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1. |
Tough at the Top
04:07
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Good morning workers
Time to turn those frowns upside down
Today is another wonderful day of production
And remember – we can’t thrive if you don’t survive
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We sense some grumbling in the ranks
I keep you in booze and fags, but where’s the thanks?
It’s not an easy job, it doesn’t run itself
Without me minding the company’s health
I climbed the ladder, started out like you
Just that small inheritance, greased palms, it’s true
I worked so hard to get where I am today
Some people got burnt, so don’t get in my way
--
You don’t have to worry
We’re making loadsa money
It’s all blue sky thinking
As this ship is sinking
X2
--
It’s tough at the top
They must have grafted
It’s tough at the top
I’m sure no one got shafted
It’s tough at the top
All that hard work paid off
It’s tough at the top
It’s not our place to scoff
It’s tough at the top
They must have grafted
It’s tough at the top
I’m sure no one got shafted
It’s tough at the top
Their place has been earned
It’s tough at the top
There’s lessons to be learned
--
Riding, we’re riding
The gravy train
x8
--
You don’t have to worry
We’re making loadsa money
It’s all blue sky thinking
As this ship is sinking
x2
--
It’s tough at the top
They must have grafted
It’s tough at the top
I’m sure no one got shafted
It’s tough at the top
All that hard work paid off
It’s tough at the top
It’s not our place to scoff
It’s tough at the top
They must have grafted
It’s tough at the top
I’m sure no one got shafted
It’s tough at the top
Their place has been earned
It’s tough at the top
There’s lessons to be learned
--
CEOs have feelings too
They cut and bleed, just like you
x8
--
It’s tough at the top
x16
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2. |
Can't Pay Won't Pay
03:05
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Can’t Pay
Won’t Pay
x8
--
You say
If we can’t pay
You’ll take it away
We say
We won’t pay
You’ve had your day
x3
--
No one should have to choose between eating and heating
No one should have to choose between eating and heating
No one should have to choose between eating and heating
No one should have to choose!
--
Can’t Pay
Won’t Pay
Can’t Pay
Won’t Pay
Can’t Pay Won’t Pay
Can’t Pay Won’t Pay
--
You say
If we can’t pay
You’ll take it away
We say
We won’t pay
You’ve had your day
x2
--
The energy companies know this island’s ripe to rinse
An unsolvable crisis, easy to convince
No matter the price of fuel it’s profits they maximise
Fuck these robbing bandits, it’s time to nationalise
--
No one should have to choose between eating and heating
No one should have to choose between eating and heating
No one should have to choose between eating and heating
No one should have to choose!
--
Can’t Pay
Won’t Pay
Can’t Pay
Won’t Pay
Can’t Pay Won’t Pay
Can’t Pay Won’t Pay
--
You say
If we can’t pay
You’ll take it away
We say
We won’t pay
You’ve had your day
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3. |
No News is Good News
03:56
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Who’ve we got in our sights this week?
Well this week we’ll mostly be taking a pop at:
Asylum seekers, the mentally ill, overweight women, pretty much anyone brown, disgusting trade unionists and of course – any virtue-signalling woke brigade snowflakes who disagree with us.
Tune in next week for another scapegoat to serve our interests!
