Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup power trio consisting of bassist/singer Jack Bruce, drummer Ginger Baker, and guitarist/singer Eric Clapton. Their unique sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues rock, hard rock and psychedelic rock, combining psychedelia themes, Clapton's blues guitar playing, Bruce's powerful, versatile vocals and prominent bass playing, Baker's distinctive, pulsating, jazz-influenced drumming and Pete Brown's poetry-inspired lyrics. The group's third album, Wheels of Fire (1968), was the world's first platinum-selling double album. The band is widely regarded as being the world's first successful supergroup. In their career, they sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Their music included songs based on traditional blues such as "Crossroads" and "Spoonful", and modern blues such as "Born Under a Bad Sign", as well as more eccentric songs such as "Strange Brew", "Tales of Brave Ulysses" and "Toad".
Remember when you and me were just two sprouts,
Thinking we could boss around the world
Rascal was your middle name,
And you were never good at learning how to learn
But now we’ve graduated from prison,
Start a fight with the big city
Hand it over to the next generation,
To try to make a fool out of me
You should shut your mouth,
You don’t know what you’re talking about,
Once upon a time we was like you
It won’t be like this for long,
You gonna turn into one someday
Outside the window it looks like a zoo,
The penguin police are waving at you
There’s a dwarf and he’s smoking a pipe,
They’re all egging you to come outside
But now we’ve graduated from prison,
Start a fight with the big city
Hand it over to the next generation,
To try to make monkey out of me