Lyrics

Harlem Gentrification

to "Californication" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Morningside's low on space, gotta find a new location The Upper West Side is priced too high for us to try their patience But look nearby, why don't we try Harlem gentrification It's the edge of the isle so there won't be an investigation It's called eminent domain—insane!—a nice state-funded donation Our place is poor and they need more Harlem gentrification Bulldoze this low income hell It's progress that we're making 'Cause post-Kelo, it's quid pro quo Private use is not a "taking" (chorus) It's need, not greed We'll seize your deed Columbia gentrification Columbia gentrification Manhattanville, they have to build and evict our population Our neighborhood pride will be denied by their legal expropriation And they don't care if the price is fair: Harlem gentrification Bollinger's wanted just one thing ever since his coronation Schizer, can you bring the king some legal justification? 'Cause we want more than number four: Harlem gentrification Pack your bags, put on your rags It's not discrimination Make your peace, sell us your lease You might get compensation (chorus) Construction leads to the noble goal of higher education And as implied we will provide monetary lubrication I hear it's lovely in the Bronx: Harlem gentrification Take this Metro card and go I hear Queens is much warmer Not gonna stop until we've got Starbucks on every corner (chorus)

Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elation Little girls from Sweden dream of silver screen quotations And if you want these kind of dreams, it's Californication It's the edge of the world and all of western civilization The sun may rise in the East—at least it settles in the final location It's understood that Hollywood sells Californication Pay your surgeon very well To break the spell of aging Celebrity skin, is this your chin Or is that war your waging (chorus) First born unicorn Hardcore soft porn Dream of Californication Dream of Californication Marry me, girl, be my fairy to the world, be my very own constellation A teenage bride with a baby inside getting high on information And buy me a star on the boulevard, it's Californication Space may be the final frontier, but it's made in a Hollywood basement Cobain, can you hear the spheres singing songs off station to station And Alderon's not far away, it's Californication Born and raised by those who praise Control of population Everybody's been there And I don't mean on vacation (chorus) Destruction leads to a very rough road, but it also breeds creation And earthquakes are, to a girl's guitar, they're just another good vibration And tidal waves couldn't save the world from Californication Pay your surgeon very well To break the spell of aging Sicker than the rest, there is no test But this is what you're craving (chorus)

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