Grafitti Man

Hustling
Hustling on down hustling street
Rag man rag woman paper bags full
Street age alerts in tenant child eyes
Sidewalk playgrounds got to beware
Junk man's in the shadows
Dealing his junk
Beautiful sisters
Deal themselves around
Beautiful brothers
Not so beautiful anymore
So much older than the day before
Ain't everybody tired of being poor

Grafitti man's got something to say
Message in a scrawl message on the wall

Something's wrong
Not our fault
We gotta be cool
Our time will come

Open spaces in shopping center walls
Middle class man middle class land
Clean enough to be a family affair
Nice place to take wide eyed child
Controlled climate temperate zones
Neat little shops all laid out
Everything by sale
By cash or plastic
Price not negotiable but payment is
Different junk man different junk
Spend some money buy some more

Grafitti Man's got something to say
Message in a scrawl message on the wall

Put on blinders
Dull the senses
Who's worth more than money they spend?

Sky scraper buildings
Corporate corridor office suite
Executive board high finance
Big businessman suit
Not stained by sweat or blood
Using money like perfume water

Sophistication smiles
Hide stain and decay
Realistic decisions
In columns and ledgers
Dividing profits among themselves
Spoils of war are spoils of war
Says Junk Man owner of the junk

Grafitti Man's got something to say
Message in a scrawl message on the wall

Down with bosses
No more bosses
Something's gotta change
Something's gotta change