《Open Letter (To a Landlord)》歌词

[00:00:00] Open Letter (To a Landlord) - Living Colour

[00:00:15] Now you can tear a building down

[00:00:19] But you can't erase a memory

[00:00:30] These houses may look all run down

[00:00:35] But they have a value you can't see

[00:01:02] This is my neighborhood

[00:01:06] This is where I come from

[00:01:10] I call this place my home

[00:01:14] You call this place a slum

[00:01:18] You wanna run all the people out

[00:01:21] This what you're all about

[00:01:26] Treat poor people just like trash

[00:01:29] Turn around and make big cash

[00:01:33] Now you can tear a building down

[00:01:35] But you can't erase a memory

[00:01:39] These houses may look all run down

[00:01:43] But they have a value you can't see

[00:01:57] Last month there was a fire

[00:02:01] I saw seven children die

[00:02:04] You sent flowers to their family

[00:02:08] But your sympathy's a lie

[00:02:12] Cause every building that you burn

[00:02:17] Is more blood money that you earn

[00:02:21] We are forced to relocate

[00:02:24] From the pain that you create

[00:02:27] Now you can tear a building down

[00:02:30] But you can't erase a memory

[00:02:35] These houses may look all run down

[00:02:38] But they have a value you can't see

[00:02:43] Now you can tear a building down

[00:02:46] But you can't erase a memory

[00:02:51] These houses may look all run down

[00:02:54] But they have a value you can't see

[00:03:39] We lived here for so many years

[00:03:43] Now this house is full of fear

[00:03:47] For a profit you will take control

[00:03:51] Where will all the older people go

[00:03:55] There used to be when kids could play

[00:03:59] Without the scourge of drug's decay

[00:04:03] Now our kids are living dead

[00:04:07] They crack and blow their lives away

[00:04:10] Now you can tear a building down

[00:04:13] But you can't erase a memory

[00:04:17] These houses may look all run down

[00:04:20] But they have a value you can't see

[00:04:25] Now you can tear a building down

[00:04:28] But you can't erase a memory

[00:04:32] These houses may look all run down

[00:04:36] But they have a value you can't see

[00:04:41] You've got to fight

[00:04:44] You've got a right

[00:04:48] To fight for your neighborhood