Come to my neighborhood
Build a Coffee shop and you don’t invite me
We bring down the property value
A yoga studio go up
A smoothie shop too
The mom and pop soul food restaurant is gone now
The old movie theatre is a mere memory of youth
The house I grew up in
Has been torn down a shopping mall now sits on that land
Clean up the streets they say
My ancestors built these streets
Stolen from their land to build your America
Now you want my neighborhood too
In search of an exquisite image
The picture of my neighborhood may not be perfect but it is real
