Grindstone - New Oakland Lyrics

Catalytic converters
Tent cities
Robotic workers
Accidental murders
Califentanyl
Niggas pushin Tussi
Human shit on cement
Women sellin coochie
Teachers on strike
The mayor's f*ckin up
Organized jackin
Teenagers comin up
Smoke ain't designated
Cuz you can get it too
We're living devastated
Bring the Black Panthers through
Ski masks when it's hot
Watch out
Patrol your own neighborhood
Scenic routes to the house
Mace em if your aim is good
Ladies leave your purses in your closets
Use your pockets
Empty your whip
Avoid the bippin
Use your noggin, it's the optics
Windows are costing
It's a trip
What visitors get as a gift is stripped or robbed
The souvenir is fear
It's a job
Don't bother calling cops
The coast ain't clear perk up your ears
Post-pandemic pandemonium
The new Oakland's here
I'm an Oakland native
The vibes' contagious
Even tho I say this
It's in declining stages
This monkey shit's outrageous
They robbin' old ladies
Give it up, no maybes
Punks be shootin babies
These boys are drug crazy
Out they body & mind
Too lazy
Ignored the "Help Wanted" signs
Human traffickin
Lost Africans
SUV pulled up
Now she's in back with them
Hope they don't push her to pimpin
They just might day & night
Tush pushin for the score
It's Bushrod, hoe or die
Say no more
At each light you best look left and right
Good God, If they get you first it's worse if you put up a fight
Purses are a thing of the past
Windows cracked when you park or you'll be purchasing glass
It's a spike in smash & grabs
Ain't no joke in Oakland hold the laughs
Stores closed on Telegraph
Lakeshore, & Broadway
It's a barrel full of crabs
The A's are bouncin
The Raiders moved
The money's leaving
Some say gone too soon
Shout to The Splash Bros
In San Francisco snow
That's glass on the ground
That's what insurance fo
Rates are high
Innocence is lost
You may sleep outside
Cuz life inside costs
I peeped you pocket tappin
Lookin at your boss
You boss is lookin at you
What we gon' do
I be steady rappin
About this Oakland city
Where rankin is cappin
You learn young & quickly
In intersections they whippin
Figure 8's
The Oracle is empty
It's simply concert dates
Go down the rabbit hole
This is a town's fate
Havin' a wealth gap
The parents grew up on crack
The mental health bubble
The county struggles for soul
Police got defunded
Now the streets' outta control
Yet they order a driverless whip just to strip
You can't beat em join the shit at the hip
It seems so pointless the city's so unequipped
Covid masks maskin' they fit
Paying attention to your attention deficit is they lick
The abandoned business district is sick
It's a panic. Panic
I be remiss not to channel a phoenix
Bring this place that I love back from ashes
Before it crashes
Sweet Jesus this is a message
To the investors of life, limb, & love
New Oakland needs a hug