on the morning of the first eviction
they carried out the wishes of the landlord and his son
furniture's out on the sidewalk next to the family that little piggie went to market,
so they're kicking out everyone
talking about process and desmissal forced removal of the people
on the corner shelter and location
everybody wants somewhere
the elected are such willing partners
look who's buying all their tickets to the game
development wants, development gets
it's official
development wants this neighborhood
gone so the city just wants the same talking about process and dismissal
forced removal of the people on the corner shelter and location
everybody wants somewhere everybody watns somewhere
they carried out the wishes of the landlord and his son
furniture's out on the sidewalk next to the family that little piggie went to market,
so they're kicking out everyone
talking about process and desmissal forced removal of the people
on the corner shelter and location
everybody wants somewhere
the elected are such willing partners
look who's buying all their tickets to the game
development wants, development gets
it's official
development wants this neighborhood
gone so the city just wants the same talking about process and dismissal
forced removal of the people on the corner shelter and location
everybody wants somewhere everybody watns somewhere
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This is probably the best song about eminent domain that I have ever heard. Probably my favorite on the album as well. Best lines are "Development wants, development gets, it's official, development wants this neighborhood gone so the city just wants the same"
It's about real-estate development and gentrification of poor areas. A lot of people see gentrification as a positive process, but the problem is that it leaves a lot of people homeless without actually solving the problem of poverty. Perhaps more disgusting, is that the politicians that are supposed to be rallying for the impoverished are easily bribed by the real estate companies.
This song is awesome, I love Fugazi.
I agree with everyone else. But you're all missing something. It's specifically referencing the Verizon Center in Washington DC, where Fugazi is from. They put it in Chinatown, which used to be a very poor area. And I interpret the lyric as "Fat little piggy went to market," which I see as a reference to Ted Leonsis - owner of the Washington Capitals and Wizards.
@robtk2 Absolutely - "look who's buying all their tickets to the game"
@robtk2 Absolutely - "look who's buying all their tickets to the game"
This song is generally about a City and the corruption it can face. It shows poverty and wealth. "Process and Dismissal" showing how forms are filled in and the public are dismissed in a second regarding their lives. It also is about how politicians become friends of development companies just for a little extra in their pocket.
I heard that its an anti-gentrification theme. Gentrification is where an urban middle class area is upgraded by more affluent residents.
this is all the more obvious in the state I live in, Florida. Around here, there are only a few homeless shelters and HUD or poorer homes, but there are TONS of richer people moving into the area. Practically every chunk of land has been demolished to build expensive (but terribly built) housing for these new people. Meanwhile, the poor are actually being forced out of their homes so that more houses can be built for the people coming in. Basically, there are very few places left for anyone that is in the lower class, and this town isn't some sort of tourism capital or retirement home.
but don't take it from me, anyone can see the effects of gentrification (which is what I thought Ian said somewhere in the song)
This and life and limb are some greattttt songs. Fugazi just cant make a bad album. www.freedumb.8m.com