DJ Shadow - Systematic lyrics

[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 f**ed, it's corrupt As for its own survival, it's genocidal No place and origin, no beginnin' cycle Let's occupy our streets It's crazy to think in the eighties I wanted minks, and a Benz to listen to Michael And Grand Puba, Maxwell that gets casual I'm sippin' on drinks And Nike sweatsuits and Gucci links I'm like a Russian mafia, I'm mad low In the shadows, pick up the shadow DJ Shadow, a rose and thrown blows Can't see me, but Nas movin' the fastest I'm a 3D movie, no need of gla**es I'm a 3D movie, no need of gla**es [Chorus: Nas] Hold your breath for fifteen seconds Close your eyes, cover your ears, do not listen Try to feel what I'm sayin' Should 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 sayin' Should make you feel is my new expression [Post-Chorus: Nas] Systematic Systematic [Verse 2: Nas] I wish I was a arms dealer to sale 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 Meetin' start ups, I invest if I want to Transformin' 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 sk**et A half a cup of water, add some Henny Let it cook for eight minutes, but you ain't finished Let it simmer to the cranberry, pop a little Keep stirrin', sip it, it's art like Keith Haring It gets in your blood, you start to feel what I'm feelin' Don't listen, just try to feel what I'm feelin' [Chorus: Nas] Hold your breath for fifteen seconds Close your eyes, cover your ears, do not listen Try to feel what I'm sayin' Should 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 sayin' Should make you feel is my new expression [Post-Chorus: Nas] Systematic, uh Systematic [Outro] The world first Remember the past? Cherish the present and work for tomorrow Time is now Time-time, time-time, time-time, time-time, time-time Time-time is now Wooh!