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T.I. - Ready For Whatever |
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hey, the price of fame cost to much |
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like these niggas talk to much |
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im ready for whatever somebody better tell em' |
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said im ready for whatever |
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hey, hey, hey, |
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even tho my head in the clouds im planted on the pavement |
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how i walk around people starring in amazment |
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i play alotta game a well-being i aint playing wit it |
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they so judgemental man but they dont understand |
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if ya life was in jeperady erryday is you tellin me |
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you wouldnt need weaponry jus because of ya felony's |
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consider this at least i got errybody sweating me |
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on the streets theres people who wont rest unless i rest in peace |
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killed my folk a year ago still in my sleep they threatin me |
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peranoid ya stressin me aint nobody protecting me |
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im dealing wit the pressure from my partner dieing next to me |
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niggas know i was arrested they coming for me eventually |
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this was all the things that i was goin thru mentally |
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this could be the reason i ignore the penitionary |
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not mentioning new orlean niggas comin in the city |
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killin all summer long aint nobody pay attention |
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now is it that hard to understand if you listen |
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either die or go to jail thats a hell of decision |
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but im wrong and i know it my excuses unimportant |
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im just tryna let you know that i aint think i had a choice, fereal |
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i had straps in my ride gotta go to prison |
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you waitin on me to die you gone be waiting for a minute |
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boy im ready for whateva somebody betta tell em |
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i'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle (fereal) |
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cant afford the price of fame cause it cost too much |
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man these sucka niggas lame and they talk to much |
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dat why im ready for whateva somebody tell em |
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i'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle |
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foreal, foreal, ey foreal, i said when errything settle |
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foreal,ey foreal, ey foreal, ey foreal i said when errything settle foreal |
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ima man i aint perfect i admit it im guilty |
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but understand feel me i was riding filthy |
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cuz niggas out there plottin to rob me and kill me |
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500,000 erry year spent on security |
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my future was bright but now its gettin blury |
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cuz niggas in a hurry to find me and bury me |
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but surely God'll deliver me up out it |
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ima fighter till the heart i'll foreva be about it |
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ima father to my sons as it to my community |
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look all that i done my good out weigh the negativity |
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ey mentally i was focused on that littin history reapet itself |
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thats why he was kept in a vicinity |
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yes offically i broke the law but not maliciously |
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through all the publicity was anyone considerate |
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my position and the logic hidden my decision |
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but they caught me wit em now im off to prison, PERIOD |
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but is it that hard to understand if you listen |
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either die or go to jail thats a hell of decision |
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but im wrong and i know it my excuses unimportant |
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im just tryna let you know that i aint think i had a choice, fereal |
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i had straps in my ride gotta go to prison |
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you waitin on me to die you gone be waiting for a minute |
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boy im ready for whateva somebody betta tell em |
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i'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle (fereal) |
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cant afford the price of fame cause it cost too much |
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man these sucka niggas lame and they talk to much |
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dat why im ready for whateva somebody betta tell em |
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i'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle |
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Ey i said listen homeboy |
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you can talk all you want mayne you know what im sayin |
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errybody talking to the king you know what im sayin |
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they like escalades errybody got one |
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but the fact of the matter remain |
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if yeaint walk a mile in my shoes and yeaint live a day in my life |
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yeaint survive the shit i done survived |
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yeaint had to deal wit the shit i had to deal wit homeboy |
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i mean look at folk like sean taylor |
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you know what they said they said had he had a strap |
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he woulda lived today |
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you know what im sayin |
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now true enough i did wrong i broke the law |
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i deserve to be punished i understand that ight cool |
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but listen man i gotta house full of kids |
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a mama and an old lady who life in my |
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responsibility you dig that!? |
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now for all of yall who think i was jus ridin around on some dumb shit |
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you know im smarter than you man |
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you know im smarter than you dawg |
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ey if you think i was just being stupid |
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if you beleive that i gotta bridge in brooklyn i wanna sell you partnah |
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ey man real talk in order to understand my train of thoughts |
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you'll have to put yo self in my position |
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you cant expect me to think like you cuz my life aint like yours |
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you know what im sayin? if you dont understand that you dont |
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understand english im done talking! |