surburban myths

They say the africans
And mexicans
Responsible for our downfall

Walk the streets
Only to find
The truth doesn't stick
Go out to the park
After dark
Revelation's what you might find
Black and brown parents
loving families
Kids in tow
Laugh and smile
Out for an evening walk
While the well off whites
Sell drugs in the park

Who's to blame?

The polish family just next door
Evicted for bad behavior
The racist past
Not well hid
Their kids push drugs
On paths dimly lit
Cops drive by
Unaware
But turn on their lights
For the caddy
Driven by a spic

Who's to blame?
What's the cause?

Too much money
And too little eyes
On the prize
Saftey lost
In skin whiter than
Freshly paved sidewalks
Maybe the attitude
That the ghetto came with
Our new neighbors
Is more harmful
Than the stigmas of their skin
The white girls get pregnant
With their italian boyfriends
No one blinks an eye

Maybe the answer isn't more condos
Or higher price of life
Maybe we need to reevaluate
What all the flags
Hung with care
Really stood for


You know

If they really cared

But then again

We all need some coke
When the lights are down