Finding True Happiness: The Pursuit Of Happiness By Scott Mescudi

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Happiness is what a vast majority of people strive for in their lives. Most people may even say the meaning of life is to find true happiness. Scott Mescudi also known as Kid Cudi's song "Pursuit of Happiness" released in 2009 in his "Man on the Moon: The End of Day" album justifies that thought. "Imma do just what I want looking ahead no turning back, if I fall if I die know I lived it to the fullest" (Mescudi) is a popular verse in the song. With questionable lyrics and an obscure message, Kid Cudi introduces components like the illusion of happiness, the idea of "live fast, die young" and the fear that comes with gaining success.
In the song, partying, drugs, and alcohol are basically presented to be what happiness is. However, in the music video it focuses in on shiny lights and women dancing when the verse, "I know everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold" (Mescudi) is playing. What he imagined would make him happy in the end wasn't all that fulfilling. By the end, Kid Cudi is shown in a public restroom looking miserable and pitiable singing, "Oh my god, why did I drink so much, smoke so much?" (Mescudi). The illusion of what happiness is isn't the same for everyone. Happiness doesn't necessarily mean always going out and getting intoxicated. Whether it be happiness or freedom what he is really talking about is a mystery. He sees himself as a copy, almost as if he was a clone of everyone there. He acts the way everyone else is, drinks what they drink, dances like they dance, yet looks extremely dreary doing so. He makes it evident that he
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... life can be taken from him in a second. He shows vulnerability by truly showing his concerns and fears of being successful and not feeling good enough for his fans.
Beneath all the glamour and partying, the lyrics and music video actually show a true sense of sadness and uneasy behavior. Not everything is like it seems and although Kid Cudi shows several people having fun, dancing, and laughing in the end he is not the least bit content.
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He speaks of feeling constrained to act the way people would expect him to. Instead he wants to be free and at peace with himself. He wants to find his own sense of happiness whatever that may be. His song "Pursuit of Happiness" may in fact be him admitting to not being at all happy with his life and show the beginning of his quest to find true happiness, inner peace, and self acceptance. He wants to experience true bliss.

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