What that nigga want God?
Word up, look out for the cops (Wu-Tang five finger shit)
(Cash Rules) Word up, two for fives over here baby
Word up, two for fives them niggas 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 ol' 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
(Dolla dolla bill y'all) Check this shit, yo!

I grew up on the crime side, the New York Times side
Staying alive was no jive
At second hands, moms bounced on old men
So then we moved to Shaolin land
A young youth, yo rockin' the gold tooth, 'Lo goose
Only way, I begin to gee 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 sixteen
And running up in gates, and doing hits for high stakes
Making 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
Sticking up white boys in ball courts
My life got no better, same damn 'Lo sweater
Times is ruff and tuff like leather
Figured out I went the wrong route
So I got with a sick ass click and went all out
Catchin' keys from across seas
Rollin in MPV's, every week we made forty G's
Yo nigga respect mine, or anger the tech nine
Ch-chick-POW! Wu from the gate now

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

It's been twenty-two long hard years of 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 15
A young buck sellin' drugs and such who never had much
Trying to get a clutch at what I could not, could not,
The court played me short, now I face incarceration
Pacin' going up state's my destination
Handcuffed in back of a bus, forty of us
Life as a shorty shouldn't be so ruff
But as the world turns I learned life is hell
Living in the world no different from a cell
Everyday 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 working hard may help you maintain
To learn to overcome the heartaches and pain
We got stickup kids, corrupt cops, and crack rocks
And stray shots, all on the block that stays hot
Leave it up to me while I be living proof
To kick the truth to the young black youth
But shorty's running wild smokin sess drinkin' beer
And ain't trying to hear what I'm kickin in his ear
Neglected, but now, but yo, it gots to be accepted
That what? That life is hectic

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



Lyrics submitted by spliphstar

"C.R.E.A.M." as written by Armando Christian Perez, Jonathan H. Smith, Federico Mario Franchi

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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    General Comment:C.ash R.ules E.verything A.round M.e! Classic track and incredible message! Wu tang is forever!
    Flag dohhsquadon September 20, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:wu tang seems to make some of their song titles ironically imo (this song and can be so simple are examples). the title is cash rules everything around me but i feel like the song is about how it shouldnt rule everything. the verses are very emotional and from the heart and saying that you shouldnt find happiness in material things like money, drugs, etc because they can lead to trouble like the things they say in the song
    Flag sum41angelsandairwaveson February 06, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Inspectah Deck's verse is so deep man. Straight from the heart. My favorite lines:

    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 working hard may help you maintain
    to learn to overcome the heartaches and pain

    There have been days when I'd rewind that part over and over. Goes straight to the soul

    Flag Franny96on November 08, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Y'all are all wrong.

    this song stressed the importance of obtaining money, as opposed to spending it. It also showed youth that selling drugs was not a good way to make money, and that hard work and creativity would make more money.
    Flag QJ14on April 07, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:inspectah deck, so ill
    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
    Flag EsKoBaRRon October 19, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:One of the most influential and powerful songs I ever heard, Yey lil wayne, who talks absolute sh**, has more comments on his tracks. what's up with that?
    Flag Chymeson December 31, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:yep it's about the hoodlife in general.
    I'm gonna see them live this summer @ dour festival. Can't wait!!

    ticaaaaal!!!!
    Flag plug1on April 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Awesome
    Flag Imperialiston February 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Thanks. I got the Shaolin Soul album. Had all my fav samples!
    Flag Sireneon September 22, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Yeah, it is a classic. They're coming here soon. This whole album is classic.
    Flag kmk_natashaon July 22, 2006   Link

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