You Can't Afford Me

[Chorus: Wayne Bennett]

If you don't know how much I am worth

Then you can't afford me

If you don't know how much I am worth

Then you can't afford me

[Verse 1: Mike Skinner]

None of us are getting out of this life alive

Stumble through as best through the strife you strive

I talk around my bets 'til the sky is pink

But she talks about her ex so much, even I miss him

No joke to me, you have to keep winning

I know you're so broke, you're having sleep for dinner

What emerges from night, at the foot of the curtain is light

The morning is tryin' to get in as you put the world to rights

Love fakes you out, when you want it, it leaves

Love is great, don't you ever wanna sneeze?

[Chorus: Wayne Bennett]

If you don't know how much I am worth

Then you can't afford me

If you don't know how much I am worth

Then you can't afford me

[Verse 2: Ms Banks]

Yo, see, if you don't know your worth

You're gonna settle for less

I need honesty, best policy

And that minimum respect

I don't want no stress

I don't need me a pest

And if you lay down with dogs, babe

Then you're gonna need a vet

See, they come around with their chest high

And they got nothing to offer

Like, why you so on me, mate?

Why even bother?

See you wanna fuck, try to push your luck

Now take me down and you're lookin' stuck

You're still at your mum's and a total bum

But you want the cookie, you can't get a crumb

Nah, I ain't gonna 'low you, mate

Not even a little

I'm from M&S, babes

You got a better chance at Lidl's, ah

[Chorus: Wayne Bennett]

If you don't know how much I am worth

Then you can't afford me

If you don't know how much I am worth

Then you can't afford me

[Verse 3: Mike Skinner]

You make problems with people so you can push them away

So they can't leave you before you leave they

Leather jacket summer, brace the sweat and chase something

In this weather, only the ugly wear a face of make-up

Again, I tell you I don't party, hardly

But when I do, yes, I party hard

Put the work in the club from eleven 'til two

But you are still a virgin 'cause you never lose

I tell him you go the way you look

So when you're down, see what's up

But if you're feeling down, I can always feel you up

Born in Barnet at the age of zero

Did my learning in Birmingham

Again, I tell you I don't party, hardly

But when I do, yes, I party hard

[Chorus: Wayne Bennett]

If you don't know how much I am worth

Then you can't afford me

If you don't know how much I am worth

Then you can't afford me