Open Letter To A Landlord-Living Colour

[ti:Open Letter To A Landlord] [ar:Living Colour] [al:Live from CBGB's] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Open Letter To A Landlord - Living Colour [00:39.22]Now you can tear a building down [00:56.64] [00:58.36]But you can't erase a memory [01:10.78] [01:19.23]These houses may look all run down [01:27.02] [01:32.21]But they have a value you [01:45.80] [02:01.93]But you can't see [02:15.76] [02:32.01]This is my neighborhood [02:33.53] [02:35.73]This is where i come from [02:38.84] [02:39.75]I call this place my home [02:43.53]You call this place a slum [02:46.32] [02:47.10]You wanna run all the people out [02:49.41] [02:51.04]This is what you're all about [02:53.79] [02:54.87]Treat poor people just like trash [02:56.93] [02:58.60]Turn around and make big cash [03:00.61] [03:01.15]Now you can tear a building down [03:04.05]Can't erase a memory [03:07.70] [03:08.54]These houses may look all run down [03:11.23]But they have a value you can't see [03:15.41] [03:24.39]Last month there was a fire [03:26.81] [03:28.07]I saw seven children die [03:30.64] [03:31.53]You sent flowers to their families [03:33.99] [03:35.04]But your sympathy's a lie [03:38.20] [03:39.10]Cause every building that you burn [03:41.62] [03:42.89]Is more blood money that you earn [03:45.64] [03:46.87]We are forced to relocate [03:48.97] [03:50.42]From the pain that you create [03:52.48] [03:53.03]Now you can tear a building down [03:55.82]You can't erase a memory [03:59.76] [04:00.38]These houses may look all run down [04:03.25]They have a value you can't see [04:07.30] [04:07.94]Now you can tear a building down [04:10.78]You can't erase a memory [04:15.75]These houses may look all run down [04:18.08]But they have a value you can't see [04:24.15] [05:00.63]We lived here for so many years [05:03.05] [05:04.73]Now this house is full of fear [05:06.77] [05:08.02]For a profit you will take control [05:10.41] [05:11.81]Where will all the older people go [05:14.46] [05:15.62]There used to be when kids could play [05:17.92] [05:19.39]Without the scourge of drug's decay [05:21.70] [05:23.25]Now our kids are living dead [05:25.35] [05:26.92]They crack and blow their lives away [05:28.90] [05:29.45]Now you can tear a building down [05:32.25]But you can't erase a memory [05:36.49] [05:37.27]These houses may look all run down [05:39.96]But they have a value you can't see [05:43.92] [05:44.56]Now you can tear a building down [05:47.38]You can't erase a memory [05:52.21]These houses may look all run down [05:54.64]But they have a value you can't you can't see [05:59.13]You've got to fight [06:00.85]You've got a right [06:02.24] [06:02.91]You've got to fight for your neighborhood [06:07.15]You've got a right [06:08.94]You've got to fight for your neighborhood [06:13.22] [06:13.73]You've got a right fight [06:15.65]You've got a right fight [06:17.47]You've got a right fight for your neighborhood [06:21.26] [06:21.99]You've got to fight for your neighborhood