Ray Bans and spray tans/ Wanting dessert…but there’s an empty cake stand/ Spending my 30s battling a waistband/ Commuting anywhere when the train’s rammed/ Anti-abortion pro-lifers that take stands/ The fact that a covers project is most musicians main band/ Plays where they don’t have an ending so they dance/ And you can call me anything that you want but I hate trap/ Charity management pay/ People who tell me Premiership results before I’ve seen Match of the Day/ That camera craze at gigs, put the damn thing away/ Your video looks crap and the sound is the same/ Katie Hopkins…and her friends/ Tuka Sulliman from Dragon’s Den/ Posts on Facebook, Ooo tag a friend/ In fact… promotion in general on social media/ Is tedious and add people who call themselves a genius/ That’s for us to decide, and that fluff on a stylus/ Making it jump all the time, is something that I just/ Can’t be doing with, like pantomimes/ BS Hallmark holidays like Valentines/ Greetings cards with generic messages/ Appreciate the effort just write something genuine or don’t get me one/ Footy when two captains pick sides/ And anyone who has those outdoor wind chimes// CHORUS Cos there’s nothing wrong with hating stuff/ Everyone says that there is/ But there’s nothing wrong with hating stuff/ When the stuff that you hate is shit/ Said there’s nothing wrong with hating stuff/ Everyone acts like there is/ But there’s nothing better than hating stuff/ When the stuff that you hate is shit// I love hating/ …I try to be an optimist/ But honestly I get a lot of pleasure and catharsis from being negative/ Cos I think the things that we hate are fairly relevant/ In making us the people that we are, in fact it betters us/ Cos hopefully you’ll take things you don’t like and leave em/ And do the things you do like and that there’s the reason/ You can waste a lot of time trying to like summat you shouldn’t/ But hate is often dangerous in the hands of others/ If a person of another race does you wrong it’s ok/ They’re an arsehole and can be somebody you hate/ But if you then hate the race cos of the actions of one/ Then it’s reasonable for people to call you a cunt/ Hate should never be allowed to spread of its own accord/ But in two thousand whatever there’s definitely no remorse/ And if you can’t be trusted with hate then go cold turkey/ The alcohol of my emotions, you’re not worthy// CHORUS But there’s nowt wrong with me hating stuff/ Everyone says that there is/ But there’s nothing wrong with me hating stuff/ When the stuff that I hate is shit/ Cos there’s nothing wrong with hating stuff/ Everyone acts like there is/ But there’s nothing better than hating stuff/ When the stuff that you hate is shit// Like success with no effort/ Showers with no pressure/ The fact that in my twenties I was a go-getter/ Now I sit around looking down in an old sweater/ And shout, at the rest of the clowns that have done better/ How is it they’re fresher?/ Their album sales spectacular/ Didn’t even go through their Twitter followers, blaggin’ em/ By the way I’ve got an album out why don’t you check it?/ They listened once on Spotify and left it/ Forget it/ I get wound up by hatred, I can feel destroyed/ Looking at others when comparison’s the thief of joy/ It’s because of competition that the scene’s a void/ As soon as people get their heads together dreams can join/ But I can’t talk, I’m a moody selfish stick in the mud/ No time to hate yours when I think my shit isn’t good/ Listening to my own stuff thinking “this is just guff”/ Thank God I’ve got my missus to keep lifting me up// CHORUS So I probably shouldn’t hate so much/ Everyone knows it’s my shtick/ People don’t even bother to show me stuff/ Cos I’ll probably say it’s shit/ But when I find summat that I like/ I’ll never stop going on about that/ But 99% of the time these days/ Everything I hear is crap// Said everything I see is crap. Said everything I watch is crap. Said everything I do is crap. And everything you do is crap.