Matt Reaction - No Joke (Demo) Lyrics

I came first in a beauty contest
Noone else entered so I won
Didn't have to sleep with the judges
I went backstage but they'd all gone
I heard a rumour that one of them was
Lining up to be a princess
Well, that's what the Metro and Independent said
I didn't believe a word until
The Daily Mail stuck it on their front page

I got banged up for nicking petrol
A 12-year-old made a citizen's arrest
She was smoking a big old roll-up
Put it out in the middle of my chest
It could've been so explosive
If she'd have been a bit more to the left
Well, that's what the Sun and the Daily Star said
I didn't believe a word until
The Daily Mail stuck it on their front page

How many days, how many weeks, how many years
Are you gonna keep believing their bias?
How many gays, how many lesbians and queers
Will it take to make you think you're wrong?
How many blacks do you have to meet
Before you realise they're just the same as you?
This ain't no joke
This ain't no party
This is real life

I was the first man on the moon
I set up base in 1945
The lack of gravity was great and
I ate roasted chestnuts to survive
I had a long-wave radio that
Picked up a faraway transmission
But all I heard was sssssssssss
I didn't understand a word until
The Daily Mail put it on their front page

How many days, how many weeks, how many years
Are you gonna keep believing their bias?
How many gays, how many lesbians and queers
Will it take to make you see you're wrong?
How many blacks do you have to meet
Before you realise they're just the same as you?
This ain't no joke
This ain't no headline
This is real life
This ain't no joke
Well there ain't no punchline
This is real life
This ain't no joke
And this ain't no pop song
This is real life mate
Will you promise me you'll at least think about it, yeah?