Everyday I wake up in Brooklyn
Look out my window see another building
Oh my god they're building a building
Can you believe it they're building another building?
They demolished a building and now they're building a building!
Okay...

On my street
like 3 years ago
They stopped building buildings they were building
Now they're makin' 'em into condos
My landlord said "We wanna gut your place."
I said "Excuse me, I don't think so. Uh-uh. No way.
Our Floor is slanted and our water pipe broke,
We got Las Cucarachas like they do down South.
But we still pay under 2 G's
so you can't fake that away from me?!
Uh-uh. I don’t think so.”

But they say, "Build it, Build it up!
Fill it up, Fill it up!"

In my neighborhood of Williamsburg or Bushwick
Is it really Williamsburg or is it really Bushwick?
I live off the Montrose L train
But sometimes people will complain
You say you live in Bushwick, they think you live in Williamsburg
You say you live in Williamsburg, they think you live in Bushwick
That's why now I say "I live on the EDGE of Williamsburg and Bushwick!"

In my neighborhood now we got all this new shit
In my neighborhood now--
We got the vegan donut shop and OMG Taco
A new bar called Sweet Science with TVs in the Window (don’t enunciate)
I don't really like a bar with TVs in the window
No, I don't really like a bar with TV's in the window (Match backing)
'Cuz I'm trying to watch a little less TV! (Match Backing)

But they say "Build it up, Build it up!
Fill it up Fill it up!"

(Build it up, Raise it up, Rise it up, myself
I guess I will just have to,
Build it up, Raise it up, Rise it up, myself)

Every day I wake up in Brooklyn, look out my window see a possibility
Even through the barbed wire there's a possibility
Something that sometimes I can't see/ right in front of me
Something that sometimes I can't feel/ between the concrete
Something that sometimes I can't see right in front of me (don’t enunciate)
Something that sometimes I can't feel between the concrete
Between the concrete

So I'll have to build it up, raise it up, rise it up myself
I guess I will just have to, build it up, raise it up, rise it up myself
I will just have to build it up raise it up, rise up myself
I guess I will just have to build it up, raise it up rise it up
MYSELF.

Build it up, Build it up!
Fill it up Fill it up!

Build it up, Raise it up, Rise it up, myself
I guess I will just have to,
Build it up, Raise it up, Rise it up, myself