Mm, oh, hey, Ratatat
Yeah, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na

Crush a bit, little bit
Roll it up, take a hit
Feeling lit, feeling right
Two AM, summer night, I don't care
Hand on the wheel
Driving drunk I'm doing my thang
Rolling the Midwest side and out
Living my life, getting our dreams
People told me slow my roll
I'm screaming out, "Fuck that"
I'ma do just what I want
Looking ahead no turning back
If I fall if I die
Know I lived it to the fullest
If I fall if I die
Know I lived and missed some bullets

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know
Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, yeah, I'll be good

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know
Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, yeah, I'll be good

Tell me what you know about dreamin', dreamin'
You don't really know about nothin', nothin'
Tell me what you know about them night terrors every night
Five AM cold sweats, waking up to the sky
Tell me what you know about dreams, dreams
Tell me what you know about night terrors, nothin'
You don't really care about the trials of tomorrow
Rather lay awake in the bed full of sorrow

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know
Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, yeah, I'll be good

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know
Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, yeah, I'll be good

I'm on the pursuit of happiness
I know everything that shine ain't always gold
I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know
Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, yeah, I'll be good

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know
Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey
I'll be fine once I get it, yeah, I'll be good

Pursuit of happiness
Yeah, I'm gon' get it, I'll be, good
Ugh
Oh man
Oh alright, oh
Room's spinning, room's spinning
Pat, Zuli, wait, oh fuck
Oh my God
Why did I drink so much and smoke so much? Ugh
Oh fuck


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Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) Lyrics as written by Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi Evan Peter Mast

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    they only sing the chorus in this but i still like this song =]

    PrEsLeYsBiGsIsTaon October 21, 2009   Link
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    Does anyone know if that little sound at the beginning is one of the boys? It sounds like someone...mooing, for lack of a better term, and for the life of me I swear it's Andy.

    UntitledCeilingKittenon March 24, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning

    The song is about a pursuit of happiness (duh, right?) But more specifically about looking for it but not knowing what you're looking for. You can feel it (feelin' it, feeling like two A.M.), you think you know it (driving drunk, doin' my thing), but you are still not sure what it is. It's a song of those that are lost looking for their own happiness, between the video and the lyrics (especially the ones at the end of the song). It rolls with a lot of cliches but it's talking about more than what's right in front of the person and what they are chasing. Between money, drugs, and an endless pursuit of "good times," or what we perceive to be happiness (a party), all these things still leave people feeling empty or in search of happiness. It's a beautiful song by someone considered to be "on-top" of the world, but still searching for a deeper meaning of life. The last little scene in the bathroom of Kid Cudi seeing himself and then crashing through the mirror, or the reflection of what he seems himself as, is almost alchemical in it's message. Only way to understand this song, is to imagine yourself as a person with everything and invited to every high profile party known, and still not getting much out of it... leading to the only inevitable conclusion... that the pursuit of happiness is somewhere else, rather than at the end of the path to unlimited money, unlimited women (or men, depending), and unlimited partying, excessively.

    We indulge in excess in our own pursuit of happiness only because it is the beginning of happiness and we think it will lead us to the ultimate.

    Lerozmeon November 25, 2010   Link
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    oh, fuck. why don't we listen to lyrics?

    explosionsofwarmairflowon December 07, 2010   Link

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