HGAP Rap

Yo, listen up, there’s something I gotta say Cities form in different shapes, cities form in different ways But with urban zones crumbling, any time, every day We gotta figure out sustainability’s the way The way to better cities, subsidies, escape the fifties, smart growth Greenbelts, karate chopping carbon footprint, under oath, You me both oughta know, save the doe, help the low, Bridge the gap, help to slow urban sprawl, that’s the hope From New York, to “La Belle Endormie,” that’s Bordeaux Aye, but let’s talk about how this came to be Different city models made from Detroit to oversea Burgess, Hoyt-sector, Harris Ullman, bid-rent theory Southeast Asian, Sub-Saharan, Latin American, on a spree To name a few, man they flew, not achoo, they were huge Explainin(in) everything that we needed answers to Like how they grow, what the zones, where the richest people go And you know, just to wrap it in a pretty little bow CBD, 2 or 1? Got a spine, is there none? Any ports, Europe forts, or something of the sort? Squatter settlements, favelas, all around, periphery Yeah these models, they important, they can really help us see Socioeconomic divisions, yeah they real Sector 5, surf and turf, sector 3 ain’t got a meal Gentrified, left to die while the moneybags, they thrive So they go, all alone, squatter settlements outside City limits, city borders, city boundaries, city streets, All the homeless, pot-o-gold-less, they ain’t got enough to eat Illegal land, take a stand, even if they got no feet Urban sprawl just on repeat, what to do, can we defeat Innovation, contemplation of the urban way of life To survive, overdrive, help alternates arrive Less urbanism, centralism, skepticism, mechanism No more smoke, ain’t no joke, I ain’t making no euphemism Aye, reduce the number family cars Yeah we gotta treat the scar Earth get heated by the star Gotta simmer down, no char And I know I’m spitting bars They be going kinda hard Are you with me so far? (Yessir) More walkable, public transportation too These are all innovations, make it livable for you Transportation-oriented development, what that do Plan the cities around the buses, we don’t want no Subaru “Ay, mixed-land use, what’s that all about?” Putting residence with business, you don’t need no 2nd route Diverse housing options, if you tall and thin or short and stout, Even gotta place for 3 lil pigs, this one ain’t blowing down Speaking of all them wolves, they all criticize the plan Housing prices, uninvited, they be going up again De facto segregation, it be splitting us apart Not enforced, par for course, no one looking to restart Loss of place, human race history just fades away, Good and bad we need to weigh, you get what I’m trying to say How to navigate the mess, make it through the murky haze Is new urbanism good, is it really just a phase Just like wandering a maze, feeling puzzled, feeling dazed And the hedges all ablaze, but I guess I should rephrase