The Time is Now ( John Cena song ) - wikipedia The Time is Now ( John Cena song ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2013 ) `` The Time Is Now '' Single by John Cena and Tha Trademarc from the album You Ca n't See Me Released April 9, 2005 Format CD single digital download Recorded 2005 Genre Pop - rap G - funk Length 2 : 57 Label WWE Songwriter ( s ) John Cena Marc Predka Amanda Star Robert L. Russell J. Grinnage E. Murry D. Pittman Julian `` Jay '' Alphonso Williams Producer ( s ) Jake One John Cena and Tha Trademarc singles chronology `` Basic Thuganomics '' ( 2005 ) `` The Time Is Now '' ( 2005 ) `` Bad Bad Man '' ( 2005 ) `` Basic Thuganomics '' ( 2005 ) `` The Time is Now '' ( 2005 ) `` Bad Bad Man '' ( 2005 ) You Ca n't See Me track listing `` The Time is Now '' ( 1 ) `` Do n't Fuck with Us '' ( 2 ) Audio sample file help `` The Time Is Now '' is a song by professional wrestler, actor, and hip hop musician John Cena. It is the current entrance theme Cena uses as he makes his entrance to the ring. Currently wrestling for WWE, Cena recorded the song in 2005 for his debut studio album, You Ca n't See Me. The rap song was released on April 9, 2005 as the lead single from the album on Columbia and WWE Music Group. The song was released as a single on the iTunes Store on June 20, 2011. The song is widely known as being part of the Internet meme `` Unexpected John Cena ''. Contents 1 Background 2 Composition 3 In other media 4 References 5 External links Background Cena made his television debut answering an open challenge by Kurt Angle on June 27, 2002. In October, Cena and Billy Kidman took part in a tag team tournament to crown the first WWE Tag Team Champions of the SmackDown ! brand, losing in the first round. The next week, Cena turned on and attacked Kidman, blaming him for their loss, becoming a villain. Shortly after the Kidman attack, on a Halloween themed episode of SmackDown, Cena dressed as Vanilla Ice performing a freestyle rap. The next week, Cena received a new character : a rapper who cut promos while rhyming. He performed his own theme song, `` Basic Thugonomics '', and it was featured on the WWE soundtrack album WWE Originals. He also recorded a song, `` Untouchables '', for the company 's next soundtrack album WWE ThemeAddict : The Music, Vol. 6. He collaborated on the song H-U-S-T-L-E remix along with Murs, E-40, and Chingo Bling. Cena 's debut album, You Ca n't See Me, was recorded with his cousin Tha Trademarc. Composition `` The Time Is Now '' was composed by Cena along with Marc Predka, Cena 's cousin known by his stage name Tha Trademarc. Having recorded the album with Cena, Predka was featured on virtually every track of the album. Production was handled by Jake One. The song contains samples of `` Ante Up '' by M.O.P. which in turn samples `` Soul Sister, Brown Sugar '' by Sam & Dave and `` The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia '' by Vicki Lawrence. On October 14, 2008, M.O.P. filed suit in a New York Federal Court against Sony BMG, Stephanie Music Publishing, Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, WWE and John Cena. The group alleged that Cena and the WWE stole parts of their song `` Ante Up '' for his theme song, arguing that the song was unlawfully sampled and clearly repeated three times, during the introduction, the second and third chorus. M.O.P. sought the destruction of the song and $150,000 in damages. They dropped the lawsuit two months later. In other media The song was used in the video games SmackDown vs RAW 2006, SmackDown vs RAW 2007, SmackDown vs RAW 2008, SmackDown vs RAW 2009, SmackDown vs RAW 2010, SmackDown vs RAW 2011, WWE ' 12, WWE ' 13, WWE 2K14, WWE 2K15, WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17 & WWE 2K18. References Jump up ^ `` WWE : The Time Is Now ( John Cena ) - Single by John Cena & Tha Trademarc on iTunes ''. iTunes. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 21. ^ Jump up to : Hamilton, Ian. Wrestling 's Sinking Ship ( p. 67 ) Jump up ^ `` SmackDown ! results -- October 10, 2002 ''. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved May 9, 2007. Jump up ^ `` H-U-S-T-L-E, MP3 Album page ''. eMusic. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2007. Jump up ^ Yuke 's ( 2007 ). WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008. THQ. Jump up ^ `` The Royalty Network vs. Sony BMG et al '' ( PDF ). Retrieved 2012 - 05 - 21. Jump up ^ AbduSalaam, Ismael ( December 19, 2008 ). `` M.O.P. 's Lawsuit Against John Cena Voluntarily Dismissed ''. All Hip Hop. Retrieved March 11, 2015. External links John Cena 's WWE Profile John Cena 's Official Entrance Video List of music albums produced by WWE Music Group Compilations The Wrestling Album Piledriver : The Wrestling Album 2 WrestleMania : The Album WWF Full Metal WWF The Music, Vol. 2 We Gotta Wrestle WWF The Music, Vol. 3 WWF The Music, Vol. 4 WWF Aggression WWF The Music, Vol. 5 WWF Forceable Entry WWE Anthology WWE Originals ThemeAddict : WWE The Music, Vol. 6 WWE Wreckless Intent WWE The Music, Vol. 7 Raw Greatest Hits : The Music WWE The Music, Vol. 8 Voices : WWE The Music, Vol. 9 WWE The Music : A New Day, Vol. 10 WWE : Uncaged WWE : Uncaged II WWE : Uncaged III WWE : Uncaged IV One - off albums You Ca n't See Me ( John Cena and Tha Trademarc ) A Jingle with Jillian ( Jillian ) Related articles Jim Johnston CFO $ Music in professional wrestling Stone Cold Metal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Time_Is_Now_(John_Cena_song)&oldid=823542742 '' Categories : 2005 singles 2011 singles Debut singles American hip hop songs G - funk songs 2005 songs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from February 2013 All articles needing additional references Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español ไทย Edit links This page was last edited on 1 February 2018, at 21 : 57. 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Question: who sings you can't see me my time is now
Answer: John Cena