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Rudimental

System

Release date: 2nd October 2015

From We the Generation
Spotify
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About This Track

"System" is a track by Rudimental, from the album We the Generation, released 2nd October 2015. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Rudimental.

About the Artist

Rudimental

Rudimental

Lyrics

System

[Intro]

Yeah ah

Woah na na

Woah, woah, na na na na na na na na na

Don't let the system turn you fool, my people

Don't take away the music

*Conversation*

Do you make a lot of money out of your music?

"Money? I mean, what is, how much is a lot of money to you?"

Yeah that’s a good question, have you made, say, millions of dollars?

"No"

Are you a rich man?

"When you mean rich, what you mean?"

Do you have a lot of possessions? Lot of money in the bank?

"Possession make you rich? I don’t, I don’t have that type of richness, my richness is life"

[Chorus]

Woah, woah, na na na na na na na na na

Don't let the system turn you fool

Yes we really want it

Woah, na, na, yeah

Woah, woah, na na na na na na na na na

Don't let the system turn you fool

[Verse 1]

Crisis and the problems

That we face in dis a' system

There's no comparison

To the beats of my rhythm now, yeah

So let the music play each and everyday

That's the only solution

For a divine intervention

[Verse 2]

With both hands grab it

[?] nah get shots like rabbit

Time fi get a grip nah feed it to di habit

Time fi stand up forward and get it

Life is too short, too tight to be wreck it

And life must respeck it

Life dem a' mek it

No tek away the music 'cause Jah know we haffi have it

No matter what [?] dem a play how dem a' say

And we a' dance away di blues and bring the sunshine today

[Bridge]

Woo, na na, na, yeah

Yes we need it, inna dis a' crisis now

Come on

Let di rhythm play

Woah, woah, na na na na na na na na na

Don't let the system turn you fool

[Verse 3]

Don't take away the music

Because we really need it now

It takes the darkness away

Brings sunshine to a cloudy day

We're moving into the future

And we can't forget the past

All the good times that we had

Nothing can relate

Working from 9 to 5

Just to keep my dreams alive

As soon as the evening comes

Then I'm gonna have some fun

[Outro]

Woah, woah, na na na na na na na na na

Don't let the system turn you fool

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Track details

From We the Generation

2015
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Album
We the Generation
We the Generation
Ed Sheeran
Release year
2015
  1. —Breathe
  2. —Go Far
  3. —Run
  4. —Treading on Water
  5. —All That Love
  6. —Love Ain't Just a Word
  7. —Common Emotion
  8. —Foreign World
  9. —Needn't Speak
  10. —New Day
  11. —System
  12. —Too Cool
  13. —We the Generation

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2019
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