give a little

Hey, mister landlord, I want to be free
I'll be free like a bird in a tree
Want to be, must be, as I would tell you
So give a little, and take a little
And give a little, one more time

The rent man, rent man
The rent man (Tell dem, Black Guru, tell dem, hm)
The rent man, rent man
The rent man (Better tell dem, make dem know)
Now, we've been working all day long
In the burning sun (In this hot, fiery feeling, burning sun)
Can't take it no more, what I want to do, baby
Our offering like pay, that we get for the day
I say, the rent man, he's back on us
To take it all away

Mi love fi mi landlord
I'm singing, we love fi we landlord (Hey)
Di rent due and him no throw me out (Hey)
Di rent due and him no throw me out
Him say, no make it happen another day
Mi say, mi love fi mi landlord (Bam-bam-bam)
Mi say, mi check fi fi mi landlord
I'm singing, mi love fi mi landlord (You know)

I said, you won't get no money for this bad living
Tenement flat (Too much susu-susu)
Said, you won't get no money for this bad living
Tenement flat
Is not everyday you see a landlord like mine
Some landlord is like a sign
Before di rent due, dem come before time
Some is good, and some is bad
Say, some landlord will drive you mad

Nuff respect to mi landlord
I'm singing, nuff respect to mi landlord (Cho)
Through mi corner mi no call no fowl
Mi through a corner mi no call no fowl
Dem pick it up already and a dance rocksteady
Nuff respect to mi landlord
Well, I'm singing, nuff respect to mi landlord

Rent man, a dollar, a dollar for your rent (Oh-oh)
A dollar, a dollar for your rent (Oh yeah)
Yeah, you can tell the government, you know
Tell dem, mister D got to tell dem so

You won't get no money for this bad living
Tenement flat
Said, you won't get no money for this bad living
Tenement flat
Mi say, di tenement yard, it really rough
Di tenement yard, it really tough
Mind yourself, a man, you get mix up

Mi say, mi check fi fi mi landlord
Well, I'm singing, say, mi check fi fi mi landlord (Hey)
Di rent due and him no throw me out
Di rent due and him no throw me out
Him say, no make it happen another day
Mi say, mi check fi fi mi landlord
Well, I'm singing, say, mi love fi mi landlord

Rent man, rent man (Rent man, a dollar for your rent)
Rent man (Oh, some man can't sleep at night)
I said, you won't get no money for this bad living
A some landlords like a terrorist, you know?)
Tenement flat (It no easy)
Said, it no easy when you owe your rent and cannot sleep
As I would tell it to you, sometime you have to bleed, you know
It rough, it rough, it rough, it rough, it rough