DJ Shadow - Urgent, Important, Please Read Lyrics

Nailed it!!! Delivery of our current status$🌎
Many already in the algorithm and looking from the inside out. Hi-five to all that never joined FB and associated information vacuums. I tip my hat to you lads for a well delivered message many need to hear. Look forward to the next Australian Tour mate.

Some good shit. Sir Lancelot aporoves

So there's this thing...
It's called the theory of planned behavior
You started to predict an individual's intentions to engage in a behavior
At a specific time and place
I don't know if you've been looking at your phones or looking at your screens, but, um...
Careful with your info

[Verse 1]
You dealing with the new mosquito
Through placebo I clutch doom
Haile Selassie and Nina rolling on mushrooms
It's quick with flu, I trend like Nipsey Blue
I smoke a blunt, in the hurricane to get me through
Examine the fact, I took Thor's hammer from Cap
No silicone in the cone, this is natural rap
Technology killer, I can see the sins of the center stage
Since automation started when they freed the first slaves
My termination was birthed from the birth from the first bet
K-k-kick an opp in his face with a steel-toed Timberland
Floating through a wormhole, backwards like what's the symbol is
If this the end-game, directed by John Singleton
We been the best since the best was a fuckin' concept
Will Smith was Aladdin and the last man alive, so fuck it, nigga, the last one's left, what's up

[Bridge]
Everyone wants to feel in control!
In the same breath they wanna pay top dollar to be told what they like, and what they don't
So it seems to me this confusion is a human error
We keep allowing this to grow, the machines are gonna win
I'm-I'm gonna be the first to say it

[Verse 2]
My niggas forever been poor, competitive for the bread
In the land where the only good president is a dead one
And the only real protection is a handgun
Liquor shots for the dead, homies on that red rum (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
And the rich get richer
And we get whatever the rich get sick of
And each year, we diggin' a ditch, get bigger
You eat shit for dinner, your bitch get thicker
H-h-h-hold this in hell on the floor with a crayon
Ghost in the shell, I perform in a séance
I broke the spell, the thoughts that they prey on
The fuckers can't control a soul full of chaos
American gods, the devil is born
And heaven is torn apart when I settle the score
Develop the form of man that never been more different
A metaphor for killin' never-before witness (Uh, uh-huh)

[Verse 3]
Deleting every record, you know what I mean
Puttin' mind on my money, downloadin', flee the scene, clean (uh)
Keep 'em busy with algorithms, making 'em dizzy (uh)
Put them on game and watch how quickly the pricks will forgive me
They overdid it, with no permission, they started drama
Like it's the dimension where Bif married to Marty's mama
No disrespect from the disconnection, they out of power
They'll come back to me in their darkest hour
Everywhere I go, people that I know
Tell me how I glow, my soul is a light show
Since I was little, always said I was right though
Clean his gun watching WCW Nitro
The gangsta ain't tested so they figure they try more
Paint theyselves in the corner then they wind up at my door
Like "What up, dawg?"
"How you feelin', man? What you workin' on?"
"The homies want the green light, they sayin' 'Turn it on,'"
A futurist gotta say it, it's obv'
The land of technology, the hacker is god
Everybody charge or church up, get the bag
Hoping your social media by your Instagram, yeah
Type or hype, got nihilists getting scared, yeah
Better life, you fightin' but unaware, yeah
Whoever new revelation is really a revelation
Forget the babies waking up off of the plantation

[Outro]
DAMN!
So there you have it
A few different perspectives to reinforce the notion that you are not going crazy
And you are not being paranoid
And everything that you've been worrying about are the exact things that need to be on your mind
The question is...
What do we do about it?
You know?

This track rips.

Kill the internet.
Restore society.

Love this album :)

Big up from France; great work.

Swear Will Smith was the genie. Never saw the film but yea....

And he wasn’t the last man.

I will never own a cell phone in my entire life.

Much love, Shadow! Cali Native respect. ♥️

Theory of planned behavior

this albm is a MasterPiece.....best album i heard since i dont know when

tubethatshitout would double like your comment if I could. Well said

You eat shit for em , and your bitch gets thicca

6music I salute you!

Samuel l Jackson?

sounds so much like pac! who is it?

VOTE LABOUR!

Big Brother is watching us

I have read some bad

reviews of this rec-
Ord. All filthy lies!

What do we do about it ugh''

Heard this on the radio here in Oakland. Absolute banger. Glad classic hip hop still exists in 2019. Down with mumble rap!

🔥 🔥 🔥

This is real hip hop. D j shadow is skilled and what great lyrics to boot. Come on y'all give it up and thumbs up this song

This is hard as fuck! I love it...

What a f#&%ing tune...😍
I have lot of time for DJ Shadow over the years, among other things. Heard this on 6music the other day and nearly fell over all my tools trying to get to the radio to see who it was making this genius noise!
Everything clearly came together bang-on during the making of this!
As somebody else commented, I’ve listened to this probably 30 times and it’s still great...and will be in 20 years. Best tune I’ve heard for ages in any genre!

The only HipHop / Rap I can listen to these days , fuck that Mumble (USA) and Grime (UK) Rap

Yang 2020!

So good!

Great album great track. DJ Shadow still killing it in 2019

Now this one sounds more like RTJ than the track they're on.

St. Louis stand up. Rocky Knuckles and Tef Po been doing it. Salute to my 314 brethren

this fuckin bangs

Nas level flow

This makes my fatass want to workout

Heard it on Radio FM Slovakia, love it too

13 people just don't get it.

my history teacher showed us this and said he listened to it on a run.

Cactus I am in his class

@MotherChucker woah I think I am aswell

... Damn.

