Can It Be All So Simple
"Can It Be All So Simple" | ||||||||||
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Single by Wu-Tang Clan | ||||||||||
from the album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... | ||||||||||
Released | 22 February 1994 | |||||||||
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Length | 6:52 | |||||||||
Label | Loud | |||||||||
Writer(s) | Wu-Tang Clan | |||||||||
Producer(s) | Prince Rakeem | |||||||||
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"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".
Song order
Original
- Intro: RZA and Raekwon
- First verse: Raekwon
- Chorus: Raekwon and Ghostface Killah
- Second verse: Ghostface Killah
Remix
- Intro: Raekwon and Ghostface Killah
- First verse: Ghostface Killah
- Chorus: Raekwon and Ghostface Killah
- Second verse: Raekwon
- Outro: Raekwon and Ghostface Killah
Single track listing
A-side
- "Can It Be All Be So Simple" (Radio Edit) – (4:19)
- "Can It Be All So Simple" (Album Version) – (4:43)
- "Can It Be All So Simple" (Instrumental) – (5:03)
B-side
- "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit" (Radio Edit) – (3:36)
- "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit" (Album Version) – (3:36)
- "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit" (Instrumental) – (3:31)