Open Letter (To A Landlord)-Living Colour

[ti:Open Letter To A Landlord - Living Colour] [ar:Living Colour] [al:Super Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Open Letter (To A Landlord) - Living Colour [00:15.34]Now you can tear a building down [00:18.94] [00:19.75]But you can't erase a memory [00:27.50] [00:30.07]These houses may look all run down [00:33.88] [00:35.82]But they have a value you can't see [00:44.44] [01:02.25]This is my neighborhood [01:03.38] [01:06.13]This is where I come from [01:08.63] [01:10.25]I call this place my home [01:12.94] [01:14.13]You call this place a slum [01:16.38] [01:18.06]You wanna run all the people out [01:20.69] [01:21.94]This what you're all about [01:24.00] [01:26.00]Treat poor people just like trash [01:28.32] [01:29.75]Turn around and make big cash [01:32.19] [01:33.19]Now you can tear a building down [01:35.32] [01:35.88]But you can't erase a memory [01:39.19] [01:39.94]These houses may look all run down [01:43.75]But they have a value you can't see [01:47.70] [01:57.40]Last month there was a fire [01:59.40] [02:01.16]I saw seven children die [02:02.97] [02:04.97]You sent flowers to their family [02:07.28] [02:08.97]But your sympathy's a lie [02:10.91] [02:12.59]Cause every building that you burn [02:15.60] [02:17.03]Is more blood money that you earn [02:19.90] [02:21.16]We are forced to relocate [02:23.09] [02:24.97]From the pain that you create [02:27.21] [02:27.97]Now you can tear a building down [02:30.84]But you can't erase a memory [02:34.09] [02:35.16]These houses may look all run down [02:38.59]But they have a value you can't see [02:42.59] [02:43.47]Now you can tear a building down [02:45.97] [02:46.47]But you can't erase a memory [02:50.16] [02:51.47]These houses may look all run down [02:53.78] [02:54.34]But they have a value you can't see [02:57.71] [03:39.52]We lived here for so many years [03:41.84] [03:43.97]Now this house is full of fear [03:46.53] [03:47.28]For a profit you will take control [03:50.65] [03:51.52]Where will all the older people go [03:53.84] [03:55.27]There used to be when kids could play [03:57.65] [03:59.21]Without the scourge of drug's decay [04:01.34] [04:03.21]Now our kids are living dead [04:05.40] [04:07.02]They crack and blow their lives away [04:09.14] [04:10.21]Now you can tear a building down [04:13.02]But you can't erase a memory [04:16.58] [04:17.27]These houses may look all run down [04:20.77]But they have a value you can't see [04:24.15] [04:25.14]Now you can tear a building down [04:27.96] [04:28.58]But you can't erase a memory [04:31.71] [04:32.71]These houses may look all run down [04:35.90] [04:36.59]But they have a value you can't see [04:39.90] [04:41.52]You've got to fight [04:44.83]You've got a right [04:48.96]To fight for your neighborhood