Who Benefits?

Woke up this morning
 Another building torn down
 Not by a plane
 By a parking lot
 Think of every person that has walked into the door
 Think of every tear that was shed upon the floor
 Every baby's cry answered, every lover's sigh met
 And I know, yes I know, there was life inside it yet
 I ask you...
 Who benefits? When the contract has been signed?
 Who benefits? Generations down the line
 Who benefits? Who's the victim of the crime
 Yeah the money's in your pocket and it happens every time
 Never knew brick and mortar so easy to displace
 Never knew steel and timber was so easy to erase
 Just some greed, some greed, a touch of ego too
 To crucify the memory of all we once knew
 I ask you...