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REFLECTION

from REBIRTH by Slick9000

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"REFLECTION" speaks on how some people want you to be them and live their life. It speaks on how much people are addicted to dictating and controlling others, and speaks on if you can "fall from something that you never had at all", implying that people who try to live through others aren't living life at all.

It also speaks on social media and TikTok culture, where people end up being addicted to social media, being conscious of everything they see rather than thinking for themselves. It also defines religion as a complexity where you cannot determine who is right or wrong, further adding to the list of reflections.

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Everybody wants you to be someone else,
Can't ever let you be yourself,
Through my left eye, I spy all the people
Who couldn't achieve what they wanted to achieve

So they live vicariously through others
Like a cycle, college dropouts tell their stories,
And the relapse of their mental health all ends up boring

They say you must be motivated
To try harder, never tried a day in their life
Might've been spoonfed everything that they have
Two jabs to their neck, gotta call them a cab

And they didn't, it's even worse,
Cause it's a curse of comparison,
Compare you to some girl named Marilyn,
Who plays the sax, that's a fact, plus 5 different clubs
Community service, and she bakes for her mum

In her bakery, and mistakenly people,
They all think that she's happy
Struggling everyday just to suffice,
And then when she thinks about committing suicide
Is when people then say she's ungrateful,

When she said she wasn't able to set the table
For the family on Monday night,
Exams were in the morning at 9, that's just a fable
Time for others, and they can't change for you,
You make them happy, they'll keep their own chains on you

Keep on trying your best, I won't be no Marilyn,
Especially when I know I'm already trying my best,
No test is gonna overcome, that's when you feel shattered,
You wanted to tell them how you feel, but to them it never mattered.

Now the addicts of this lifestyle, will it make them fall,
Can you fall from something that you never had at all
It's the thought of the freedom to think and make decisions
And it all falls back on their teachings and wisdom.

I said the addicts of this lifestyle, will it make them fall,
Can you fall from something that you never had at all
It's the thought of the freedom to think and make decisions
And it all falls back on their teachings and wisdom.

When I talk about stuff like this,
I always get a "are you okay"?
I'm not okay, cause this life is a long path,
To get you to be a slave to society

Watch your mouth, otherwise you will be cancelled,
Social media's the handle on many people's lives
Once upon a time, people complained for longer YouTube videos,
Can't watch a show for more than 3 minutes,

TikTok longer than 15 seconds they skip it,
Pop songs then they'll kiss it

Live up to it, the algorithm shifts in the internet
I'm not saying social media's all bad, but it’s addictive,
Jen is scrolling on it 7 hours a day,
Plugged her phone in, still scrolling, it has a handle on her ways,

She pays attention to her astronomy sign posts,
And what her favourite rapper wears, what her pop star posts,
It chokes the culture, people don't wanna think for themselves anymore,
But have they ever wanted to do so?

I mean, look at religion?
Can we determine who is sinning and who is winning?
When people read through the lines to make it suit them,
So many denominations, or demon nominations,

The cults that exist and the people selling their souls,
For gold, they want all the fame, it shows,
They can't repair it at all,
Recommend it to people through their songs.
Convincing people there is nothing to live for...
They don't wanna make it past 24...

The addicts of this lifestyle, will it make them fall,
Can you fall from something that you never had at all…
Uh…
Uh…
Uh…

I said the addicts of this lifestyle, will it make them fall,
Can you fall from something that you never had at all
It's the thought of the freedom to think and make decisions
And it all falls back on their teachings and wisdom.

The addicts of this lifestyle, will it make them fall,
Can you fall from something that you never had at all
It's the thought of the freedom to think and make decisions
And it all falls back on their teachings and wisdom.

I said the addicts of this lifestyle, will it make them fall,
Can you fall from something that you never had at all
It's the thought of the freedom to think and make decisions
And it all falls back on their teachings and wisdom.
I said-

[Ecclesiastes 9:11]
The race is not to the swift
or the battle to the strong,
nor does food come to the wise
or wealth to the brilliant
or favor to the learned;

That’s what she taught me…
That’s what she taught me…
But instead, time and chance, happen to them all…

I will never fall…
I will never fall again
I will never pretend that I don’t have any problems in my life…
I won’t do it to myself…
Imma go ask for help…

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from REBIRTH, released October 13, 2023
Written
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By Dee Best / Slick9000

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