Uninstall the Fear

This track comes from Aaron's startup DNA — the philosophy that convention is just a suggestion. It tackles Actively removing fear and self-doubt, treating negative thoughts like malware you need to remove. The lyrics get specific — "Eating up my RAM since the day that I was earthbound" — because personal tracks on Majik's are personal for real, not performatively. The electronic production matches the energy of the confession. It hits building and cathartic, 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] Fear dot exe has been running in the background Eating up my RAM since the day that I was earthbound It boots up with every morning, auto-starts with every risk A persistent little program that I never put on this disk But it's here, taking up space, slowing down the processor Turning every opportunity into an impossible obstacle Fear of failure, fear of judgment, fear of looking dumb Fear of starting over when you're not exactly young [pre-chorus] But I found it in the task manager today Right-clicked on the icon, saw the option plain as day It said uninstall, and I've been waiting years to click So here goes nothing, here goes everything [chorus] Uninstall the fear, clear the cache of doubt Free up all the space that anxiety's been crowding out Uninstall the fear, empty out the drive I need all my resources just to feel alive Delete, confirm, are you sure? Yes I am Uninstall the fear, I'm a better program Without it running, without it winning Uninstall the fear, this is my beginning [verse 2] Fear told me don't leave the government, you'll starve Fear told me don't move to Charleston, that's too far Fear told me don't build a company, you'll fail Fear told me don't make music, stay behind the veil But fear's a virus that I caught from playing safe It replicated every time I didn't show my face Every time I chose the known over the maybe Fear got stronger while my dreams got lazy [pre-chorus] But I found it in the task manager today Right-clicked on the icon, saw the option plain as day It said uninstall, and I've been waiting years to click So here goes nothing, here goes everything [chorus] Uninstall the fear, clear the cache of doubt Free up all the space that anxiety's been crowding out Uninstall the fear, empty out the drive I need all my resources just to feel alive Delete, confirm, are you sure? Yes I am Uninstall the fear, I'm a better program Without it running, without it winning Uninstall the fear, this is my beginning [bridge] Progress bar moving: ten percent, thirty, fifty Removing fear of judgment, that one's kind of tricky Seventy percent, removing imposter syndrome Ninety percent, deleting the voice that says go home Ninety-five, removing the what-ifs and the maybes Ninety-nine, one percent left and it's the scariest Fear of being fearless, fear of being free One hundred percent, uninstall complete [verse 3] Look at all this hard drive space I never knew I had Look at how fast everything runs now, isn't that rad The programs that were waiting underneath the fear Creativity and courage, they were always here Just suffocated by a process I allowed to run Since I was a kid who thought that safety meant he'd won But winning's not the absence of the loss It's the presence of the will to pay the cost So I'm running clean, running lean, running free Uninstalled the fear, now there's room for me [chorus] Uninstall the fear, clear the cache of doubt Free up all the space that anxiety's been crowding out Uninstall the fear, empty out the drive I need all my resources just to feel alive Delete, confirm, are you sure? Yes I am Uninstall the fear, I'm a better program Without it running, without it winning Uninstall the fear, this is just the beginning [outro] Uninstallation complete Restart required Restarting now Welcome to your life without fear