You're Not From Around Here

Renovate and modernise, a lick of paint revitalises Run-down houses in that run-down town Culturally commodified, housing price monopolised Run-down houses in that run-down town Church becomes a coffee shop, businesses an office block Crime rate low and the rent rise up Elevate, globalise, residents dehumanised Run-down houses in that run-down town You're not from 'round here You're not from 'round here Renovate and modernise, a lick of paint revitalises Run-down houses in that run-down town Equitise, villainise, violate squatters' rights Low-laws are ruining your brand-new town Town hall becomes a brewery, furthering disparity Drowning out sense of what was community Elevate and globalise, residents dehumanised Low-laws are ruining your brand-new town Gentrification is a process of urban development In which a neighbourhood develops rapidly over a short time Changing from low to high value Original residents, families, single working mothers, low-income households Are displaced from the very community that they helped build Renovate and modernise, a lick of paint revitalises Run-down houses in that run-down town Culturally commodified, housing price monopolised Run-down houses in that run-down town Church becomes coffee shop, businesses an office block Crime rate low and the rent price up Elevate and globalise, residents dehumanised Low-laws are ruining your brand-new town You're not from 'round here You're not from 'round here