Name: There Goes the Neighborhood
Duration: P00H03M42S
Description: "It's about the institutionalization of racism, and bigotry. Basically the idea came from a series of conversations Watkins and I had, and those lyrics were written while i was locked in a hotel room in LA. 'Nuff Said" - Johnny

There Goes the Neighborhood

from Americana Soul Clash by Tracer Bullet

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"It's about the institutionalization of racism, and bigotry. Basically the idea came from a series of conversations Watkins and I had, and those lyrics were written while i was locked in a hotel room in LA. 'Nuff Said" - Johnny

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Did I wake up in a gentrified nightmare?
the cretins and thugs in the race
they dont care about you
turnin a blind eye on white crime
and turn up the heat in the ghettos,
but I find
The so called "elite" are just trash
in tailor made suits for sheets
and they're comin for you!
Through all the smoke screens I'm finding
a useless pop culture that bleeds and it's blinding

Brown is the new black
but same is the burden
they'll beat you down with the cross they're burnin for you!
Like opium to the masses,
It's vilified prose once legal and that's that
but Old Jim Crow isn't dead,
he just faked it
hiding behind his umbrella of hatred for you!
it's simple we might as well face it,
it's burned in our minds so we might as well change it

How can you close your eyes and just forget it?
How can you throw you fists and not regret it?

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from Americana Soul Clash, released September 19, 2012

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Tracer Bullet Chicago, Illinois

One part manic energy and one part street soul the boys howl out a message designed to cross genre boundaries. With consistently danceable rhythms and high energy melodies Tracer Bullet paints a musical picture that will bring to mind the fantasy of watching Wilson Pickett sing with The Clash. ... more

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