Rent Crisis

Who that a knock so early, sir?
A me, nine finger, the rent agent

Woii, what a pressure
Landlord a pressure tenant
Woii, what a pressure
Landlord a pressure tenant

Everywhere you can turn in town
You hear people saying "house rent too high"
Yes, everywhere you can turn in town
The poor people crying "house rent too high"

You rent one this month for fifty dollars
You live there two months, it raise to sixty dollars
If you have any children, you can't get it
No matter what the price, you have fi gladly take it

Every three weeks the rent man come
With him bodyguard an' him big long gun
You can't tell him, say, you no have it
Any way, there you have to try find it

Or else him coming back with the bailiff man
Coming in a van with two policemen
An' one thing you must understand
If you even get drop, him nah get no wrong

Woii, what a pressure
Landlord a pressure tenant (Hey)
Woii, what a pressure (Hey)
Landlord, dem a pressure tenant

My landlord is a cruel man
A man that no one can understand
Every time the rent near fi due
That is the time when my landlord screw

An' when him collect, him smile again
That's the only time me an' him are friend
But that friendship only last for three weeks
'Cause three weeks time the rent due again

Woii, what a pressure (Hey)
Landlord, dem a pressure tenant (He-hey)
Woii-woii-woii, what a pressure
Landlord a pressure tenant