 Have you heard about the latest ripoff scheme? It's called rent to own and it's really mean. Sell you a radio, appliance or TV Charge you a twenty just to rent it weekly. By the time you get to own it, your paycheck's blown Costs five times what it's worth to own. DUM DUM DEE DUM DUM DUM DEE DUM DUM- DUMB RENT TO OWN! Now rent to own is really bent, Can end up costing 'bout 300 percent. With rent to own, your money's blown, You keep on paying until you turn to stone. On weekly payments your cash will go. A thousand dollar TV? No no no! DUM DUM DEE DUM DUM DUM DEE DUM DUM- DUMB RENT TO OWN! Appliances? DUMB RENT TO OWN! TVs? DUMB RENT TO OWN! Anything they sell? DUMB RENT TO OWN! Copyright by Consumers League of New Jersey Produced by Flo Powell and Mark Fogarty Lyrics: Mark Fogarty Music: Jerard Snell Rapper: TAC Backing vocals: Jerard Snell and Tim Shider Voiceover: Flo Powell Emgineered by: Tim Shider Cover art: Peter Kelly Layout & Pasteup: Bob Solomon CLNJ President: Neil Fogarty |
Everyone: Download the RENT TO OWN RAP as a .MP3 file. Click on the above link, to play it or save the file "RTO_RAP.MP3" (700K) to a folder on your computer. It takes about 3 minutes to download the file, and only one minute to play it. You'll need to turn the volume up. Play the RAP with software such as Music Match Jukebox. Pass the RENT TO OWN RAP to your church, school group, or community organization. You may copy it for educational and non-profit purposes, crediting the copyright of the Consumers League of New Jersey. Media: contact Consumers League to get the original Rent to Own Rap on cassette! This is a 30 or 60 second public service announcement for radio, TV etc. Consumers League 60 South Fullerton Avenue Montclair NJ 07042 973-744-6449 staff@consumersleague.org |