This track comes from Aaron's military service — Air Force enlisted, Army Infantry officer, DoD civilian at SPAWAR/NIWC. It tackles Embracing the unconventional path fully - being the person who does things differently and being proud of it. The lyrics get specific — "The GPS says recalculating but I call it innovation" — because personal tracks on Majik's are personal for real, not performatively. The indie production matches the energy of the confession. It hits defiant and proud, 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]
They had a checklist for success, I threw it in the ocean
They had a ladder to the top, I took a different motion
Sideways, upside down, through the wall not over
The unconventional approach of a professional rover
Who wanders with a purpose, lost with a destination
The GPS says recalculating but I call it innovation
Military to government to startup to the beach
Every career counselor said that's out of reach
But reach was never the problem, the problem was the path
They wanted straight lines, I gave them aftermath
Of a beautiful explosion of nonlinear thinking
[chorus]
I'm the unconventional, I do it different
I'm the unconventional, magnificently deficient
In the patience for your playbook, for your rules of engagement
I'm the unconventional, rearrangement
Of everything you thought a tech guy should be
Navy vet, beach bum, CTO, and free
I'm the unconventional, and I'm never going to stop
I'm the unconventional, rising from the bottom to the top
My way
[verse 2]
Built a music platform in five weeks, they said impossible
CTO of a beach town, they said improbable
Founded a company called Magic Unicorn, they said impractical
I said watch me, and the results were factual
The unconventional doesn't mean the unprepared
I've got Lean Six Sigma running while the startup's being dared
To move faster than the market, faster than the fear
Faster than the critics, I've been unconventional for years
Before it was a LinkedIn hashtag or a motivational poster
I was living it, from the Navy to the toaster
In my beach house kitchen where I code until the dawn
The unconventional is not a label, it's a weapon drawn
[chorus]
I'm the unconventional, I do it different
I'm the unconventional, magnificently deficient
In the patience for your playbook, for your rules of engagement
I'm the unconventional, rearrangement
Of everything you thought a tech guy should be
Navy vet, beach bum, CTO, and free
I'm the unconventional, and I'm never going to stop
I'm the unconventional, rising from the bottom to the top
My way
[bridge]
Conventional gets conventional results
And that's fine for the conventional adults
But I've got a unicorn in my company name
And a career path that looks like a hurricane
On a map, unpredictable and wild
But it gets you where you're going, undefiled
By the expectations of the normal track
The unconventional never looks back
[verse 3]
So here's to every weirdo in the meeting room
Every sailor who wrote code in the engine room
Every government worker with a startup dream
Every person who doesn't fit the team
As constructed, you're not broken, you're the key
To the door that convention couldn't see
I'm A-A-Ron, I'm Stransky, I'm OG Unicorn
I'm the unconventional technologist, and I was born
To prove that the path less taken isn't less
It's more, it's the beautiful mess
Of a life lived sideways and upside down
The unconventional king of a beach-side town
[chorus]
I'm the unconventional, I do it different
I'm the unconventional, magnificently deficient
In the patience for your playbook, for your rules of engagement
I'm the unconventional, rearrangement
Of everything you thought a life should be
Navy vet, beach bum, CTO, and free
I'm the unconventional, and I'm never going to stop
I'm the unconventional, and I'm already at the top
My way
[outro]
Unconventional
That's not an insult
That's my superpower
OG Unicorn out
