The Big One (Album Version|Explicit)-Nellie McKay

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[00:00.00]The Big One - Nellie McKay
[00:30.84]As you're walkin' down the street
[00:32.09]Might wanna skip a beat
[00:33.15]Think it over
[00:35.18]Walkin' to the corner store
[00:36.64]But it ain't there no more
[00:37.91]If you want a loaf of bread
[00:40.02]You try a pharmacy instead
[00:42.21]Another chain will set you free
[00:49.40]When you go to pay the rent
[00:51.15]You see it's all been spent
[00:52.76]The purse is empty
[00:54.44]Money money make a buck
[00:55.99]But you're all outta luck
[00:57.39]This town ain't friendly now
[00:59.22]A thousand faces stare you down
[01:01.61]Each one's afraid of what you see
[01:08.35]Slither in your sea (can't deny it)
[01:10.71]Hide behind the view (gentrifying)
[01:13.05]Take a life or two (The revolution's comin' round)
[01:18.21]Clingin' to the door ( quiver cower )
[01:20.74]Profit off the poor (fight the power)
[01:22.96]Pay 'em even more (That's why they took Bruce Bailey down)
[01:27.45]Took Bruce Bailey down
[01:38.22]Lookin' like the jack is back
[01:39.74]But he ain't gonna attack
[01:41.02]His hands are flippin'
[01:42.96]Druggies dyin' in the halls
[01:44.40]They're bangin' on the walls
[01:45.91]Your Ma ain't trippin' now
[01:47.69]It ain't a home if you ain't allowed
[01:50.25]What time's the cease fire
[01:51.78]Where's the heat
[01:56.73]Spittin' on the old (sister/brother)
[01:59.12]Shittin' on your soul (welfare mother)
[02:01.56]Profit is the goal (the revolution's comin' round)
[02:06.68]Payin' off a loan (mass eviction)
[02:09.07]Elevate the zone (ain't no fiction)
[02:11.49]Breakin' up a home (that's why they took Bruce Bailey down)
[02:15.53]Took Bruce Bailey down
[02:16.77]No more tokens take a train
[02:18.50]You swipe a piece of plastic paper
[02:20.87]No more smokin' on the plane
[02:23.21]You gripe they'll take you to the jailer
[02:25.71]Bind your time it's all in vain
[02:28.06]They tell you as you meet your maker
[02:30.50]Grief's the mother of invention
[02:32.91]Pain's the midwife to your labor
[02:36.15]Turn it burn it cure it endure it
[02:40.62]If you are able sucker
[02:46.19]People standing in the park
[02:47.61]It's getting mighty dark
[02:48.78]The kids are scowlin'
[02:50.64]Shutter up the windows tight
[02:52.31]This is an evil night
[02:53.90]The wind is howlin' fast
[02:55.57]Another tragedy has passed
[02:58.21]Another stain on you and me
[03:04.75]Slither in your sea (can't deny it)
[03:07.15]Hide behind the view (gentrifying)
[03:09.42]Take a life or two (The revolution's comin' round)
[03:14.83]Clingin' to the door (quiver cower)
[03:16.97]Profit off the poor (fight the power)
[03:19.41]Pay 'em even more (That's why they took Bruce Bailey down)
[03:24.01]Took Bruce Bailey down
[03:25.18]Spittin' on the old (sister/brother)
[03:26.49]Shittin' on your soul (welfare mother)
[03:28.94]Profit is the goal (the revolution's comin' round)
[03:33.91]Payin' off a loan (mass eviction)
[03:36.15]Elevate the zone (ain't no fiction)
[03:38.76]Breakin' up a home (that's why they took Bruce Bailey down)
[03:43.32]Took Bruce Bailey down