Can It Be All So Simple

"Can It Be All So Simple"
Single by Wu-Tang Clan
from the album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Released 22 February 1994 (1994-02-22)
Format
Recorded
Genre
Length 6:52
Label Loud
Writer(s) Wu-Tang Clan
Producer(s) Prince Rakeem
Wu-Tang Clan singles chronology
"C.R.E.A.M."
(1994)		 "Can It Be All So Simple"
(1994)		 "Triumph"
(1997)
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) track listing
"Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber"
(4)		 "Can It Be All So Simple"
(5)		 "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'"
(6)

"Can It Be All So Simple" is the fourth and final single on Wu-Tang Clan's critically acclaimed debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). It features production from RZA (credited as Prince Rakeem) that samples Gladys Knight & the Pips' cover of "The Way We Were". The song reached number nine on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, number twenty four on the Hot Rap Tracks chart and number eighty two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

"Can It Be All So Simple" features rapping from Ghostface Killah and Raekwon. Its lyrics deal with a glorified mafioso lifestyle. In the song, Raekwon and Ghostface discuss the hardships of growing up in New York City during the 1980s, and how they want to live a lavish and famous lifestyle to escape the hardships of life. The music video was directed by Hype Williams, with images similar to the song's content and a cameo by MC Eiht.

A remix, with new lyrics can be found on Raekwon's debut album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.... Lauryn Hill's "Ex-Factor" uses the break beat from "Can It Be All So Simple".

Screenshot from music video

Song order

Original

Remix

Single track listing

A-side

  1. "Can It Be All Be So Simple" (Radio Edit) – (4:19)
  2. "Can It Be All So Simple" (Album Version) – (4:43)
  3. "Can It Be All So Simple" (Instrumental) – (5:03)

B-side

  1. "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit" (Radio Edit) – (3:36)
  2. "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit" (Album Version) – (3:36)
  3. "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit" (Instrumental) – (3:31)
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