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Method Man

Cradle Rock

Release date: 10th November 1998

From Tical 2000: Judgement Day
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"Cradle Rock" is a track by Method Man, from the album Tical 2000: Judgement Day, released 10th November 1998. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Method Man

Method Man

Lyrics

Cradle Rock

[Intro: Method Man, Mighty Clouds of Joy sample]

All the children, come into the light...

LB Trap, John J

("There will be...")

[Chorus: Left Eye and Method Man]

Rock-a-bye baby from the rooftop

When the guns blow, the cradle gets rocked

When the Earth quakes and the sky starts to fall

Down will come MCs, fake shit and all

[Verse 1: Method Man, Mighty Clouds of Joy sample]

Off top it be the sure shot, the bomb drops

Aftershock blow your bumbaclot to smithereens

Time stop, flying guillotine, coming for your slot

What you mean you spilled the beans, ahk?

Blacked out and thought I seen Pac, laser beam Glock

What's a bird to a brother with a flock, what?

They got some nerve to even try to shit a turd on John J

Slap a nigga gay with the wordplay

Hot Nix shoot ya with the gift, it's your birthday

God hatin' ugly in the worst way, "Fuck 'em," like the Earth say

From first day, I survey the hassle, Death knockin' at your door

In the Big Apple, Mef rotten to the core

Shackle in the sound castle, the dungeon

With vermin, in the form of MCs determined

To step foot on God's soil

Not knowin' that these eggheads come hard-boiled and heavy-handed

The aliens, we just landed and you in the way

Overthrow these niggas' planet, Independence Day

Felons, get split melons, homicide

Bug niggas get the bug repellent, insecticide

Johnny 5 take it worldwide, as long as I

Pledge allegiance to the Dark Side, I'll never die

Who you know with a flow like this? Bring 'em in

What Clan you know blow like this? Bring 'em in

Take that, nigga (That, nigga...)

("There will be...")

[Refrain 1: Method Man & Left Eye]

The sound of gun bursts puttin' the foul in the dirt (Foul in the dirt)

You can't think clearly from the mind control theory (Mind control theory)

Murder in the first, bring 'em back down to Earth (Back down to Earth)

Y'all niggas don't hear me, prepare for the worst (Prepare for the worst)

[Verse 2: Method Man, Mighty Clouds of Joy sample]

Times gon' change, nothin' will remain the same

Million-dollar broke niggas, still fucked up in the game

Make me wanna choke niggas shittin' on my name

Tuck your chain when I approach, nigga, go against the grain now

Niggas stand the reign now

Die Hard fans call me John John McClain now, Snake vs. the Crane Style

Death to the enemy, Wu brother number one

The Centipede, troublesome, send 'em all to Kingdom Come

Sun still shine one – time for your crooked mind

Drunk off a cheap wine, son, I'm into street crime

Every word, every line, got juice, very fine

Turn me loose on mankind, detonate the landmine

Focus my goal now – never sell, never sold

Live by the code now – never tell, never told

Darts I throw, like Clyde with the finger roll

Clutch shots and whatnot, this is where the buck stop

Still can't eat, and y'all still can't sleep

I elect myself as Presidential MC

Wu-Tang Killa Bee, the bee hive facility

In love with the blunt smoke, even though it's killing me

Bad vibes fillin' me with thoughts of conspiracy

White Water scandals with Bill Clinton, Hillary

Too hot to handle, too well put together to dismantle

Fucker – you heard me (Fucker... fucker...)

("There will be...")

[Refrain 2: Method Man]

Excuse me as I kiss the sky

Catch me when I fall, son, I'm too young to die

Me and Lefty, that be the Eye, come test me

If you don't know, ya'd never know me

Booster, brodie

[Bridge: Booster]

Shots pon yo' melon, shots pon yo' head

Man, ya come test me, ya dead, child, let you gon 'dead

Fiyah pon' yo' head, semi fire pon yo' chest

Man, if ya test, ya safer feelin' dead

Anybody wan' contest me and they reach for me

TEC, cock it, den unload it on a batti boy chest

Batti boy come test me, if he reach for me

TEC, cock it, den unload it pon da batti boy

[Chorus: Left Eye & Method Man]

Rock-a-bye baby from the rooftop

When the guns blow, your cradle gets rocked

When the Earth quakes and the sky starts to fall

Down will come MCs, fake shit and all

[Outro: Left Eye]

Ayo, I got three hundred and sixty degrees of self

That's mind, body, and spirit

A hundred and twenty degrees a piece

We gon' break it down into simple terms

That's nine, nigga, nine – highest level of change

It's too many niggas sittin' on they ass, waitin' for shit to just happen

Shit don't just happen

Gon' fuck around and miss the boat

If you take away the negative, make room for the positive

That's addin' and subtractin', on the real

Niggas better learn they math

'Cause if my calculations serve me correct

I'ma fuck around and have all this shit

I'm on your ass, nigga, I'm on your––

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From Tical 2000: Judgement Day

1998
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Tical 2000: Judgement Day
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1998
  1. —Message from Penny (Skit)
  2. —C.E.O.utro
  3. —Check Writer (Skit)
  4. —Cradle Rock
  5. —Dooney Boy (Skit)
  6. —Donald Trump (Skit)
  7. —Elements
  8. —Grid Iron Rap
  9. —Killin' Fields
  10. —Judgement Day (Intro)
  11. —Party Crasher
  12. —Play IV Keeps
  13. —Shaolin What (Skit)
  14. —Suspect Chin Music
  15. —Spazzola
  16. —Torture
  17. —You Play Too Much (Skit)
  18. —Where’s Method Man? (Skit)
  19. —Sweet Love (Skit)
  20. —Perfect World
  21. —Sweet Love
  22. —Retro Godfather
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