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Welcome to the Arts District Lyrics by Swordplay

2013

Welcome to the Arts District
Another part of town where you can get car sick quick
Park for a minute and can get hit with carcinogenic darts in the neck
I can’t paint. I never made Varsity
Tell the police to please not martyr me
I don’t want to have a white savior complex anymore
It’s the most unfortunate part of me and it’s not hard to see
Like student movements on college campuses that carve through urban arteries
The process is grand larceny
And I am not another one of them young Sartre freaks
I’m like Bartleby on Wall Street
I must be an artist
I read VALIS and Animal Farm
I’m on that Philip K Dick Orwell thing
And in 1984 I heard the doorbell ring
Visions of a visitor from a fictional dimension:
An original Christian sent in to deliver the official message
Update the Biblical content with modern day pertinent information
City Council minutes don’t validate the conversation
Back in time, this is a sixteenth century memory
Transmitted in the static of a radioactive radio
I was arrested in an odd scenario
I got off 'cause it was caught on video
Oh, what a valuable resource !
I think it should be mandatory for the police force
'Cause the plot our frenemies got is hard to figure out like the Kennedy Shot
Trickle down top to bottom phenomenon propagated by these hostages held often
Systematic chaos expresses itself in patterns of warfare
Disorder by design
The city is not bothered by the study of socioeconomics
Messages of love or care packages from Anonymous
Now, welcome to the Bottom
We’re gonna build a baseball stadium
What could be the problem?
It’s a make money model
We built a Canal Walk without a water fountain
Now we sell it by the bottle
We got water
For a dollar
At our little Kiosk
City of Richmond could build a merry-go-round
Never mind the African Burial Ground
They make it hard to forget
The market is set
And Michael Rao is the ultimate architect
Yep but I’m just sayin’
I don’t think we need another parking deck (VCU)
Welcome to the Arts District
We’ve got the number one sculpture program in the country
Ain’t these dead confederate statues so lovely?
Welcome to the Arts District y’all
I’m not a Matisse
I’m not Anonymous
And I’m not the police
But I’m an emcee so my canine gets off the leash
You gotta keep gnawin on em;
I’m gnawnin on em with my teeth
One day I’ll make a painting but for now I’m up on a beat
I bet this song will jeopardize my City Council seat
And I don't think City Hall belongs on Broad Street
'Cause it's in the Arts District now
And it's everywhere
Credits
Swordplay

Swordplay

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