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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
Künstler:in
Method Man
Method Man
Künstler:in
Raekwon
Raekwon
Künstler:in
Inspectah Deck
Inspectah Deck
Künstler:in
Buddha Monk
Buddha Monk
Künstler:in
4th Disciple
4th Disciple
Kratzen
RZA
RZA
Programmierung
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Clifford Smith
Clifford Smith
Songwriter:in
Corey Woods
Corey Woods
Songwriter:in
David Porter
David Porter
Songwriter:in
Dennis Coles
Dennis Coles
Songwriter:in
Gary Grice
Gary Grice
Songwriter:in
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Songwriter:in
Jason Hunter
Jason Hunter
Songwriter:in
Lamont Jody Hawkins
Lamont Jody Hawkins
Songwriter:in
Robert Diggs
Robert Diggs
Songwriter:in
Russell Jones
Russell Jones
Songwriter:in
RZA
RZA
Arrangeur:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
RZA
RZA
Produzent:in
Ethan Ryman
Ethan Ryman
Ingenieur:in
Chris Gehringer
Chris Gehringer
Mastering-Ingenieur:in

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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