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the devil came to the 9th ward pounding stakes in our
front lawns seems the ghetto's got some value after
all property going up he's turning sidewalks green
and making houses gleam like the chrome on a cadillac
clippity-clop on desire property going up property
going up and the prices are going up property going
up and the prices are gone this place isn't mine anymore
that place isn't mine this house isn't mine anymore
that house isn't mine neighboorhood isn't mine anymore
bring in the oil, the pastels we need some smiling
faces around here from ear to ear property going up
ernest jobert change face here change name here hi-brow
in lo-brow out to where, to where,
to where the devil came to the ninth ward pounding
stakes in our front lawns seems the ghetto's got some value after all
front lawns seems the ghetto's got some value after
all property going up he's turning sidewalks green
and making houses gleam like the chrome on a cadillac
clippity-clop on desire property going up property
going up and the prices are going up property going
up and the prices are gone this place isn't mine anymore
that place isn't mine this house isn't mine anymore
that house isn't mine neighboorhood isn't mine anymore
bring in the oil, the pastels we need some smiling
faces around here from ear to ear property going up
ernest jobert change face here change name here hi-brow
in lo-brow out to where, to where,
to where the devil came to the ninth ward pounding
stakes in our front lawns seems the ghetto's got some value after all
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