Against The Algorithm

By Shlomo Dubin

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[Intro]

(Yeah…)

Scrolling through illusions, we all want to be seen…

But I’d rather be real than fit the machine

(Oh-oh, oh-oh…)

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[Verse 1]

I’m anomalous, a novelist in code and consonance

Dodgin’ dominance of bots with fraudulent prominence

Chronologic confidence, algorithms abolishin’

Soul from the sequence, they profit off our consciousness

I calibrate my cadence with resistance in my diction

Every post a protest, this is algorithm friction

Binary bars, I’m encrypted with conviction

While most chase clicks, I’m chasing intuition

They label me low engagement, but my aim’s beyond the matrix

I paint in phrases sacred, my cadence ain’t for playlists

Silicon saints turn sinners in the system

But I still speak truth, even if they never listen

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[Pre-Chorus]

I won’t trade my soul for likes

I won’t fake my flaws for light

If the numbers never rise —

Still, I’m alive inside…

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[Chorus]

I’m against the algorithm, won’t fit your prism

Breaking through the code, I’m my own rhythm

Every echo that fades in the system’s prison

Still, I’m shining through with human vision

(Oh-oh-oh… I’m against the algorithm)

(Oh-oh-oh… won’t be your algorithm)

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[Verse 2]

Yeah, I’m countercurrent, coded in courage, I’m not compliant

These patterns are parasites, they profit off the silent

They trackin’ our passions, package 'em, then they peddle 'em

Sellin’ us relevance, negligence so repetitive

I meditate in metadata, breakin’ data chains

Feedin’ soul food to a world starved by data drains

I’m not a product, I’m a process in motion

Every lyric’s rebellion, devotion through emotion

My timeline’s divine, I define my own trend

My mind’s offline but aligned with intent

They say adapt or fade, I say evolve with grace

I’ll lose the world’s approval to win my inner space

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[Bridge]

(Whispered, stacked in harmonies)

Scroll past the noise

Find your own voice

No code can clone your choice

(Layered vocal rise)

It’s not about the numbers, it’s about the nerve

To stand when the world says serve the curve

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[Chorus]

I’m against the algorithm, won’t fit your prism

Breaking through the code, I’m my own rhythm

Every echo that fades in the system’s prison

Still, I’m shining through with human vision

(Yeah-yeah-yeah, I’m against the algorithm)

(Oh-oh-oh, no more submission)

(Yeah, yeah… I’m against the algorithm)

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[Outro]

If the system don’t see me, that’s fine —

’Cause I’m more than a number, I’m alive

(Alive… alive…)

I’m against… the algorithm