Root Cause Analysis

This track comes from the overlap of beach life and CTO life — morning surf sessions bleeding into architecture reviews. It tackles Using the Five Whys technique to trace a relationship's failure back to its root cause, finding the real reason behind the breakup. The lyrics get specific — "Why did she leave? Because I wasn't there enough" — because personal tracks on Majik's are personal for real, not performatively. The hip-hop production matches the energy of the confession. It hits contemplative and clever, in that order. Every personal track in the catalogue comes from a real moment, a real feeling, a real person. This one is no exception.

[verse 1] Why did she leave? Because I wasn't there enough Why wasn't I there? Because the code was getting rough Why was the code rough? Because I launched before it was clean Why did I rush? Because I needed to believe the dream Why did I need to believe? Because without the dream I'm nothing Five whys deep and Stransky finds the root cause of the suffering Lean Six Sigma Black Belt can't fix what he won't face The defect in this process started at the base [chorus] Root cause analysis on a broken heart Peel back every layer, take it all apart Five whys deep and I found the truth inside The inefficiency was my pride [verse 2] Drew a fishbone diagram of everywhere we failed Manpower, methods, materials, the love derailed Measurement was off, I never tracked the signs Environment was toxic by the bottom lines A-A-Ron with a whiteboard and a broken dream Mapping out the failure of a love supreme The data doesn't lie, the process was at fault I optimized the startup but the love came to a halt [chorus] Root cause analysis on a broken heart Peel back every layer, take it all apart Five whys deep and I found the truth inside The inefficiency was my pride [bridge] Sometimes the Black Belt can't eliminate the waste Of years spent chasing something at an unsustainable pace But knowing why it broke is how I start to mend Root cause identified, now the healing can begin [chorus] Root cause analysis on a broken heart Peel back every layer, take it all apart Five whys deep and I found the truth inside The inefficiency was my pride [outro] Defect found Corrective action in progress Stransky's healing