X Ray Spex - I Live off You.

 Usually I avoid posting songs by the biggest names in punk as I'd rather go with stuff people might not have heard, but I'll occasionally slip one in. It probably won't be a hit single, more likely a classic album track or a b side that whilst most people will be familiar with it, there'll be a few that might be unaware of it's existence. Today I'm selecting one of my favourite songs, it's by Londoners, X Ray Spex. Formed in 1976 and best known for the distinctive vocals of Poly Styrene, they only released the one album during their original run, 1978's Germfree Adolescents,  but it remains one of the genres best.
  They also released a handful of classic singles, Oh Bondage Up Yours!, The Day The World Turned Day-Glo, Identity, Germ Free Adolescents and Highly Inflammable. Unfortunately they called it a day in 1979 not long after Styrene had left though they got back together a couple of times in the 90's and released an album, comprising mainly of songs the singer originally intended to perform solo, called Concious Consumer.
 Tragically Poly Styrene died of cancer in 2011. Her music lives on though, if you're one of the few people that hasn't yet heard this song, you're in for a treat. This is I Live Off You.....

i live off you 
and you live of me 
and the whole world 
lives off of everybody

see we gotta be exploited 
see we gotta be exploited 
be somebody be somebody 
be somebody

the cat eats the rat 
while the pimp beats the whore 
as she just screams out 
for more and more

see we gotta be exploited 
see we gotta be exploited 
be somebody be somebody
be somebody