Listen to C.R.E.A.M. (feat. Method Man, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck & Buddha Monk) by Wu-Tang Clan

C.R.E.A.M. (feat. Method Man, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck & Buddha Monk)

Wu-Tang Clan

Hip-Hop/Rap

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Method Man

Vocals

Prince Rakeem

Programming

Raekwon

Vocals

Inspectah Deck

Vocals

Buddha Monk

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Clifford Smith

Songwriter

Corey Woods

Songwriter

David Porter

Songwriter

Dennis Coles

Songwriter

Gary Grice

Songwriter

Isaac Hayes

Songwriter

Jason Hunter

Songwriter

Lamont Jody Hawkins

Lamont Jody Hawkins

Songwriter

Robert Diggs

Songwriter

Russell Jones

Songwriter

RZA

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

RZA

Producer

Ethan Ryman

Engineer

Chris Gehringer

Chris Gehringer

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]

That **** want, God?

Word up, look out for the cops though

Wu-Tang, five finger shit, fam

Cash rules

Word up, two for fives over here, baby

Word up, two for fives, **** got garbage down the way

Word up, know what I'm sayin'?

Cash rules everything around me, C.R.E.A.M. get

Yeah, check this old fly shit out, word up

Cash rules everything around me

Take you on a natural joint

C.R.E.A.M., get the money

Here we, here we go, check this shit

Dollar dollar bill, y'all

[Verse 1]

Yo, I grew up on the crime side, the New York Times side

Stayin' alive was no jive

Had second-hands, Moms bounced on old man

So then we moved to Shaolin land

A young youth, yo, rockin' the gold tooth, 'Lo goose

Only way I begin to G off is drug loot

And let's start it like this son, rollin' with this one

And that one, pulling out gats for fun

But it was just a dream for the team

Who was a fiend, started smokin' woolies at 16

And runnin' up in gates and doin' hits for high stakes

Makin' my way on fire escapes

No question, I would speed for cracks and weed

The combination made my eyes bleed

No question, I would flow off and try to get the dough all

Stickin' up white boys on ball courts

My life got no better, same damn 'Lo sweater

Times is rough and tough like leather

Figured out I went the wrong route

So I got with a sick-ass clique and went all out

Catchin' keys from 'cross seas

Rollin' in MPVs, every week, we made 40 G's

Yo, ****, respect mine, or here go the TEC-9

Ch-chick-pow! Move from the gate now

[Chorus]

Cash rules everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the money

Dollar, dollar bill, y'all

Cash rules everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the money

Dollar, dollar bill, y'all

[Verse 2]

It's been twenty-two long, hard years, I'm still strugglin'

Survival got me buggin', but I'm alive on arrival

I peep at the shape of the streets

And stay awake to the ways of the world, 'cause shit is deep

A man with a dream, with plans to make C.R.E.A.M.

Which failed, I went to jail at the age of fifteen

A young buck sellin' drugs and such

Who never had much, tryna get a clutch at what I could not

Court played me short, now I face incarceration

Pacin', goin' upstate's my destination

Handcuffed in back of a bus, forty of us

Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough

But as the world turned I learn life was hell

Livin' in a world no different from a cell

Every day, I 'scape from Jakes givin' chase

Selling base, smokin' bones in the staircase

Though I don't know why I chose to smoke sess

I guess that's the time when I'm not depressed

But I'm still depressed, and I ask what's it worth?

Ready to give up so I seek the Old Earth

Who explain workin' hard, may help you maintain

To learn to overcome the heartaches and pain

We got stick-up kids, corrupt cops, and crack rocks

And stray shots, all on the block that stays hot

Leave it up to me while I be livin' proof

To kick the truth to the young Black youth

With shorties runnin' wild, smokin' sess, drinkin' beer

And ain't tryna hear what I'm kickin' in his ear

Neglected for now, but yo, it gots to be accepted

That what? That life is hectic

[Chorus]

Cash rules everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the money

Dollar, dollar bill, y'all

Cash rules everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the money

Dollar, dollar bill, y'all

[Chorus]

Cash rules everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the money

Dollar, dollar bill, y'all

Cash rules everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the money

Dollar, dollar bill y'all

[Chorus]

Cash rules everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the money

Dollar, dollar bill, y'all

Cash rules everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the money

Dollar, dollar bill, y'all

[Chorus]

Cash rules everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the money

Dollar, dollar bill, y'all

Cash rules everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the money

Dollar, dollar bill y'all

Yeah

Written by: Clifford Smith, Jason Hunter, Corey Woods

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