Actualize

Verse 1

I was shot from the womb in a natural birth On the day of the Earth 4-22 In a dim little room in a trailer home park Eyes lit with a spark Carpet shaggy blue

Pop ached to break away, prayed to procreate Clawing out of Oklahoma backwoods, high noon Pained he made his way, stacking bricks by day Plotting to bring home the moon

Cuz it cannot be that our destiny Is living next to gangs and drug fiends To survive we Tap the Latter-Day Saints' welfare Clothes threadbare, hang on a prayer

Then Tony Robbins' tapes Played in my dad's brain on repeat (On repeat) Promising a better fate Aim for the apex, look up, name it The Secret? Say I am, hang a pic, claim it

God made you to be a giant, not compliant sheep (Affirm) A lion, fated for high assignment, don't you see? (Your worth)

Yeah Turns out we can actualize… We don't gotta be confined to a life Robbing Peter to pay Paul to scrape by Find food, flee, fight if you have to, fuck, then die

Chorus

We Will rise Realize And actualize

We Will lie Deny Our actual lives

Verse 2

So I raised my eyes, aiming all the way up Striving-to-make everything better than enough Seeking to live my dreams, reach the peak Achieve every whim and bring in my kingdom

So I freed my best self through chemistry Then convened with gurus, to lead the way Whether Rajneesh, Maharaj Ji, LGAT Limiting beliefs I will obliterate

I don't want it, I demand it I expect to be a man, expanded With the perfect life, the perfect wife There's not a single speck of dust I won't brush 'til I shine

All a game to make the character in my brain Fully stacked, six-pack abs, maxed-out stats, no pain Stealing fire from the divine Enlightenment will stabilize Until I…

Give rise to the shrine of me - hah! Refusing to believe the burdens of biology Possessed by a self-obsession My fulfillable potential, unquestioned

I will break the chains, cleanse the grime All ya toxic people, fuck outta my life I fought from the bottom - for this shit This is my trip So lemme get what I wanna get

Chorus

We Will rise Realize And actualize

We Will lie Deny Our actual lives

Verse 3

Materially killing it, mentally I'm astute Spiritually superior, working the interior too Heal the childhood wounds addicted to breakthroughs I got it great While Pop? Moved to his doom

On my way to "the top," I watched, as he dropped His spouse, lost His house, gone In for a shock, at 50, back at his mom's The docs peddled Oxy 'til his body was a blob

All to cope with the back he broke from bricks he stacked to pull His family outta broke, playing his role Not building up a statue of his ego and me? narcissistically seeking the steeple

(I was) desperate to be destined to break the mold Though it seems criminal to have it this incredible While Pop never rested his soul, ever restless I hope Perfectibility has to be possible

(So) breach the ceiling, keep peeling to heal, and hopefully reveal A feeling really appealing so I can finally still the wheels But until then, every year trauma clears, IFS harmonized All the while I've been fighting for highs, family's denied

(And) my own dead father Never got to see the son that he brought up Just because he was a bit of a bummer The basics of being a human have crumbled And for what?

Bridge

So you get bulletproof, cool, but for who? You wanna be whole; that's laudable (bro) Wanna have it all though; improbable But ya know what's applaudable? Just play your role, there's a lot of growth

Don't gotta grope for it or force it (Your) ordinary human story is plenty important And the people you forfeit with your poor comportment As you actualize… they're left to die while you indulge in––

––polishing brass On the path We forgot the life we have Ironic All we ever wanted Was to love what we got (To see) we are the arrival that we sought

A brother, a lover, a son It has ever been thus, under the sun A father, an uncle, a friend All has ever been here, I stand

Final Chorus

We Will rise Realize Our actual lives

We Won't hide Deny Actual, not actualized