Cloud Factories

I was born in the suburbs of Los Angeles on the south side
Where the cloud factories blow up
Where the 110 goes to die
I remember the mercados
Now they're 99 cent stores when I drive by
And by Harbor Greens, they're flyin' luxury condo signs

And you call it progress when you run folks from their homes
Will you call it progress when we've taken everything that you own?

Now I'm 35 years old
The rents have gonе up every year
Wе moved from the south side
By the 210 way up here
But we're running outta places to hide
There's nowhere left to go
My comrades holdin' down their blocks
Tryin' to keep them out, ya know

And you call it progress when you run folks from their homes
Will you call it progress when we've taken everything that you own?

Shit, I've got two kids
One is 10 and we got a newborn
And I just wanna raise them
In the place that I called home
But it's gettin' harder to do
In what you call an economic boom
And as each year passes by
I'm gettin' tired of the new move