Now, over to Trevor with the weather…
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Here’s an account read blow by blow
For propping up the status quo
With angles and slants to steer your brain
It’s best for business to keep you mundane
Read about celebrity this and that
Fantasy details to keep you down pat
Coffee and a natter in your staffroom groups
To feel some belonging, you’re one of the troops
--
Supersonic migrants are coming to shag your pets
Maybe no news is good news
Benefit cheats from Hades are sleeping in your bed
Maybe no news is good news
Three eyed lefty ballsacks are eating all your cereal
Maybe no news is good news
Queers from outer space are abducting your kids now
Maybe no news is good news
--
Whip them up
Whip into a frenzy
x3
--
There’s demand for column inches, made at any cost
In the search for ratings their ethos is lost
A broken mirror on the world, the image in pieces
Thriving off conflict, the tension increases
It’s all for ads and sales, some filler to bite
Both sides of the fence, ready to lurch to the right
There’re some real journos with a decent newscast
But in this post-truth era they’re dwindling fast
--
Supersonic migrants are coming to shag your pets
Maybe no news is good news
Benefit cheats from Hades are sleeping in your bed
Maybe no news is good news
Three eyed lefty ballsacks are eating all your cereal
Maybe no news is good news
Queers from outer space are abducting your kids now
Maybe no news is good news
--
Whip them up
Whip into a frenzy
x4
--
Supersonic migrants are coming to shag your pets
Maybe no news is good news
Benefit cheats from Hades are sleeping in your bed
Maybe no news is good news
Queers from outer space are abducting your kids now
Maybe no news is good news
Three eyed lefty ballsacks are eating all your cereal
Maybe no news is good news
--
Maybe no news is good news
Whip them up, whip them up, whip them up
Maybe no news is good news
Whip them up, whip them up, whip them
into a frenzy
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4. |
Mutate to Survive
02:33
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Who knows what awaits us on the horizon
It’s the setting sun you’ve got to keep your eyes on
Don’t get caught up in static behaviour
Change is our constant, mutation our saviour
The night is long, but we are still young
Spin something new try some methods unsung
Don’t get stuck on the same page in your fables
Forward and mutate it’s time to turn the tables
--
Got to mutate
Got to mutate
Got to mutate
To survive
x7
Got to mutate
Got to mutate
Got to mutate
Got to mutate!
--
Gonna start necking some pills
And suck on Big Pharma’s teat
Gonna grow bionic limbs for combat
And ensure I won’t be beat
Gonna upgrade my eyes, ears
Nose and my teeth
Gonna have to be some mental
Mutant hybrid is my belief
Gonna be a mesmerising
murderising man-machine
Gonna be a one-man army
And destroy your whole team
An unstoppable undeniable force
Make no mistake
How many operations, drugs
And mutations will it take?!
--
Got to mutate
Got to mutate
Got to mutate
To survive
x7
Got to mutate
Got to mutate
Got to mutate
Got to mutate!
--
Who knows what awaits us on the horizon
It’s the setting sun you’ve got to keep your eyes on
Don’t get caught up in static behaviour
Change is our constant, mutation our saviour
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5. |
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Close the door
It’s a war on the poor
x12
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Edging ever closer
to a fascist state
Removing the right to protest
Dividing us with hate
The press calls it sleaze
But it’s pure corruption
Not fit for purpose
We need an eruption
Don’t forget your papers
For our new internal borders
The ones who stand to profit
Denying our disorders
The crooked at the wheel
Driving us round the bend
We’re stuck on plague island
A call to arms we send
--
Are we too divided
to make a stand?
The glue doesn’t bind
the flames they are fanned
We’re out here
drawing lines in the sand
Can we please escape
from plague island?
Are we too divided
to make a stand?
The glue doesn’t bind
the flames they are fanned
We’re out here
drawing lines in the sand
I wanna get off plague island
--
Top of the leader board
We got a high score
Don’t watch that, watch this
A war on the poor
Contracts to your besties
Or matey next door
Bragging about statistics
As the bodies hit the floor
They robbed the public purse
With no calls for their demise
Pulling off heists
And cutting old ties
Rock the boat hard to make it capsize
“And Bully’s special prize…!”
--
Go outside
Stay indoors
Go out
Eat out
Stay outdoors
Don’t go inside
Eat someone out
Be a grass
Stay off the grass
Space face
Track and trace
You would be ill advised
To become ill with this advice
Reread the instructions
To stay informed
Reread the instructions
To stay informed
Reread the instructions
To stay informed
Reread the instructions
To stay informed
--
Are we too divided
to make a stand?
The glue doesn’t bind
the flames they are fanned
We’re out here
drawing lines in the sand
Can we please escape
from plague island?
Are we too divided
to make a stand?
The glue doesn’t bind
the flames they are fanned
We’re out here
drawing lines in the sand
I wanna get off plague island
x2
--
Close the door
It’s a war on the poor
x4
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6. |
Girl Boss
04:00
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So you wanna be a boss, girl boss, girl boss?
