T.I. "Ready For Whatever" |
[Intro]: Hey, the price of fame, it cost too much Like these niggas talk to much I'm ready for whatever somebody better tell em' said I'm ready for whatever Hey, hey, hey [Verse 1]: Even though my head in the clouds, I'm planted on the pavement How I walk around people staring in amazement I play a lotta games my well-being I ain't playing wit it They so judgmental man but they dont understand If ya life was in jeopardy erryday is you tellin me You wouldn't need weaponry jus because of ya felony's Consider this at least I got errybody sweating me On the streets there's people who wont rest unless I rest in peace Killed my folk a year ago still in my sleep they threatenin me Paranoia ya stressin me ain't nobody protecting me I'm dealing wit the pressure from my partner dying next to me Niggas know I was arrested they coming for me eventually This was all the things that I was goin thru mentally This could be the reason I ignore the penitionary Not mentioning New Orleans niggas comin in the city Killin all summer long ain't nobody pay attention [Bridge]: Now is it that hard to understand if you listen Either die or go to jail, that's a hell of decision But I'm wrong and I know it my excuse is unimportant I'm just tryna let you know that I ain't think I had a choice, f'real [Chorus]: I had straps in my ride, gotta go to prison You waitin on me to die, you gon be waiting for a minute Boy I'm ready for whatever somebody betta tell em I'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle (f'real) Can't afford the price of fame cause it cost too much Man these sucka niggas lame and they talk to much That why I'm ready for whateva somebody tell em I'll be here when the smoke clear and everything settle f'real, f'real, ey f'real, I said when errything settle f'real, ey f'real, ey f'real, ey f'real, I said when errything settle f'real [Verse 2]: I'm a man, I ain't perfect I admit it I'm guilty But understand feel me I will ride filthy Cuz niggas out there plottin to rob me and kill me 500,000 erry year spent on security My future was bright but now its gettin blurry Cuz niggas in a hurry to find me and bury me But surely God'll deliver me up out it I'm a fighter to the heart I'll forever be about it I'm a father to my sons asset to my community Look all that I did done my good out weigh the negativity Mentally I was focused on not lettin history repeat itself That's why heat was kept in a vicinity Yes officially I broke the law but not maliciously Through all of the publicity was anyone considerin My position and the logic hidden in my decision But they caught me wit em now I'm off to prison, period [Breakdown] But is it that hard to understand if you listen Either die or go to jail that's a hell of decision But I'm wrong and I know it my excuse is unimportant I'm just tryna let you know that I ain't think I had a choice, f'real [Chorus]: I had straps in my ride, gotta go to prison You waitin on me to die, you gon be waiting for a minute Boy I'm ready for whatever somebody betta tell em I'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle (f'real) Can't afford the price of fame cause it cost too much Man these sucka niggas lame and they talk to much That why I'm ready for whateva somebody tell em I'll be here when the smoke clear and everything settle f'real, f'real, ey f'real, I said when errything settle f'real, ey f'real, ey f'real, ey f'real, I said when errything settle f'real [T.I. Talking] Ey I said listen homeboy You can talk all you want mayne, you know what I'm sayin Errybody entitled to a oppinion, you know what I'm sayin They like yesterdays errybody got one But the fact of the matter remain If you ain't walk a mile in my shoes and you ain't lived a day in my life If you ain't survive the shit I done survived If you ain't had to deal wit the shit I had to deal wit, homeboy You cant motherfuckin judge me partner I mean look at folk like Sean Taylor You know what they said They said had he had a strap He woulda lived today, you know what I'm sayin Now true enough, I was dead wrong, I broke the law I deserve to be punished, I understand that, aight cool But listen man I gotta house full of kids, a mama and an old lady Whose life is my responsibility, you dig that!? Now for all of y'all who think I was just ridin around on some dumb shit You know I'm smarter than you man You know I'm smarter than you dawg Ey if you think I was just being stupid Shorty I got some motherfuckin ocean front property in idaho for sale homey If you believe that, I gotta bridge in Brooklyn I wanna sell you partner Ey man, real talk In order to understand my train of thought, you'll have to put yo self in my position You cant expect me to think like you cuz my life ain't like yours You know what im sayin? If you don't understand that you don't understand English, boy I'm done talking! Lyric from www.lyricmania.com |