Verse 1<\/p>\n
I was walking one morning when I heard somebody yelling
\nAnd saw a kid with some newspapers he was selling
\nNow ordinarily I would have paid him no attention
\nBut the story in question was especially compelling
\nI rummaged round until I found some change that I flicked him
\nPicked up a copy and the headline read \u201cProhibition!\u201d
\nIt said there was a new law up and down the land
\nAnd as of now – all Swing music was banned!
\nPeople were getting angry, upset and irate
\nBut I could feel a sly grin rising on my face
\nBecause instead of viewing it as something that was negative
\nI saw it as an opportunity I\u2019d been presented with
\nCoz the fact is that no matter what you say
\nIf people want something enough then they\u2019ll always find a way
\nAnd by making it illegal then you only succeed
\nIn creating a black market and people like me!<\/p>\n
Chorus:<\/p>\n
You can\u2019t tell us what to do
\nWe refuse to be controlled
\nWe\u2019ll just do what we want to
\nAnd that is not what we are told<\/p>\n
Verse 2<\/p>\n
I started off small, bootlegging at first
\nProviding people with what they needed to quench their thirst
\n– A little taste of Stelar if they wanted something light
\nAnd if they wanted something harder then some Dutty Moonshine
\nSince we were small time no one really seemed to mind
\nAnd if the cops did arrive, they could easily be bribed
\nCoz for the right price they would look the other way
\nA couple sleeves of Smokey Joes is all it would take
\nThings were going pretty well for me and my crew
\nMoney started coming in and so our operation grew
\nWe went from moving what other people were producing
\nTo manufacturing our own product for distribution
\nPeople would complain that we were flooding the market
\nBut we were just supplying what the people demanded
\nAnd since the press love a villain on which to pin things
\nThey just blamed me and then named me \u2018The Swingpin\u2019<\/p>\n
Verse 3<\/p>\n
Now at the time we had plenty rivals in town
\nSo I called for a meeting and we all sat down
\nWe had the the 5 major families in one place:
\nSwing, Hip Hop, Gypsy, Glitch even Drum n Bass
\nI said if we\u2019re divided then we\u2019re easily conquered
\nBut if we\u2019re all united then together we\u2019re stronger
\nAt first there was resistance and they felt unsure
\nBut eventually they came around and a Syndicate was formed
\nBusiness was booming and everywhere you went
\nYou couldn\u2019t move for clubs putting on Swing events
\nEven at work do\u2019s people were wearing fancy dress
\nBut for that, I gotta give my man Mr Gatsby cred
\n– Word spread, and when the powers that be learned
\nJust how much money in taxes could be earned
\nThey made a U-turn and the law was amended
\nAnd that, my friend, is how Prohibition ended<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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