So you wanna be a boss, girl boss, girl boss?
So you wanna be a boss, girl boss, girl boss?
I want NO BOSSES!
--
No girl bosses
no girl borders
No girl gods
No girl masters
x4
--
Priti priti priti vay-cunt
Don’t need girls at the top, just at the front
And system change to stop the rot
Fuck Hilary Clinton and her lot
We can’t replicate the same pecking orders
That cis men built, the same fucking borders
Maggie Maggie Maggie
Out Out Out
Representation
With no clout
--
Say I should practice self-care
It’s community that I yearn
Say I should find my inner peace
While I watch the outside world burn
Self care
Inner peace
x4
--
So you wanna be a boss, girl boss, girl boss?
So you wanna be a boss, girl boss, girl boss?
--
No bullshit jobs
Or corporate lawyers
No land ladies
Or banker bitches
--
I’m not trying to break the glass ceiling
Smashing capitalism is my healing
I don’t care about your career inspiration
Or your feminist business declaration
I ain’t nobody’s princess
Tired ideas you’re trying to impress
I don’t wanna be a queen
Monarchy is so obscene
Hollywood just fucking bores me
Getting on my tits with stupid love stories
We get to live, happily ever after
In a 2-bed patriarchal disaster
--
No girl bosses
no girl borders
No girl gods
No girl masters
x4
--
So you wanna be a boss, girl boss, girl boss?
You wanna be a boss, girl boss, girl boss?
So you wanna be a boss, girl boss, girl boss?
You wanna be a GIRL BOSS??!!!
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7. |
Do Not Resuscitate
03:01
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I was walking down the street
Minding my own business
When out of the corner of my eye
I spotted a man on the floor
Who appeared to be suffering a cardiac arrest
So of course, I hurried over…
You know - I’m a nice person
I like to help when it’s needed
I remembered my emergency life support training
That I received through my job
I quickly called 999
And then got down on to my knees
And began performing chest compressions
1 and 2 and 3 and 4,
120 bpm is actually the required rate
I remember this
because it’s the same as some disco tune
“c’mon maaan please don’t die on me”
I cried out to the empty street
The voice on the telephone advised me to stay calm
But just as I was about to perform
mouth to mouth resuscitation
I noticed his rosette
And then
Some flyers he was holding in his hand
Listeners - this was no decent man
This pathetic excuse for a human being was out canvasing for
the Conservative and Unionist Party of Great Britain
I stopped, took a breath
Did a double-take and questioned my own morals
Surely every human deserves to be treated equally?
I pondered, looking at his face becoming redder and redder
Surely, I wouldn’t just let a fellow man die without trying to save his life…
Would I?
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
I preached, as other passers-by began to gather
This man has an order in place that says
DO NOT RESUSCITATE I said
Before I pronounced him dead at 20:23
The ambulance arrived and carried away his body
From the gawping crowd which had formed around me
I slid away quietly, proud that I had set myself some boundaries
None of my precious energy should be wasted helping a man
Who would not have helped me
A man who believed that we are all responsible for our own destinies
A man invested in destroying our communities
R. I. P. Tory scum, at least there will be free heating in hell!
Do not resuscitate
Do not resuscitate
Do not resuscitate
Do not resuscitate
x2
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8. |
TMI
04:14
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It’s just a numb pile of meat in these bones
Dragging our feet around the information zones
It’s just a numb pile of meat in these bones
Staring into the abyss through the screens on our phones
x2
--
They say it’s the information age
But big data also profits from our rage
Goading you into unrequited clicks
An empty shell for an endorphin fix
Perfectly curated minor distractions
With little to no real satisfaction
It’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s not
Collective madness, we’ve lost the plot
We can reach anyone across the world
Connection and learning, the world unfurled
But instead of extending a hand or greeting
It’s mostly bruising, a virtual beating
You have to sift through misinformation and bile
Bullshit to navigate, truth is on trial
Maybe it’s all too much for us to handle
Towards a new dark age, so light a candle
--
T M I
X7
--
These monkey brains aren’t up to task
Information overload, easy to wear a mask
People get mouthy behind a username
No real comeback, for them it’s just a game
Spending their evenings logging in to spread fear and hate
Things they’d never do by their own front gate
It seemed like the best thing since sliced bread
But the future looks fucked and filled with dread
--
T M I
x8
Too much information
x4
--
It’s just a numb pile of meat in these bones
Dragging our feet around the information zones
It’s just a numb pile of meat in these bones
Staring into the abyss through the screens on our phones
It’s just a numb pile of meat in these bones
It’s just a numb pile of meat in these bones
It’s just a numb pile of meat in these bones
It’s just a numb pile of meat in these bones
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9. |
Jobsworth
03:58
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Is it pride that makes you so blunt?
