What does this mean?
What does "project building" mean in this sentece?: "While I sat up in my grandma´s project building coloring, oh"

It´s from a song "Piggyback" by Melanie Martinez, here´s some context (hope it helps):

I was three years old
All I wanted was the music and
My parents were doing everything they could
To move away from our place working over time always
While I sat up in my grandma's project building coloring, oh

Thanks in advance

Question

What does this mean?
What does "project building" mean in this sentece?: "While I sat up in my grandma´s project building coloring, oh"

It´s from a song "Piggyback" by Melanie Martinez, here´s some context (hope it helps):

I was three years old
All I wanted was the music and
My parents were doing everything they could
To move away from our place working over time always
While I sat up in my grandma's project building coloring, oh

Thanks in advance

Answer

I think they could be referring to a housing project.  Those are places where people with very low incomes live.  It doesn't quite sound grammatically correct, but the rest the lyrics don't either, since they are words to a song.  I'm thinking that because it also talks about wanting to move and working over time.  And 3 year olds don't usually build very much of anything!

I'd probably need to see even more of the lyrics and maybe hear the song to say for certain.

Answer

Projects are subsidized urban housing (often notorious for poor quality housing, unemployment and urban blight generally.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing_in_the_United_States

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