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I started noticing the other day,
While watching a band,
I was surprised the room was empty,
As before it had been rammed,
And I thought “this sound is just like the one before”,
But your obsession with credentials had you running for the door.
Now this ain’t a scene – IT’S A GOD DAMN PISS TAKE,
the way you’re judging people has got nowt to do with music,
But now I think I can see where you get your kicks,
It’s not about the tunes, but backwards politics.

When the purpose of your group is to divide the crowd,
Let me ask you – who gave the right to choose who is and isn’t welcome,
With your phoney criteria of what should be allowed,
Can’t you see the forecast is the death of a genre?

I fail to see the difference between YOU AND I,
And I still think that we should stand SIDE BY SIDE,
It’s segregation based on things that don’t exist in the real world,
It’s all in your head!

So follow me down to a place in my head,
Where people think differently,
Often instead
of judging people by their class or their outfit,
We all get together for our mutual benefit,
The twist in the tale, and I bet you’ll fail,
To cite your upbringing without turning pale,
‘Cause there’s very little difference ‘tween you and me,
I think I smell hypocrisy

You are not who you claim to be (oh-woah-oh)
You say I’m wrong but I disagree (oh-woah-oh)
With this division within the ‘scene’
It’s all become a fashion show

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from The Gentleman Bandits, released January 3, 2011

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