Are they paying you enough to be such a …..?
Life should be worth more than a job
Becoming a thug to raise a few bob
“Them’s the rules” you howl and bellow
Making it clear you ain’t a nice fellow
How do you sleep at night?
Actually, cunts like you probably sleep alright
--
You’re that kind of person who needs a wide berth
Coz you only understand rules – a jobsworth
That face says it all, completely lacking in mirth
People come first, ya fucking jobsworth
Perhaps you should have been stifled at birth
Coz you only understand rules – a jobsworth
Is this what you do with your time on earth?
People come first, ya fucking jobsworth
--
If you see someone stealing baby formula
Don’t be a jobsworth
Don’t be a jobsworth
If you see someone jumping the barrier
Don’t be a jobsworth
Don’t be a jobsworth
If you know someone working cash in hand
Don’t be a jobsworth
Don’t be a jobsworth
If you know someone selling a bit of dope
Don’t be a jobsworth
Don’t be a jobsworth
--
You’re that kind of person who needs a wide berth
Coz you only understand rules – a jobsworth
That face says it all, completely lacking in mirth
People come first, ya fucking jobsworth
Perhaps you should have been stifled at birth
Coz you only understand rules – a jobsworth
Is this what you do with your time on earth?
People come first, ya fucking jobsworth
--
If you see someone begging on the train
Don’t be a jobsworth
Don’t be a jobsworth
If you see someone’s tent in the woods
Don’t be a jobsworth
Don’t be a jobsworth
If you see someone stopping an eviction
Don’t be a jobsworth
Don’t be a jobsworth
If you see people stopping a raid
Don’t be a jobsworth
Don’t be a jobsworth
--
Why are you such a jobsworth?
x16
--
Why are you like this, it’s just not clear
Being a jobsworth ain’t a valid career
How about a change of direction this year?
Being a jobsworth ain’t a valid career
x2
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10. |
Know Your Enemy
04:42
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Know Your Enemy
Know
Your
Enemy
x4
--
Your enemy does not arrive in the back of a truck
they arrive by private jet
Your enemy does not come here clutching a dinghy
they arrive in the back of a limousine
Your enemy is not sneaking across the borders
They’re the ones who create and police them
Your enemy doesn’t come to steal this land
It’s those who have long held the deeds
--
Know
Your
Enemy
x4
--
Your enemy isn’t stealing your wallet
They’re the ones that lured you into debt
Your enemy isn’t living on state benefits
They syphon state subsidies instead
Your enemy doesn’t come here to steal your job
They want cheap labour to undercut you
Your enemy is not draining the system
They work the system and exploit us all
--
These people have names and addresses
Take back the land and burn down their mansions!
x4
--
Know
Your
Enemy
x4
--
Know, know, know, know – your – enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy
x4
--
Your enemy is not someone sleeping in a doorway
no matter what their fucking reasons are
Your enemy isn’t your next-door neighbour
simply because you don’t understand what spice mix they use
Your enemy isn’t the worker pissed off with their bosses
when you should be too
Your enemy isn’t anyone who refuses to play this stupid game – because the rules were never in your favour
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14. |
Killdren Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK
Killdren are a two-bit rave-punk band with a smelly attitude who hail from Tunbridge
Wells.
Sitting uneasily between straight-up nihilism and fresh-faced naivety,
Killdren pen politically charged slapstick anthems.
They form the ideal soundtrack to the worst generation in history.
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