Ready For Whatever

(intro)

hey, the price of fame cost to much

like these niggas talk to much

im ready for whatever somebody better tell em'

said im ready for whatever

hey, hey, hey,

(verse 1)

even tho my head in the clouds im planted on the pavement

how i walk around people starring in amazment

i play alotta game a well-being i aint playing wit it

they so judgemental man but they dont understand

if ya life was in jeperady erryday is you tellin me

you wouldnt need weaponry jus because of ya felony's

consider this at least i got errybody sweating me

on the streets theres people who wont rest unless i rest in peace

killed my folk a year ago still in my sleep they threatin me

peranoid ya stressin me aint nobody protecting me

im dealing wit the pressure from my partner dieing 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 orlean niggas comin in the city

killin all summer long aint nobody pay attention

(breakdown)

now is it that hard to understand if you listen

either die or go to jail thats a hell of decision

but im wrong and i know it my excuses unimportant

im just tryna let you know that i aint think i had a choice, fereal

(hook)

i had straps in my ride gotta go to prison

you waitin on me to die you gone be waiting for a minute

boy im ready for whateva somebody betta tell em

i'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle (fereal)

cant afford the price of fame cause it cost too much

man these sucka niggas lame and they talk to much

dat why im ready for whateva somebody tell em

i'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle

(break down)

[T.I. Talking]

foreal, foreal, ey foreal, i said when errything settle

foreal,ey foreal, ey foreal, ey foreal i said when errything settle foreal

(verse2)

ima man i aint perfect i admit it im guilty

but understand feel me i was riding 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 blury

cuz niggas in a hurry to find me and bury me

but surely God'll deliver me up out it

ima fighter till the heart i'll foreva be about it

ima father to my sons as it to my community

look all that i done my good out weigh the negativity

ey mentally i was focused on that littin history reapet itself

thats why he was kept in a vicinity

yes offically i broke the law but not maliciously

through all the publicity was anyone considerate

my position and the logic hidden my decision

but they caught me wit em now im off to prison, PERIOD

(breakdown)

but is it that hard to understand if you listen

either die or go to jail thats a hell of decision

but im wrong and i know it my excuses unimportant

im just tryna let you know that i aint think i had a choice, fereal

(hook)

i had straps in my ride gotta go to prison

you waitin on me to die you gone be waiting for a minute

boy im ready for whateva somebody betta tell em

i'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle (fereal)

cant afford the price of fame cause it cost too much

man these sucka niggas lame and they talk to much

dat why im ready for whateva somebody betta tell em

i'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle

(Final Breakdown)

(T.I. Talking)

Ey i said listen homeboy

you can talk all you want mayne you know what im sayin

errybody talking to the king you know what im sayin

they like escalades errybody got one

but the fact of the matter remain

if yeaint walk a mile in my shoes and yeaint live a day in my life

yeaint survive the shit i done survived

yeaint had to deal wit the shit i had to deal wit homeboy

you cant muf**kin 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 im sayin

now true enough i did wrong i broke the law

i deserve to be punished i understand that ight cool

but listen man i gotta house full of kids

a mama and an old lady who life in my

responsibility you dig that!?

now for all of yall who think i was jus ridin around on some dumb shit

you know im smarter than you man

you know im smarter than you dawg

ey if you think i was just being stupid

shorty i got some muf**kin ocean front property in Idaho for sale homie

if you beleive that i gotta bridge in brooklyn i wanna sell you partnah

ey man real talk in order to understand my train of thoughts

you'll have to put yo self in my position

you cant expect me to think like you cuz my life aint like yours

you know what im sayin? if you dont understand that you dont

understand english im done talking!