Nas, DJ Shadow - Systematic lyrics

The system will defeat it'self
Nothing stays in a steady state
It overheats and melts
It only feeds it'self, the system
Yo, I think it exists just because
Like a pit eats it's pups
Eats it's own litter up
The system's fucked, it's corrupt
It's for it's own survival, it's genocidal
No place or origin, no beginning cycle
Let's occupy all streets
It's crazy to think in the '80s
I wanted minks
And a Benz to listen to Michael
And Grand Puba Maxwell and get cash while
I'm sippin' on drinks
In Nike sweatsuit's and Gucci links
I'm like a Russian mob figure, I'm mad low
In the shadows, big up to Shadow
DJ Shadow arose to throw blows
Can't see me but Nas moving the fastest
I'm a 3D movie, no need of glasses
I'm a 3D movie, no need of glasses

Hold your breath for fifteen seconds
Close your eyes, cover your ears
Do not listen try to feel what I'm saying
To make you feel is my new expression
Hold your breath for fifteen seconds
Close your eyes, cover your ears
Do not listen try to feel what I'm saying
To make you feel is my new expression

Systematic systematic

I wish I was an arms dealer to
Sell legal arms in the 'hood
No backup check
Put cash in my palms and we good
Lack of respect get you to
Fall where you stood
Mathematics is God’s language
It’s in my blood
Art, music, letters and numbers
I'm a vessel, I'm humble
Meeting startups, I invest if I want to
Transforming global markets with all
Of my partners methodical corporate culture
Straight out the projects
What's the ingredients to the realest?
Place two cups of cranberry in the skillet
A half a cup of water, add some Henny
Let it cook for eight minutes
But you ain't finished
Let it simmer 'til the cranberry
Pop a little keep stirring, sip it
It's art like Keith Haring
It gets in your blood
You start to feel what I'm feeling
Don't listen
Just try to feel what I'm feeling

Hold your breath for fifteen seconds
Close your eyes, cover your ears
Do not listen try to feel what I'm saying
To make you feel is my new expression
Hold your breath for fifteen seconds
Close your eyes, cover your ears
Do not listen try to feel what I'm saying
To make you feel is my new expression

Systematic, uh systematic

World first remember the past
Cherish the present and work for tomorrow
The time is now scratching Time is now