Name: NMA
Duration: P00H04M16S
Description: Napoleon introduced the term PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) in 1937, This song is about NMA (Negative Mental Attitude).

NMA

from Buy a Graphic Novel by Zansman

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Napoleon introduced the term PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) in 1937, This song is about NMA (Negative Mental Attitude).

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NMA (Negative Mental Attitude)

Verse 1

When I see a plane in the sky
I think of it falling down
I need to have music in my ears
Because I’m afraid of every other sound
When I feel pain in my heart
That’s better than not feeling anything
And when I start to doing stuff
I know I’m just gonna screw up everything

“So what’s with all the negativity?
The disappointed looks you are giving me?
You’ve got a roof over your head, warm clothes and food!”

Chorus

But I’ve got a negative mental attitude
There’s nothing to do about that though
I’m being selfish, mean and incredibly rude
and I don’t know where anyone’s at so
I have a negative mental attitude
I ruin parties by just stepping by
I must prepare for a life in solitude
Cuz happiness only makes me cry

Verse 2

When I buy someone a gift
I only think of exploitation
and Western destruction
of a third world nation
When I cry I feel better
because it means I’m alive
Maybe pessimism is the only
way we can survive

“What happened to positivity?
Adversity is the new epidemy
Can’t you just get a clue and be happy dude?”

Bridge

Positive thinking and social drinking
getting new acquaintances and friends
But new relations and high expectations
will only let you down in the end

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from Buy a Graphic Novel, released July 12, 2019
Written by me May 2019
Recorded June 2019

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