner man Cop swag with cash we don't have, just to feel again Superior facades keep us at odds We worship these brands, but discredit God My God, swear these times we're in, are the end If we don't work to begin working together Instead of viewing agreement as sin See these bars are red roses I grieve with our men I grieve with our women, pour liquor while I grieve for our skin Prayers that one day they will only view us within [Hook] [Verse 3: Eli Arbor] Tops the only grocery store that's left in the hood They prices no good, bet they higher than Wal-Mart Constantino's just opened up in Collegetown But it ain't gonna be cheaper than your corner store market They markups, they make it hard to make means mean sh** People prospering didn't make green cleaning sh** My school had more security than City Hall TSA, X-rays, pat-downs and police dogs There's three universities within seven miles And they don't a**ist or activate like They offer scholarships to city school kids Too bad only 9 percent of these black boys can graduate That's a f**ing travesty, this ain't how it has to be But some teachers give up before they give him a chance He'd be fine if they spent the time teaching him to read Instead of tryna suspend him just for saggin his pants [Hook] (x2)