Pay Rent - The Slits

We wanna pay rent with a passion

No, we don’t wanna follow fashion

We make our own style up to dress

And do what we’re known to do best

Yea, we wanna pay rent with a passion

And dance to our drum with percussion

Yea, that’s how me measure success

And do what we’re known to do best

Don’t want any 9 to 5 job everyday

Get up for something boring, get paid

From some regular we don’t feel

Not part of our live but just a means

We’re not some artist’s death sentence

Going there don’t even make no sense

Survival is different from living

Specially for those who are giving

We wanna pay rent with a passion

And we don’t wanna follow fashion

We make our own style up to dress

And do what we’re known to do best

Yea, we wanna pay rent with a passion

And dance to our drum with percussion

Yea, that’s how me measure success

And do what we’re known to do best

Living for the art and music

Coming from the heart, let’s use it

Make money with music

At … we confuse it

Living for the art and music

Coming from the heart, let’s use it

Make money with music

At … we confuse it

We wanna pay rent with a passion

No, we don’t wanna follow fashion

We make our own style up to dress

And do what we’re known to do best

Yea, we wanna pay rent with a passion

And dance to our drum with percussion

Yea, that’s how me measure success

And do what we’re known to do best

Wanna spend time in the jungle

With just a few … and a bongo

Keep us free, not a …

Nobody there just jungle

Wanna spend time in the jungle

With just a few … and a bongo

Keep us free, not a …

Nobody there just jungle

Need a break from technology

And when not in stage get family

Time good and quality

Fight for equality

Need a break from technology

And when not in stage get family

Time good and quality

Fight for equality

We wanna pay rent with a passion

No, we don’t wanna follow fashion

We make our own style up to dress

And do what we’re known to do best

We wanna pay rent with a passion

No, we don’t wanna follow fashion

We make our own style up to dress

And do what we’re known to do best