L.J. - Visioneers (The Pursuit of Happiness) lyrics

[Intro: Suburban Truth] Another day lost trying to get ahead Another night lost, sleep when you're dead [Verse 1:] I didn't agree to this system they're teaching Seventeen, leaving childhood kicking and screaming Did it my own way without the wisdom I needed Now I learn the hard way and I wish I believed them But hold up! Do hormones give us a reason To live in extremes, or should they limit the freedom? I look around, everyone on the same path The unattainable third step's the game plan Go to school, so I can go to school So I can get a job, So I can make money So I can make money, So I can be old I quit this game, someone hand me the cheat code I don't have all the answers, I just want to change something Make something, and say something I want to make a statement! I want to be like the musicians that inspired me So here I am, and that's what I'ma try and be [Hook:] Let me tell you 'bout this dream I had I was a feeble dad with bad knees and hands My back creaked and cracked, I had a house of gold With three TV screens, and a couch that folds Waking every day to the same routine Of blind carbon copies and wasted dreams A wife that mocks me, kids that don't speak Wake up knowing that these are the things I don't need! [Verse 2:] I'm defining success in the eye of the beholder You blindly address giving some minor awards for The nights of restless time trying to move forward That's why I'm depressed whenever I get older My shoulder's boulder is home to many pages Written on the pad that my pen embraces Sittin' in a cla** for my education Just wishin' I could ask what the hell I'm chasin' I was driven by intense ambition Blowing friends off thinkin it's the best decision Regrets and wisdom are never a kid's dream I burn away time pretending I'm fifteen Yeesh! This changed it all Why'd I take this long? Why'd I write this song? What's the point? Even though I know what's right, I chose a life Where I don't follow my own advice [Bridge:] Happiness: it's not the same as satisfaction, it's a fact 'Till you hear it it's difficult to imagine Tragic: workaholic is a habit, the math track is erratic I'm working like a addict Depression: is a lesson of adolescence Unless we correct the mental invention of success Stress: huh, funny you should address it At best, I'm guessing, we need a stress intervention Happiness: difficult to define At times it shines a light through the writing of rhymes Happiness is like the pa**age up to my attic Close enough to grasp, but I gotta grab a ladder to have it Happiness won't make you rich or famous Aim isn't greatness, it's relationships Success: well, define it yourself Forget wealth, cause mine is my mental health [Outro:] Don't forget your friends and family Think! Delayed gratification is a good habit, but What are we really working toward? We chase this warped vision of success our whole life and then what are we? Old Work hard But know that hard work brings satisfaction, not happiness I'm on the pursuit of happiness What are you doing?!