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Classy

from Late Convert by Sam Nabi

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I'll never ride with you, I seen how you roll
All the swagger overcompensating for gold-plated
Stainless steel, your rhymes are dull, and that's fine for some
But don't you get tired shooting movies full of B-roll?
You'll never see me on the court free-throwing
I'm at the 18th hole, penciling zeroes in
'Cause guess what? Sports aren't really my thing
No street cred, I inherited all of my bling

I was raised in the suburbs, roaches and rats
Were things that they only had downtown or in the past
Or something that you learn about in Social Studies class
Which all of my buddies passed, cause keeping somebody back
Would never happen in Whitby — only in the inner city
And really it's such a pity that they're all so disadvantaged
And don't have opportunity but whatever
Let's spend another $50 million on a hockey rink

That's classy, in the Marxist sense of the word
See, I'm a liberal-minded bourgeois, I follow the herd
And because I'm self-aware I've got white guilt, it's absurd
Cause I'm not white, I'm post-racial, or that's what I learned
Earning my fancy degree, croissants and raspberry tea
As I double down and study contemporary philosophy
Enlightened now, I want to work with the poor
I'll buy a fixer-upper in the steeltown core
Let's get this gentrification party started, I'll bring the nachos
Ain't it fun to romanticise a way of life that's not yours?

It just feels so authentic, you know?
Such character! Man, I love these century homes
But we gotta do something bout that halfway house on the corner
They shouldn't put them so close to where people live, it's not normal!
So now we're pushing out the working class bars and diners
To make way for high-rise glass dividers
Cause when you can't afford Yorkville or Forest Hill
The overspill comes creeping to the steel mills

I feel chills now, thinking bout my purchasing power
Pushing a burgeoning tower at $30 an hour
And it would be great if we had a way to save those rates of pay
For residents here today, so they could stay
And grow with their communities instead of being pushed out
Enjoy the opportunity, stop living hand-to-mouth
The market is a heartless Grim Reaper, when he comes knocking
Better pay up or you're a dead man walking

So call me Keynesian if Marx makes you sweat
Whatever, we're better together, you won't regret
Promoting socioeconomic and racial diversity
Cause all of this neighbourhood segregation hurts me to see
Let's build resilience, not just lofts for millions
Affordable alternatives for families and immigrants
We got more than enough cream at the top of the crop
To feed everyone, and we know that the need is imminent

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from Late Convert, released October 25, 2016
Beat by lando! (soundcloud.com/landosmusic)

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