Video Everythings A Scam de Akira The Don 2025 Lyrics Lyrics

Akira The Don - Everythings A Scam Lyrics

[Intro]
The reason why I got everything's a scam in neon sign in my apartment
Is because I think that's the upmost optimistic message you can think of every day
That I wanted to remind myself of that every morning when I woke up

[Verse]
And the reason why I think it's optimistic
Is that
You see all these different problems, right?
All these things in the world
And you're like, well, I don't understand that thing
Like, I don't understand, in my case, you know
Longevity research, and science, and hardware
I don't understand any of these things in a deeply technical way
I want to affect them
(I want to affect them)

A lot of the reasons why people don't go into different, like, fields
Is they think, well, there's this kind of "expert" style around this field
Which means I can't ever infiltrate it
And
The thing that
I want to remember every day
Is that
Expertise is a scam
(Expertise is a scam)
It's like a power hierarchy that's been created within an industry
To prevent other people from being able to go and get into it
[Chorus]
Everything's a scam
Everything's a scam
Everything's a scam
Everything's a scam

Academia is a scam
Venture capital is a scam
Everything's a fucking scam
Right?
But
If you realize that
Then you can do anything

[Verse]
Why I think remembering everything is a scam is important
Is that it boosts your self-efficacy to remind yourself that if everything's a scam
Then if you have high integrity
And you want to go solve a problem
It's probably the case that
It'll take you pretty far
(Take you pretty far)
(Take you pretty far)
Like more far than trying to play the traditional game
Which is a scam
So
To me
Everything is a scam is a not-negative thing
It's a reminder to just play the game

Any game you wanna play, Just go play it
It's just a fucking game
Any game you want to play, just go play it
It's just a fucking game

[Chorus]
Everything's a scam
Everything's a scam
Everything's a scam
Everything's a scam

Academia is a scam
Venture capital is a scam
Everything's a fucking scam
Right?
But
If you realize that
Then you can do anything

[Bridge]
Any game you wanna play, just go play it
Any game you wanna play, just go play it
Any game you wanna play, just go play it
It's just a fucking game
Any game you wanna play, just go play it
Any game you wanna play, just go play it
Any game you wanna play, just go play it
It's just a fucking game

Everything's a scam
Everything's a scam
Everything's a scam
Everything's a scam

[Chorus]
Academia is a scam
Venture capital is a scam
Everything's a fucking scam
Right?
But
If you realize that
Then you can do anything

[Outro]
And you can do anything
You can do anything
You can do anything
You can do anything