Mod Is A State of Mind - feat. Mel Blank

歌詞

Oh 'allo everybody It is a great pleasure to speak to you all here at this year's BRITS I was wondering when you'd get around to me Just before I came onstage my manager Nick said to me Maybe you should speak for a minute on Mod as a way of life Well, Nick's a smart cookie I wouldn't be standing here before you if he wasn't but he ain't always right and he ain't right about this Because mod isn't a way of life Mod Is a state of mind That's right Mod is a state of mind You see Mod isn't about having the right wheels or the right shoes or hat Or this or that Or wearing the parka you saw someone wearing on the telly That's not Mod, that's just copycat stuff And it's not about knowing how to button your two-tone jacket You know, top button always, middle button seldom, bottom button never It isn't even about being able to dance properly to old rivvem and blues All of that jazz an' razzamatazz don't mean a thing if you ain't swinging inside Because mod is a state of mind And the key to that state of mind Is individuality Mod is an expression of the smartness and sharpness you feel inside The uniqueness that is you and only you Projected with confidence into the world And not giving a monkeys what anyone else finks Some of my mates say "hang on a minute isn't all that individuality stuff really just punk?" No, punk is pain, punk is rejection Punk is angst, and dirt Mod is being proud of how you feel, of who and what you are And living it without embarrassment because it's the natural thing to do I mean by that reckoning the greatest mod in history, I mean the greatest of all time Was probably Cassius Clay And you ain't gonna argue with that now, are ya? I mean you could be gay, you could be straight All of the above or none of the above If you can sustain your individuality And express it with style Then my son You have earned the right To self-describe As Mod