Blurry when scaling in.. Continually rasterize already on..

I have a question about After Effects and resolution/pixelation. I'm creating a kinetic typography video, where text comes on to the screen. I am doing a lot of scaling/zooming and when I do, the pixelation/resolution is completely ruined and you can barely even read the text.. I have been doing some research on this and everyone says to turn on continually rasterize all of the vector layers, and they are already and it is still blurring when I zoom in.
Here is a preview.. Is there anything I can do to reduce the bluriness when I zoom in?

Can't see the video due to the music copyright restrictions, but I would suspect you are using something that causes rasterization even in AI. Anything from clipping masks to pixel-based effects like drop shadows or Gaussian blur. Anyway, probably perfectly normal and correct the way AE handles it. So unless you change the setup in AI, it will stay this way...
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