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Cancel the Rent
- Sung to
- Addams Family Theme
- Written by
- Anitra Freeman
- Gaggle
- Seattle
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SING IT to the tune of Addams Family Theme
Everybody’s hurtin’
The future still uncertain
Mounting debt a burden
It’s time to cancel the rent
Cancel the rent (snap snap)
Cancel the rent (snap snap)
Cancel the rent
Cancel the rent
Cancel the rent (snap snap)
People in the street
Are living without heat
And not enough to eat
We need housing for all
Housing for all …
Comp’ny profits soared
Homebound consumers gored
And homebound students bored
It’s time to tax the rich
Tax the rich…
Any kind of trouble
Rent just seems to double
It’s time to pop the bubble
We need rent control now
Rent control now…
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Written by
Anitra Freeman
For the
Seattle Gaggle