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🎵 Produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Akira The Don
In Don Studios, Nashville
🎙️ Vocals by Russell Geoffrey Banks & Akira The Don
🎵 Mixed and mastered by James Millar & Akira The Don
📺 Visual by Akira The Don & Sakurabipolar
📼 The Truman Show (1998)

Vocal sample from @russellgeoffreybanks1 ⁨, used with permission
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LYRICS

The truest
Words was from Nietzsche
When he said
That any man who knows too much
Can't
He can't fit in anywhere
That's the curse of awareness

And that's the curse of awareness
The curse of awareness
The curse of awareness
And that's the curse of awareness
The curse of awareness
At least you know who you are

Once you start to delve
Underneath the surface
That's when you realize
This whole world is not so simple
And you start to notice
Who people really are
And the games they're playing
And that fake
Confidence
All the ulterior motives
And you realize this whole society
Is built on lies
And people, they're sheep

And that's the curse of awareness
The curse of awareness
The curse of awareness
And that's the curse of awareness
The curse of awareness
At least you know who you are

And once
Once you see that
You can't unsee that
So you try
You try and tell people
They say to you
"No, no, you're overreacting
You're crazy."
So you stop talking
But you're still observant
You're still watching
But you know
You don't belong anymore
And it's not because you
You think you're
You're too good for anyone
No, no, no
It's because you've seen too much
And you're watching everything
And now you know
You can't go back
To how it was anymore
And awareness here isolates you
And it's the price of clarity
Because the crowds
They move away
But then at least
You know who you are
But then at least
You know who you are

And that's the curse of awareness
The curse of awareness
The curse of awareness
And that's the curse of awareness
The curse of awareness
At least you know who you are
And that's the curse of awareness
The curse of awareness
The curse of awareness
And that's the curse of awareness
The curse of awareness
At least you know who you are
Who you are
Who you are
At least you know who you are
Who you are
Who you are
At least you know who you are
Who you are
Who you are
At least you know who you are
Who you are
Who you are
At least you know who you are

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