Perfect!!!!!!!!!! A perfect example of a sonic manifestation of what the soul has been experiencing and feeling. This is what i remember and love about true hip hop. Worldwide. Universal. One love. THIS IS THAT DOPE.

WCW Nitro reference

Dj shadow is a master at work, building new styles while respecting and pulling from his old ones.

I swear I'm seeing thangs
..

My room is trashed but my work speaks for itself. I've been here and I'll stay here.. wanna get up‽‽‽ ☞ see me

Glad #theage #shortlist wrote about you and the whole #djshadow #ourpathethicage #phenomenon - this one hits it out of the park! And will get people *into* the park!

GREAT RECORD!

nihilists gettin scared, whoaaa

creating algorithms, makin me dizzy

I've always disliked DJ Shadow's music. I find it quite depressing to listen to - it's dark in a totally uninteresting way. It doesn't make me want to dance, help me relax or make me think - it exists in this musical void for me. This tune has a little swing to it but it sounds pretty played out and corny to my ears, like every indie rap label has put out ten versions of this song since 2001.

If you like DJ Shadow can you describe why and how his music makes you feel, thanks 👍

MadArticDriver I rarely enjoy live music to be honest.

Bradley Goo just did, reverb heavy drums and boring guitar playing a scale, meh

The entroducing album..came out when I was at art college and it just played out 24 / 7..and entwined with student film work etc..really good memories. I understand what you mean..as sampling is not a traditional form of making music..so it probably lacks a euphoric feeling for some. Fair enough. Art, music and literature do not always have to give feelings and of positivity and happiness.

Ben Hartley setting is important. I think the issue is the only thing DJ Shadows music makes me feel is depressed, I don't mind "dark" sounding music but it has to do something interesting. I've been making sample based music since 1996 so I've got a wide understanding of how to use samples and how others have used samples.

Satan. A.I. Nephalim, Archons, Demons, Jinn, Technology all one and the same and here to take yo souls you fools!

6music is the daddy✌️

thanks for the upload! awesome tune and nice outro

That is a feckin great tune. Thanks 6Music for giving me the heads up.

Great inclusion of WCW Nitro

what a fucking tune!

which one of these sounds just like MF doom? I dont know whose who

i reckon its Daemon

nice to the point

This just made me re-engage with hip hop. What a fucking belter.

siiiiiiiiiick

Just heard this on Radio 6 music and absolutely love it. 💗

Same here, just right now. It's bang on.

6IIIXXX!

Annie Pearce me too! Love it so much!

Just heard this on Radio 4 after The Archers and I love it.....

My God. This is so good!

DJ Shadow, still hot - even as decades pass. He stays relevant not only in terms of unique musical output, but also as a conduit for vital social commentary. Much Love and Respect to all of you who found yourselves here.

oof. top verbiage, yourself. bowing*

Love & Respect back Brother. Thanks for the welcome.

one love

well.... he said it all.

Just read the reveal of how the beat went down. I swear these guys are blessed to have been on his track and vice versa

Jay Doe I’d love to check that out. Got a link?

@Johnny Hunter I got on my email from shadows sight. If you sign up he lets you know realeases before hand. Along with merchandise

Jay Doe Cheers 🍻

I've listened to this multiple times per day since its release. It's the first track I play whenever I get in the car or put on headphones. Most of the time, I listen back to back. Everything about it slaps.

EDIT: I've listened to the entire album several times now (and the special bonus wax). The album flow is amazing.

... in the land of technology, the hacker is God... ✅👆🏾LET the PEOPLE KNOW✊🏾

phone bad :(

Daniel West
it’s double edged sword, good and bad. Only bad overall if we aren’t conscious of the other side of the blade - or if we are without the capacity to avoid its cuts.

The banality of evil here may be more sinister than most of the shadowy conspiratorial theories/realities.

I am not much of a hip hop fan but this is one of the greatest tracks I've heard. Huge momentum in the drums and flow, badass tones and attitudes and stomach churning sub track. Damn I love the sub bass in this. Turn it up. This is up there with his work with RTJ. I said UP there. It's fuckin rad. Nice work

If you enjoy speaker-breaking sub bass, you may appreciate Dead Prez's "Hip Hop" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiusDE0KND8

Holy shit you guys. Holy shit. I am preh damn amped for this double album!!!!!

OK this is phenomenal, BUT can I just point out

"The machines are gonna win, Ima be the first to say it"?

Bruh people been saying that for a hundred years.

Yeh it's a figure of speech rather than a literal claim.

But yes.

It's a joke on how this is a common saying.

Hip hop lives

"The question is— What do we do about it?"

Real hip hop lets go

Time for a Renaissance. The 5th element returns.

StL in the building!!!

Please tour the UK again, your shows are always amazing 🙌

I can't wait to get this on vinyl!

SLAMMIN! Breath of fresh air

Need a show in Shanghai.

Great song. #STL

DOPE #STL

Tef Poe and Rockwell Knuckles body this DJ Shadow beat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DJ fucking Shadow

Josh is out here choppin off heads. I'm so hyped for this new record.

I approve.

Dj Shadow, hold my spliff!! ✌

Fuck off!!! This is too hard 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The rich get richer, and we get whatever the rich get sick of.

It doesn't matter if they get richer, money doesn't feed the spirit

You eat shit for ‘em, and your bitch gets thicca

Wassup dj shadow from eloy arizona 😁

💣 Greetings from Italy ☺️🇮🇹
Peace yall👐

Perfection! Can't wait for more! I will be patiently waiting

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Can't wait for more . Dig it

cant wait for this album

Fire dope vibe excellent beat words have meaning 💯

It has been so long since I am genuinely hyped for a Shadow release

Only 2 years but still mate