Red Clay Chronicles - Anthony David

Edgewood Avenue down in Atlanta, Georgia

There buildin' a brand spankin' new high rise

It used to be a crack spot, other side of the track spot

I hear 'em say it needs to be gentrified

They say that the people down here are worthless

And they just need to be swept away

It’s really not worth any kind of investment

We’re all on welfare anyway

They’re bringin' a new world and a new time

Young blood, get yo’slf together

Bringin' a new world and a nw time

Young blood, get yo’self together

A high school diploma ain’t really no education

All they give you for that is back-breakin' work

They really oughta make it so you could go to public college

But that would seem too much like rice

You see the Old Fourth Ward got a lot of culture

The only thing it lacks is capital cash flow

But then again when you really come to think about it

The money pretty much all goes to dough

They’re bringin' a new world and a new time

Young blood, get yo’self together

Bringin' a new world and a new time

Young blood, get yo’self together

They already kick folks out of Grady

It’s a matter of months for the Wheat Street homes

There’s a run-down gump right next to MLK’s crib

Pearl Cleage never wrote a more poignant poem

We’re livin' in a new world and a new time

Young blood, get yo’self together

Livin' a new world and a new time, hey

Young blood, you can’t play the corner forever

Sing it again for me

Welcome to the future, young bloods

A new place and a new time

You know, they’re reconstructin' all of the

Cities and neighborhoods into a, new Hollywood

For tourists and people with upper class

And upper-middle class status

Now gentrification is cool when you got money

But what about the, local residents and the common folks

And the blue collar workers

They wanna enjoy and participate but it seems

They’re bein' forced to migrate

With all these high priced homes and high mortgage interest rates

Shit, the cost of livin' alone got us all

Diggin' through the holes in our bridges

So when you think gentrification

You need to be thinkin' about your synth-preservation

Get your education and invest your money

Stop rentin' and start buyin'

These are words from Cool-Lada