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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

Wu-Tang Clan

Performer

RZA

Programming

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

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Cash rules everything around me

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

Dollar dollar bill, y'all

[Verse 2]

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

Stayin' alive was no jive

Had secondhands, Mom's 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 the G off was drug loot

And let's start it like this, son

Rollin' with this one and that one, pullin' out gats for fun

But it was just a dream for the teen

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 in 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, tight clique and went all out

Catchin' keys from 'cross seas

Rollin' in MPV's, every week, we made forty G's

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

Ch-chick-pow! Move from the gate now

[Verse 3]

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 4]

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 **** is deep

A man with a dream with plans to make cream

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

A young buck sellin' drugs and such, who never had much

Tryin' to get a clutch at what I could not touch

The court played me short, now I face incarceration

Pacin', goin' upstate's my destination

Handcuffed in the back of a bus, forty of us

Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough

But as the world turned, I learned life is hell

Livin' in the world no different from a cell

Every day, I escape from Jakes givin' chase

Sellin' 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 explained 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

But shorty's 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

[Verse 5]

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

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 6]

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

Cash owns 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-all-all, yeah

Written by: Clifford Smith, Jason Hunter, Corey Woods

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