Nas, DJ Shadow - Systematic (Текст Песни)

[Verse 1: Nas]

The system will defeat itself

Nothing stays in a steady state, It overheats and melts

It only feeds itself, the system

Yo, I think it exists just because, like a pit eats its pups

Eats its own litter up

The system's fucked, it's corrupt

It's poi-son, survival is 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 sweatsuits 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

[Chorus: Nas]

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

[Post-Chorus: Nas]

Systematic

Systematic

[Verse 2: Nas]

I wish I was an arms dealer to sell illegal 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 start ups, 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

[Chorus: Nas]

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

[Post-Chorus: Nas]

Systematic, uh

Systematic

[Outro]

World first

Remember the past

Cherish the present and work for tomorrow

The time is now

*scratching* Time is now