See they burnt down the block - back in '68

White folks boarded up and then moved out of state

They let the hood run down to enjoy the tax rate

Nevermind the broken windows that would cut and scrape

The junkies and the shooters they'd still congregate

it seemed like hard times, but then came '88

Cocaine PCP crack wars at the gate

CHV
CTU, and the Harvard Estates

The cops were on the take, the mayor licks the plate

I know you heard the jokes cuz you prolly seen the tape

The mayor of DC smoking crack with his mate

He claimed he didn't do it it was just a mistake

The feds set him up, he didn't even partake

then he turned to the city, please don't forsake

forgive and forget we don't need the head-ache

but the damage had been done and now it's much to great

This is DC

you might think that you own it

a piece of South Africa on the Potomac

to the Virgin Islands ,
Puerto Rico and
Guam

We overstand the struggle we gon' drop the bomb

This is DC

you might think that you own it

a piece of South Africa on the Potomac

to the Virgin Islands ,
Puerto Rico and
Guam

We overstand the struggle we gon' drop the bomb

See you can't vote, but you gotta pay tax

it's not a city or a state cause they scared of the blacks

fuck Chocolate City, imagine a Chocolate State

with two chocolate senators in the debate

"Excuse me Mr. Helms please show some restraint

my colleage from the district would like to restate

his opposition on your plan to raise the tax rate

on the poorest citizens who's lives you dictate!"

this would have been the scene,back in the day,

but the racist ass crackers had their

way

they kept us out of the process and stole democracy

and laughed in their chambers and kept the policy

Cut to the scene in the hotel years later

the gravity of the situations now much greater

they got a new excuse for holding us back

its not because your black - your mayor smokes

crack

This is DC

you might think that you own it

a piece of South Africa on the Potomac

to the Virgin Islands ,
Puerto Rico and
Guam

We overstand the struggle we gon' drop the bomb

This is DC

you might think that you own it

a piece of South Africa on the Potomac

to the Virgin Islands ,
Puerto Rico and
Guam

We overstand the struggle we gon' drop the bomb

If it's a colony, then where's the resistance?

I would vote for a mayor who shows persistance

not that bow-tie will

reconsider,

he'll just sell the city off to the highest bidder

close DC general

Privatize the jails,

Give the whole damn city to Doug Jemal

But what about Latinos in MTP?

The black families, down in Southeast?

The Ethiopians and the Vietnamese

and all the hard working people who live in DC?

They treat em like they doing a job for no thanks

while they settle the neighborhoods with a SUV tanks

For years the banks wouldn't loan inside of the city

they had a plan to make sure the blocks looked grity
but on the inside, they made em look pretty,


to sell to rich folks when they came for the city

This is DC

you might think that you own it

a piece of South Africa on the Potomac

to the Virgin Islands ,
Puerto Rico and
Guam

We overstand the struggle we gon' drop the bomb

This is DC

you might think that you own it

a piece of South Africa on the Potomac

to the Virgin Islands ,
Puerto Rico and
Guam

We overstand the struggle we gon' drop the bomb

This is DC

600,000 American Citizens denied their right to congressional representation

Because of the racism

Historical, structural and procedural

Of this great nation of ours.

God bless America

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