with apologies to vernon reid

[SwampG8r]

Now you can tear a building down
But you can't erase a memory
These houses may look all run down
But they have a value you can't see...
This is my neighborhood
This is where I come from
I call this place my home
You call this place a slum
You wanna run all the people out
This what you're all about
Treat poor people just like trash
Turn around and make big cash
Now you can tear a building down
But you can't erase a memory
These houses may look all run down
But they have a value you can't see
Last month there was a fire
I saw seven children die
You sent flowers to their family
But your sympathy's a lie
Cause every building that you burn
Is more blood money that you earn
We are forced to relocate
>From the pain that you create

We lived here for so many years
Now this house is full of fear
For a profit you will take control
Where will all the older people go?
There used to be when kids could play
Without the scourge of drug's decay
Now our kids are living dead
They crack and blow their lives away

You've got to fight
You've got a right
To fight for your neighborhood!

this was written in 1987-88 by vernon reid the scorchingly great guitarist of LIVING COLOUR
an co founder of the Black Rock Coalition and has more relevence now as we face the housing crisis in america
the more things change the more they remain the same i suppose

[Cooley Hurd]

1. As great as Jimi Hendrix was...

...he ain't got SHIT on Reid!

[SwampG8r]

2. i would pay major bucks to have watched

them settle it though
reid is probably one of americas greatest rock guitarist
unfortunately he doest fit the "mold"
i had the honor of seeing them open for the stones and then in a small club atmosphere
my nerves jangled for days
it was like i was having vibrational flashbacks from reids guitar playing

[newmajority]

3. Living Colour is always worth a listen

or a view in this case....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut1H4o_ie8c :headbang: :yourock:

Definitely the best band of that era (Axl who??)