Gentrification

[Intro]

Uh... yeah... what's up, Kev?

Good looking out on this beat though

Kev be getting mad, ya'll

He be like "Man, what you want my beats for? You make your own beats"

The shit hot, nigga!

Yeah... I was gon' rap about rapping on this joint or something

Some generic shit about love or something like that

But you know me

Yeah, just ride with us then

[Verse 1]

Did I mention I was from Largo?

Where niggas ride dirty, with more green in they whips than Wells Fargo

Ya'll know this whole side of the District

Where niggas move quick when they couch get evicted

Ouch, they right with it, they house tax raised up

Gentrification on the rise, they like "pay up"

It's no surprise when White folks is moving in

'Cause they got the money and time to pursue the trends

Same trends be the end of what's pure

Mom and pops store replaced by Couture

A Starbucks here and a Starbucks there

How much coffee you need?! My god, it's unfair

They move away from the 'burbs to escape the monotony

Bring along with 'em they pilates and pottery

Classes and all that Ugg fashion

My city don't look the same

What a shame, it's tragic

[Interlude]

Yeah, that shit is kinda crazy though

Rockville niggas moving out the city, out to PG County and shit

But it's all good, Magic Johnson building us a new movie theater and shit

We got Bojangles you know what I'm saying

"All niggas welcome, all niggas will come, all niggas accepted"

Yeah... Mo County now, niggas out there too

[Verse 2]

I heard niggas from the city is moving out to Mo County now

Section 8 relocating them to Germantown

Aspen Hill too, Rockville, Wheaton

"Tom" and "Jane" move in, and "Leroy" leaving

It's something to see when the authenticity of a city is

Replaced by college kids and high saddityness

Urban decay, making way for Ikeas

Luxury lofts replacing, what I see is

A history lost

My mother used to eat at Ben's Chili Bowl

When she was young and had love and on a date

And now I'm grown up and I grab a plate

At the same place she used to congregate

And to me, that's sacred

I can't fake, shit

I don't eat there, 'cause of inflation

The whites came in

I used to get a chilli dog with fries for 5 but now I pay 10

They gotta pay rent

So now they raise the price

The U Street takeover, it's the greatest heist

A major makeover, and my people ain't included

We getting booted out the city, like it's nothing to it

[Outro]

Uh, shit wild, man

Heard the same shit going up in, uh... up in Harlem

Going on over there in, uh... Chicago too, man

Shit crazy

And you know when Hurricane Katrina came through New Orleans

They was glad to just... wash all the niggas out

Think they gon' help 'em, help 'em get they shit back together?

Hell naw, man – that shit boutta be ritzy down there, man

High saddity, haha

Same shit going on in Atlanta too

Up in Philly, all the major cities, ya'll

Yeah... heh, just rock wit' me... heh ha