Cheap Perfume (https://www.facebook.com/cheapperfume719) are Stephanie, Jane No, Hot Dave & Goffo, a feminist punk quartet from Colorado. They've been around for a decade and I first came across them in 2017 when they were telling us how it's ok to punch nazis https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2017/09/cheap-perfume-its-okay-to-punch-nazis.html
A couple of years later I featured their calling out of predatory men https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2019/12/cheap-perfume-times-up.html
Next month sees the release of a new album titled Don't Care, Didn't Ask. They've been drip feeding a few singles from it and you can find them here : https://cheapperfume.bandcamp.com/music
This is the final teaser for what will be a pretty damn special release. They say of it; “This song is a battlecry of retaliation to the epidemic of violence committed against marginalized groups by men. As a survivor of domestic abuse and sexual violence we want to fight for those who have already lost their voices or can’t for themselves. Time's up, respect our existence or expect resistance.”
It's called Dead If I Do...
Stalked in the street, held on our knees
Your conquest to control me
You watch too much pornography
Deluded by gender supremacy
Doesn’t matter if we’re nice or mean
You’re punching a wall pretending it’s me
You must think you can tame me
My body, your choice? Bitch, please
(Chorus)
Because I said so, and no means no
I’m dead if I do, dead if I don’t
If I don’t die by your abuses
I’ll choke to death on your excuses
Because I said so and no means no
I’m dead if I do, dead if I don’t x2
Forced to marry, forced to carry
You will never fucking own me
Treat us as your property
Then kill us when we try to leave
Hate the housewife, hate the whore
Nowhere is safe, it wasn’t before
Comply or die and fuck my rights
Won’t get me without a fight
(Chorus)
Because I said so, and no means no
I’m dead if I do, dead if I don’t
If I don’t die by your abuses, I’ll choke to death on your excuses
Because I said so, and no means no
I’m dead if I do, dead if I don’t
Sick of living with your foot on my throat
Dead if I do, dead if I don’t x2
Silenced before
Hear us now
Dead if you do
Dead if you don’t x2
(Chorus)
Because I said so, and no means no
I’m dead if I do, dead if I don’t
If I don’t die by your abuses, I’ll choke to death on your excuses
Because I said so, and no means no
I’m dead if I do, dead if I don’t
Sick of living with your foot on my throat
Dead if I do, dead if I don’t x2
Your conquest to control me
You watch too much pornography
Deluded by gender supremacy
Doesn’t matter if we’re nice or mean
You’re punching a wall pretending it’s me
You must think you can tame me
My body, your choice? Bitch, please
(Chorus)
Because I said so, and no means no
I’m dead if I do, dead if I don’t
If I don’t die by your abuses
I’ll choke to death on your excuses
Because I said so and no means no
I’m dead if I do, dead if I don’t x2
Forced to marry, forced to carry
You will never fucking own me
Treat us as your property
Then kill us when we try to leave
Hate the housewife, hate the whore
Nowhere is safe, it wasn’t before
Comply or die and fuck my rights
Won’t get me without a fight
(Chorus)
Because I said so, and no means no
I’m dead if I do, dead if I don’t
If I don’t die by your abuses, I’ll choke to death on your excuses
Because I said so, and no means no
I’m dead if I do, dead if I don’t
Sick of living with your foot on my throat
Dead if I do, dead if I don’t x2
Silenced before
Hear us now
Dead if you do
Dead if you don’t x2
(Chorus)
Because I said so, and no means no
I’m dead if I do, dead if I don’t
If I don’t die by your abuses, I’ll choke to death on your excuses
Because I said so, and no means no
I’m dead if I do, dead if I don’t
Sick of living with your foot on my throat
Dead if I do, dead if I don’t x2
