Artist: Wu-Tang Clan Album: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Song: Can it Be All So Simple Typed by: Cno Evil [Intro] [R]- RZA [G]- Ghostface [R] Fuck yo, we gotta get this fuckin loot baby We gotta get this loot Yo back, remember back in the days When shit, everything was all smooth and calm and shit was like [G] Smoke that bone, nigga [R] Yo man, yo I'm doin it God, i'm doin it man I'm sayin, back in like in 70, fuckin 79 [G] Everybody was on your line man [R] Nah 87 that was my favorite shit God Polo shit, everything, everything was lovely Yo get the fuck out the rain nigga O shit, who the fuck is that? Aiyo Ghost, aiyo Rae, what's up with ya'll niggas Man, what the fuck you nigga, aahh Intro: Raekwon [sampled] [You know everybodies talkin about the good ol days right?] yeah [Everybody, the good ol' days, the good ol' days] The good ol' days, yeah [Well let's talk about the good ol' days] Let's talk about them shits now Word up, baby [Can it be that it was all so simple then] KnowhatI'msayin, take you on this lyrical high real quick 1993 exoticness KnowhatI'msayin, let's get technical Where's your bone at, get up on that shit aight Yo!! [Raekwon] Started off on the island, AK Shaolin Niggaz whylin, gun shots thrown the phone dialin Back in the days, I'm eight now, makin a tape now Rae gotta get a plate now Ignorant and mad young, wanted to be the one Till I got (BAM! BAM!) thrown one Yeah, my pops was a fiend since sixteen Shootin' that (that's that shit!) in his blood stream That's the life of a crimey, real live crimey If niggas know the half is behind me Day one, yo, growin all up in the ghetto Now I'm a weed fiend, jettin the Palmetto In Medina, yo no doubt the God got crazy clout Pushin the big joint from down South So if you're filthy stacked up Betta watch ya back and duck Cause these fiends they got it cracked up Now my man from up north, now he got the law It's solid as a rock and crazy salt No jokes, I'm not playin, get his folks Desert Eagle his dick and put 'em in a yolk (AAH!) And to know for sure, I got reck and rip shop I pointed a gat at his mother's knot (Yo, Rae, don't do that shit, man! Don't do that shit! ) Fuck that [Chorus: [R- Raekwon] [G- Ghostface Killah]] [R] Dedicated to the winners and the losers (Can it be that it was all so simple then?) [G] Dedicated to all jeeps and land cruisers (Can it be that it was all so simple then?) [R] Dedicated to the Y's, 850-I's (Can it be that it was all so simple then?) [G] Dedicated to niggas who do drive-bys (Can it be that it was all so simple then?) [R] Dedicated to the Lexus and the Ax (Can it be that it was all so simple then?) [G] Dedicated to MPV's phat! (Can it be that it was all so simple then?) [R] Nigguh, yeah, yeah! [Ghostface Killah] Kickin the fly cliches Doin duets with Rae and A, happens to make my day Though I'm tired of bustin off shots havin to rock knots Runnin up in spots and makin shit hot I'd rather flip shows instead of those Hangin on my living room wall My first joint, and it went gold I want to lamp, I want to be in the shade Plus the spot light Gettin my dick rubbed all night I wanna have me a phat yacht And enough land to go and plant my own sess crops But for now, it just a big dream Cause I find myself in the place where I'm last seen My thoughts must be relaxed Be able to maintain Cause times is changed and life is strange The glorious days is gone, and everybody's doin' bad Yo, mad lives is up for grabs Brothers, passin away, I gotta make wakes Receivin all types of calls from upstate Yo, I can't cope with the pressure Settlin for lesser The god left lessons on my dresser So I can bloom and blossom, find a new way Continue to make hits with Rae and A Sunshine plays a major part in the daytime [Peace to mankind Ghostface carry a black nine, nigga Word up It's on like that] Can it be that it was all so simple then 4X Can it be that it--- Can it-- It was all so simple then Can it be that it was all so-- All Simple then Can it be-- Can it be that it was al so simple then 3X [Intermission] [Method Man] It's like this, I'mma start from the top Inspectah Deck, he's like He's like that dude thatta sit back and watch you Play yourself and all that right? And see you sit there and know you lyin And he'll take you to court after that Cuz he the Inspectah, that's why he the and And also he the Rebel I.N.S. You know what I'm sayin? And Shallah Raekwon he the Chef He cookin up some marvelous shit to get your mouth waterin On some "O shit" Then, then it's, then it's the Method Man It's like mad different methods to the way I do my shit [Raekwon] You gotta smoke a bean in here, any how [Method Man] And I'm tellin you, mine Basically Method Man is like Roll that shit, light that shit, smoke it And then Baby U, he a psychopathic He a psychopathic thinker And and, then we got, then we got the Ol' Dirty Bastard Cuz they ain't no father to his style That's why the Ol' Dirty Bastard Ghostface Killah, you know what I'm sayin He on some now you see me, now you don't Know what I'm sayin And and, the RZA, he the sharpest motherfucka in the whole Clan He always on point, razasharp With the beats, with the rhymes Whatever, any DJ [Raekwon] And the GZA, the G is just the Genius, hee He's the backbone of the whole shit [RZA] It's self explanatory, Genius [Method Man] He the head, let's put it that way We form like Voltron, and GZA happen to be the head You know what I'm sayin [Interviewer from some British magazine] Yeah yeah, that's cool So what's like, I mean what's like your ultimate goal against in this In this industry [Method Man] Domination baby, fuck that [Raekwon] Can I say this one? can I say this one? Right now, right now, we still, we still Feel like we ain't get what we want yet When we get, when we get, when we get a little props And really really get the way we gotta go? That's when you know it's on? You know what I'm sayin Cuz right about now, I ain't braggin or nothin But yo the Wu, the Wu got somethin that I know that everybody Wanna hear? Cuz I know I've been waitin to hear You know what I'm sayin? But straight up and down, till we get the goal We gon keep goin [Method Man] Yeah, cuz we tryin to do all this We tryin to make a business outta this man We ain't tryin to-- know what I'm sayin Affiliate ourselves with them fake ass A&R's and all that We tryin to make our shit So that when our children, word So that when our children, all our seeds and whatever They got somethin for theyselves right there [Ghostface Killah] We ain't tryin to hop in and hop out right quick? Know what I'm sayin? We out for the Gusto and we gon keep it raw You know what I'm sayin [word]