“[Hey There, Begonia is] about the transformation of New Orleans over the last decade or so. I think that a lot of people are talking about white privilege and gentrification now, which is great, but a lot of hip white radicals who move to low-income neighborhoods full of people of color and longsta...
They're second lining from the pages of an Etsy store
Sophisticates with offerings of rent you can't afford
Hey there Begonia, hope your urban vacation is treating you well
Down from South Carolina, made yourself right at home, and now home is a living hell
Cavalry in a cultural war, othering the margins, local blood (ain't dere no more)
You wax benign, benevolent, a poser pure, now prevalent
You staged a coup like its a game, still dodging indictment you should be ashamed
Of sacred space you've occupied, and privileged you'll always deny
I wake up, gotta get a little bit of coffee in my system 'fore I try to leave the house, and endure the drivel escaping your mouth
Calling out gentrifiers
And obscenely disowning and placing the blame
You're a white colonizer
You're a rebranded yuppie
You all are the fucking same
This ain't assimilation, this is appropriation, you paved paradise and put up a coffee shop
Hey There, Begonia was written by Pears.
Hey There, Begonia was produced by James Whitten.
Pears released Hey There, Begonia on Fri Nov 03 2017.