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Epitome
Hip-Hop/Rap
Epitome was released on November 4, 2025 by DZAN as a part of the album The Art of Stillness: Side B
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Release DateNovember 4, 2025
LabelDZAN
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
DZAN
DZAN
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Damon Newkirk
Damon Newkirk
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ozzy Lennon
Ozzy Lennon
Producer

Lyrics

(Verse One)
I’m mentally unwell
I’m often confused
My memorys’ bad
My thoughts are skewed
In recent years my stress level has risen
So has my weight
So has this prison
It’s mental warfare
It’s an inner battle
Bad thoughts of myself constantly rattle
Sometimes I feel happy
Sometimes I’m blue
Sometimes I want stand at the edge-
Erm but I get through
I overwhelm easily and tend to lash out
Not just physically but I’m mentally warn out
If I didn’t have kids then there’d be no me
Take that how you will, cause I’m ready to leave
It’s a winding road honey I’m car sick
No need for Dramamine just a quick trip
It’s ok no one misses an asshole
They will clap as I’m lowered into the black hole
(Chorus)
I am an asshole
I’m a gas lighter
Ima piece of shit, I am a damn liar
I am everything you ever said to me
And when I look in that mirror
I’m the epitome
Of an asshole
Of a gas lighter
Of a piece of shit, of a damn liar
I’m everything you ever said to me
And when I look in that mirror
Im the epitome
(Verse Two)
It feels like im stalling in place
As I race towards change
I can’t keep the same pace I fade
When I dream
I see myself as a teen
99 problems
Zero self esteem
I’m double the age
But still the same thinking
It’s amazing this kind of maze
That I made for me
In daydreams I make believe
The way things should seem and behave to me
This is the Art of Stillness and I’m still still
It took 3 more years for my guts to spill
It will take even longer for this heart to heal
But I’m taking steps towards step one
-Which is to “Feel”
My life not something I’m proud of
Hopefully I have more time to see a better outcome
Be the man my children can be proud of
I thought I was that but some people think-
(Chorus)
I am an asshole
I’m a gas lighter
Ima piece of shit, I am a damn liar
I’m everything you ever said to me
And when I look in that mirror
I’m the epitome
Of an asshole
Of a gas lighter
Of a piece of shit, of a damn liar
I’m everything you ever said to me
And when I look in that mirror
I’m the epitome
(Verse 3)
I’m pushing 380 I feel unwell
Eat more bullshit
Then yell to myself
Damaging my kids future
As well as my health
I revel in hell, and dwell
In my Adipose cell
I really need a map
I can’t get to the route (root)
Of my issues
As I’m blinded by the traumas induced
To me as child
Later into my youth
In that water heater closet
In the dark of my room
You know I never had a father
I will always blame you
Had no protector
I had no figure
Of what a father should do
Of what a house hold could look like
If there were two
Providers but my mother hustled
For her and for you
But you could really give a fuck
You pop back up
And then dip
You can go to hell you weren’t shit
You were everything I swore I’d never be
And without your influence how could it be-
(Chorus)
I am an asshole
I’m a gas lighter
Ima piece of shit, I am a damn liar
I am everything that you made me be
When I look in that mirror
I’m the epitome
Of an asshole
Ima gas lighter
Ima piece of shit, I am a damn liar
I’m everything you’ve ever said to me
When I look in that mirror
I’m the epitome
I am an asshole.
Written by: Damon Newkirk
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