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What is "The Onion and the Garlic"
The Onion and the Garlic isn’t about sunshine and cocktails. It’s a song dedicated to persistence and hard work, written to challenge the illusion of overnight success we see all over social media.
The real truth is that:
👉 Success doesn’t happen overnight.
👉 Hard work is not optional.
👉 Those shiny “I made it in 24 hours” stories? They’re mostly fake onions and garlic-less recipes.
This song is inspired by all the amazing people I see feeling down because they expect success to happen instantly, only to compare themselves to Instagram fairytales. The Onion and the Garlic is my musical reminder that the real flavor in life comes from chopping, crying, sweating, and cooking your craft until it’s truly ready. 🧅💪
Lyrics
In today’s world, social media often paints a distorted picture of reality.
We scroll through carefully curated snapshots of people’s lives, mistaking highlight reels for the full story.
Success appears instant, happiness seems effortless, and comparison becomes second nature.
Measuring our own worth or happiness against these fleeting moments can be misleading and damaging.
True fulfillment doesn’t come from likes, followers, or viral moments.
It comes from within
We’re used to read about folks
Apparently who made it overnight
It’s hard if you believe so
Because you set the bar too high
A goal is always measured
According to the time you that got you there
No one wants to hear it
But progress takes time
What we see behind a screen is not reality
stop the hugs, and tears and smiles,
if you scroll away
They don’t show the restless nights
Just the wins, the lights
You see a filter that would mask
A great big
lie lie lie lie
with your peeled eyes on a screen
lie lie lie lie
Don’t believe in what you see,
lie lie lie lie
But real progress never
lie lie lie lie
happens in the blink of an eye, overnight
Measuring our own worth or happiness against these fleeting moments can be misleading and damaging.
True fulfillment doesn’t come from likes, followers, or viral moments.
It comes from within.
We’re used to read about folks
It looks like they just made it overnight
A big lie on a small screen
clear your cookies and look away
You head against the brick wall
The feeling of being small and unrealised
Everyone just felt that,
They were simply just offline
What we see behind a screen is not reality
stop the hugs, and tears and smiles,
if you scroll away
They don’t show the restless nights
Just the wins, the lights
You see a filter that would mask
A great big
lie lie lie lie
with your peeled eyes on a screen
lie lie lie lie
Don’t believe in what you see,
lie lie lie lie
But real progress never
lie lie lie lie
happens in the blink of an eye, overnight
Measuring our own worth or happiness against these fleeting moments can be misleading and damaging.
True fulfillment doesn’t come from likes, followers, or viral moments.
It comes from within.
Total runtime
3:47