“Hypocritical Courtesy” is a song by The Ohayogozaimas, released on December 31, 2015, as part of the Monosugoi album.

The lyrics deal with the underlying skepticism about the authenticity of other people's words and their passive aggressive comments. The chorus repeats “Don't say what you don't have to” which reflects the short song length.

The song is very short, at 57 seconds long. It opens with a fast thrash section, briefly pausing at 13 seconds for a lead guitar countdown. The song shifts to a heavier section at 26 seconds, before continuing the rest of the song with the chorus at 35 seconds in.

A re-recorded version was featured on the Maeda EP in 2017

A remastered version was featured on Yorisugoi in 2019.

This song is performed at nearly every show by The Ohayogozaimas, Usually as the closing song.

言えば
生活が出来ているのは
誰かのお陰ではあるが
その軽い口から発せば
それらも全て無礼

その崇高な正論は
メイドイン誰の脳?
「これを言っとけば」の短絡的発想

言葉の価値は 平等じゃない
言葉の思想は 中立じゃない

言わなくていい事を言うな
言わなくていい事を言うな
言わなくていい事を言うな
もう何も残らない

Ieba
Seikatsu ga dekiteiru no wa
Dare ka no okage de wa aruga
Sono karui kuchi kara hasseba
Sorera mo subete burei

Sono suukouna seiron wa
Meidoin dare no nou?
“Kore o ittokeba” no tanraku teki hassou

Kotoba no kachi wa byoudou janai
Kotoba no shisou wa chuuritsu janai

Iwanakute ii koto o iuna
Iwanakute ii koto o iuna
Iwanakute ii koto o iuna
Mou nani mo nokoranai

I'll say this
I'm able to make a living
Thanks to someone else,
But if something comes out of their loose lips
All of which they say is rude

That noble and righteous argument
was made in whose mind?
「I'll just say this」 is a simplistic way of thinking

Words are not equal in value
Words are not neutral in thought

Don't say what you don't have to
Don't say what you don't have to
Don't say what you don't have to
There's nothing left to say

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