🎵 Can It Be All So Simple / Intermission // by Wu-Tang Clan

159 ContributorsTranslationsItaliano Can It Be All So Simple / Intermission Lyrics Off of the Wu-Tang Clan’s instant classic debut album, Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers), Raekwon and Ghostface Killah take on this RZA-produced beat to reminisce on their younger days and re-examine what is… Read More  [Part I: Can It Be All So Simple] [Skit] [RZA]: Fuck yo, we gotta get this fucking 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 [GFK]: Smoke that bone, nigga [RZA]: Yo man, yo I'm doing it God, I'm doing it man I'm saying, back in like in '70, fucking '79 [Mef]: Everybody was on your line man [RZA]: Nah, '87, that was my favorite shit God Polo shit, everything, everything was lovely Yo get the fuck out the rain nigga Oh shit, who the fuck is that? Fuck Ayo Ghost, ayo Rae, what's up with y'all niggas? Man, what the fuck you nigga, ah [Intro: Gladys Knight & Raekwon] Hey, you know, everybody's talking about the "good old days," right? Everybody! The good old days Well, let's talk about the good old days! Know what I'm sayin'? Take you on this lyrical high real quick 1993 exoticness, know what I'm sayin'? Let's get technical; where's your bone at? Get up on that shit, a'ight? [Verse 1: Raekwon] Yo, started off on the Island, A.K.A. Shaolin Niggas wilin', gun shots thrown, the phone diallin' Back in the days, I'm 8 now Makin' a tape now, Rae gotta get a plate now! Ignorant and mad young, wanted to be the one 'Til I got (Blaow! Blaow! Blaow!) felt one Yeah, my pops was a fiend since 16 (Word?) Shootin' that "That's that shit!" in his blood stream That's the life of a grimy, real-life crimey And niggas know that habit's behind me Day one, yo, growin' all up in the ghetto Now I'm a weed fiend, jettin' to 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, better watch your back and duck 'Cause these fiends, they got it cracked up Now, my man from up North, now he got the loft It's solid as a rock and crazy salt No jokes, I'm not playin', get his folks Desert Eagle his dick and put him in a yoke And to know for sure, I got wreck and rip shop I pointed a gat at his mother's knot (Yo, yo, Rae, don't do that shit, man! Don't do that shit!) Fuck that! [Chorus: Raekwon, Ghostface Killah & Gladys Knight] Dedicated to the winners and the losers Dedicated to all Jeeps and Land Cruisers Can it be that it was all so simple then? Dedicated to the 5's, 850i's Dedicated to niggas who do drive-by's Can it be that it was all so simple then? Dedicated to the Lexus and the Ac's Dedicated to MPV's — phat! [Verse 2: Ghostface Killah & Raekwon] Yo! Kickin' the fly clichés 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 livin' room wall My first joint and it went gold! I wanna lamp, I wanna be in the shade Plus the spotlight, gettin' my dick rode all night I wanna have me a phat yacht And enough land to go and plant my own sess crops But for now, it's just a big dream 'Cause I find myself in a 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 more hits with Rae and A Sunshine plays a major part in the daytime Peace to mankind, Ghostface, carry a black 9, nigga Word up, it's all like that… yeah [Part II: Intermission] [Method Man] It's like this, I'ma start from the top Inspectah Deck, he's like.. He's like that dude that'll 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 'Cause 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 "oh 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, anyhow [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 'Cause there ain't no father to his style That's why he 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, razor sharp With the beats, with the rhymes, whatever, any DJ [Raekwon] And the GZA, the G is just the Genius He, he's the backbone of the whole shit [RZA] It's self-explanatory, Genius, word [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] 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'? 'Cause right about now, I ain't braggin' or nothin' But yo, the Wu, the Wu got somethin' That I know that everybody wanna hear 'Cause I know I've been waitin' to hear You know what I'm sayin'? But straight up and down, 'til we get the goal We gon' keep goin' [Method Man] Yeah, 'cause 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&Rs and all that We tryin' to make our own 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)