Open Letter To A Landlord-Living Colour

[ti:Open Letter To A Landlord] [ar:Living Colour] [al:Pride] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Open Letter To A Landlord - Living Colour [00:15.42]Now you can tear a building down [00:18.10] [00:19.78]But you can't erase a memory [00:24.28] [00:29.83]These houses may look all run down [00:33.62] [00:35.81]But they have a value you can't see [00:41.86] [01:01.99]This is my neighborhood [01:03.23] [01:06.16]This is where I come from [01:07.79] [01:10.22]I call this place my home [01:12.17] [01:14.30]You call this place a slum [01:16.16] [01:18.10]You wanna run the people out [01:20.16] [01:22.22]This is what you're all about [01:24.03] [01:25.90]Treat poor people just like trash [01:27.78] [01:29.89]Turn around and make big cash [01:31.64] [01:32.83]Now you can tear a building down [01:34.76] [01:35.89]But you can't erase a memory [01:38.43] [01:40.55]These houses may look all run down [01:43.11] [01:43.73]But they have a value you can't see [01:46.66] [01:57.40]Last month there was a fire [01:59.47] [02:01.20]I saw seven children die [02:02.95] [02:05.07]You sent flowers to their families [02:07.57] [02:09.00]But your sympathy's a lie [02:13.00]Cause every building that you burn [02:16.12] [02:17.06]Is more blood money that you earn [02:18.93] [02:21.18]We are forced to relocate [02:22.80] [02:25.05]From the pain that you create [02:26.73] [02:27.86]Now you can tear a building down [02:29.72] [02:30.66]But you can't erase a memory [02:32.97] [02:35.59]These houses may look all run down [02:37.71] [02:38.46]But they have a value you can't see [02:41.64] [02:43.58]Now you can tear a building down [02:45.57] [02:46.38]But you can't erase a memory [02:48.95] [02:51.19]These houses may look all run down [02:53.25] [02:54.06]But they have a value you can't see [02:57.56] [03:39.86]We lived here for so many years [03:41.42] [03:43.79]Now this house is full of fear [03:45.48] [03:47.23]For a profit you will take control [03:49.60] [03:51.35]Where will all the older people go [03:53.59] [03:55.21]There used to be when kids could play [03:57.09] [03:59.15]Without the scourge of drug's decay [04:01.39] [04:03.33]Now our kids are living dead [04:06.43] [04:06.99]They crack and blow their lives away [04:08.55] [04:10.05]Now you can tear a building down [04:11.80] [04:12.86]But you can't erase a memory [04:15.48] [04:17.66]These houses may look all run down [04:19.72] [04:20.66]But they have a value you can't see [04:23.65] [04:25.46]Now you can tear a building down [04:27.65] [04:28.52]But you can't erase a memory [04:31.03] [04:33.40]These houses may look all run down [04:35.53] [04:36.34]But they have a value you can't see [04:39.46] [04:41.45]You've got to fight [04:43.08]You've got to fight [04:44.65]You've got to fight [04:46.46]For your neighborhood [04:48.27]You've got to fight [04:49.52] [04:50.21]For your neighbor