Evolution

(album: Soundsystem - 1999)

My computer is future shocking
Download this and you'll start talking
Upgraded you're now walking
Compatible with all that is rocking
Coming on fast, it's getting digital
It's so huge, like a spiritual
Rippling out to every individual
This is life, it is a miracle

Evolution has exponential timing it'll be
Half as long 'til the next breakthrough that blows our minds
It's up to the people to brave on with experimentation
Move forth the species by using our imagination

But can we handle it?
Could we dismantle it?
Or should we fear the void
And just be para-paranoid?
If it's understood
It could be used for good and would
If you will believe in all we can conceive

On the periodic table they got it all wrong
Let me lay it down for you in this song
People want PT
They want AU
Let me tell you what you really ought to do
Figure out ways to master silicon
Fiber optic connectors, whatever's beyond
So many people don't even attempt to understand
The limitless possibilities of man

Evolution has exponential timing it'll be
Half as long 'til the next breakthrough that blows our minds
It's up to the people to brave on with experimentation
Move forth the species by using our imagination

But can we handle it?
Could we dismantle it?
Or should we fear the void
And just be para-paranoid?
If it's understood
It could be used for good and would
If you will believe in all we can conceive

I feel trapped I gotta adapt
Remain calm collected before I get zapped
My computer is a rebel acting all fine
And just like that paying me no mind
What's up, is its program overcome by a glitch?
Is it becoming conscious and if so ain't that a bitch
I paid too much for this piece, I'll be damned if it tries any funny business
It'll be the one that pays the price

Evolution has exponential timing it'll be
Half as long 'til the next breakthrough that blows our minds
It's up to the people to brave on with experimentation
Move forth the species by using our imagination

Ev-ev-lu
Using our imagination

But can we handle it?
Could we dismantle it?
Or should we fear the void
And just be para-paranoid?
If it's understood
It could be used for good and would
If you will believe in all we can conceive

Yes we can handle it
We could dismantle it
We should not fear the void
And just be para-paranoid
If it's understood
It could be used for good and would
If you will believe in all we can conceive