Civil Feral - Graffiti Lyrics

In the streets of our city
Up and down the riverbed
There rests a display of graffiti
On the church walls
Under bridges in red
Not much to say with graffiti
Just your name
In marquee lights
Projecting into everyone's sights, graffiti
The point of it is
A voice of clear dissent
Won't repent for graffiti
And don't tell the cops

Rome, Egypt and Greece
All disagree with me
Renaissance, my age, some piece
About authenticity
Is private space in a public place
Vein and petty?
Crime and art, do they always get along so naturally?

It's the only art that's not been commodified
Oh wait, nevermind
That's a dirty lie
It has become the art of the streets
Painted on concrete
No one can defeat
Well if they say that it's art it's true
Belongs in the George-Pompidou
Or the criminal zoo
It has lasted a thousand years
Through trials and fears
To right now and right here
Till they take it away