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wash out in the end? What has he seen happen to others?
“I mean, it’s happened to me as well,” he replies.
“There’s no proof that karma exists, but I believe there’s
some kind of divine intuition or intelligence; I’ve watched
it happen over and over again. It might take a year, it
might take five years, it might take 20, but, a lot of the
times, the truth is exposed and that’s the best way. You
can’t let it eat you up. You can’t let grudges eat you up,
it’s just too much negative energy to hold on, and it’s too
much drama. It’s unhealthy, and it’s just bad for your fre-
quency as a human being. And, from somebody who’s
been really trying to change his DNA and become his
higher version of himself, I just had to start letting go of
the hate, the resentment and things and focus on me, and
once I started doing that, I started noticing exactly what
the lyric would say.”
Many people do let hate eat them up. Whether they are
brought up in toxic or broken families, have had bad up-
bringings, or have come up against certain people along
the way. Not everyone is love and light, and certain events
and people come in along the way, some as lessons,
some to test us, they hurt us in a way that change us, help
us grow, and transform us.
Tuk says, “I know this is not popular in rock ‘n’ roll
culture, what I’m about to talk about, but I did a lot of ex-
cess and glamorising rock ‘n’ roll and the only thing I
gained from it was heartbreak, probation, lawyers’ bills,
friends dying, bands breaking up, me sabotaging relation-
ships… a very dark, dark place I’ve been. And I’m trying,
I’ve set myself on a path to try and really change who I am
as a person. I know it sounds cheesy, but I did a lot of
things to try and change who I am because I didn’t like
who I used to be, so what that did was lead me on so
many different paths, and so many lessons. Everything
from holotropic breathwork, meditation, countless books,
different exercises, yoga, really trying to get clear and as
healthy as possible. I did fasting. I was goddamn deter-
mined to be the person that I wanted to be and I’m still a
work in progress. And I just want to be in service to other
people and I want to be the best version for my friends
and family. And I want to be a great songwriter and a good
influence on people, and I wasn’t. I was in a very negative,
dark place. It’s still a process, it's been a journey, and I’m
still learning, but yeah, it’s the truth – whether it’s cool or
not, it’s the truth.”

TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS