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Yellow Brick Road

from What's The Story? by Cyrus Da Zine

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Yellow Brick Road is about the idea of the American Dream being something that we were sold to chase, but that it doesn't live up to the hype. This song is about our modern society and the unrelenting force of social media and its influence on us. It's about carving your own path and being bold and brave enough to not just follow the pressure of how "we're supposed to live." Cyrus describes what simpler times felt like and what it takes to make it today. He talks about trying to think of alternatives so that our lives don't have to be about what we're told to do, but rather what we want to do outside of screen time. This song is about the need to be a contrarian when our very personal attributes are being sold so that we can consume more without getting anything in return for that data.

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Verse 1:
Took a look at Dorothy like this girl is lost
Filter fake like the face of the wizard of oz
Projectin an image we’re all showin off
But behind the curtain’s a person with flaws
9-5 people thought they were slaves to
Now it’s just your page where people praise you
Privacy is gone, you can get a great view
And you should wear less to make people crave you
I remember growin up with a lot of mystery
To everyday life that you didn’t get to see
People talked a lot and had a lot of sympathy
Arguments were commonly dismissed as ancient history
Nothing got recorded except a holiday
Now it’s so important we’re recordin all the day
Preferences are sold and they don’t wanna pay
Us for anything we didn’t know we gave away

Chorus:
Forget following the yellow brick road
The American Dream is something you were sold
It’s getting kind of old doing what your always told
Have the courage to find your own path and be bold
(Set yourselves free, from the chains of the American Dream)
(Set yourselves free, from the chains of the American Dream)
Forget following the yellow brick road
The American Dream is something you were sold
It’s getting kind of old doing what your always told
Have the courage to find your own path and be bold
(Set yourselves free, from the chains of the American Dream)
(Set yourselves free, from the chains of the American Dream)

Verse 2:
If you wanna win this you have to be a business
Make ya life interesting for people all to witness
Maybe make videos that have to do with fitness
If you’re not sharing you will get dismissed
Post a meme about success
Show you have a vision
Have a podcast so everyone can listen
All we’ve really done is change the nature of the prison
No more 9-5 now it’s 9-9 isn’t it
Algorithms reinforce certain behavior
Like a court jester hopefully the king will save ya
All for their amusement so they can sell us new shit
Fortune tellin what we gonna buy from a few clicks
You have the courage, plus you got the heart too
Just use your brain or at least start to
Keep engaging with your page yea it’s fine
But there are also other ways you can spend your time

Chorus:
Forget following the yellow brick road
The American Dream is something you were sold
It’s getting kind of old doing what your always told
Have the courage to find your own path and be bold
(Set yourselves free, from the chains of the American Dream)
(Set yourselves free, from the chains of the American Dream)
Forget following the yellow brick road
The American Dream is something you were sold
It’s getting kind of old doing what your always told
Have the courage to find your own path and be bold
(Set yourselves free, from the chains of the American Dream)
(Set yourselves free, from the chains of the American Dream)

Post Chorus:
There's no place like home
There's, no place like home
No, there's no place like home
There's, no place like home

credits

from What's The Story?, released July 6, 2023
Lyrics written and performed by Cyrus Da Zine. Musical composition by DC The MIDI Alien. Cuts by DJ Slipwax. Engineering, mixing, and mastering by Bob Nash at Wonka Sound Recording Studio. Executive Production by Cyrus Da Zine.

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Cyrus Da Zine is an emcee from the North Shore of Massachusetts. His style is heavily influenced by 90s Hip Hop as well as his background in graffiti, fine art, and design. Cyrus leans into the conceptual and likes to play in left field creatively.

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