M.E.T.H.O.D Man Critically Analyzed

So I was listening to "M.E.T.H.O.D Man" for the umpteenth time today and noticed something I hadn't noticed before. What is it? First, watch the video. I'm gonna go take a leak in the meantime.

There? Okay. For a song that is supposed to take you the "36 chambers of death", there sure as hell are a lot of references to preadolescence. Don't worry, I made a lists of the things he mentioned (in the order they're mentioned).

-Peter Pan

-Peanut Butter

-Patty cake

-A Dr. Seuss quote (“Sam I am”)

-Green Eggs and Ham

-A Loony Toons quote ("I Tawt I taw a putty tat”)

-Fat Albert

-Tootsie roll

-and Mary Poppins ("Chim chimmeny chim cherie")

-Tootsie pop

Pretty funny, right?

For a song that follows a skit that features two grow men talking about sewing ones butthole shut and repeatedly feeding them, banging nuts with a spiked bat, and stabbing a person's severed tongue in a perverse game of The Dozens, all these childhood references seem pretty damn weird when you isolate them like that.

If I was a psychologist I would venture to say that Method Man has difficulties with relinquishing his childhood which is made manifest in his hyper-masculine, often violent, aggressive style of music in order to compensate for his perceived lack of maturity and growth.

Or some shit like that.

But, honestly, how can he not be constantly remembering his childhood with a name like Clifford?