T. I. LYRICS - Ready For Whatever

"Ready For Whatever"



"Hate the price of fame 'cause it costs too much" (yeah boy)

"And you lame niggas talk too much" (yeah)

"I'm ready for whatever, somebody better tell 'em" (yeah boy)

"I said I'm ready for whatever, hey hey"



[Verse 1]

Even though my head in the clouds, I'm planted on the pavement

How I'm walking around, people stand in amazement

And I play a lot of game on where I be and I ain't playing with it

They so judgmental, everyday they don't understand

If your life was in jeopardy, everyday is you telling me

You wouldn't need weaponry just because of your felony

Consider this at least, I got everybody sweating me

On the streets is people who won't rest unless I rest in peace

Killed my folk a year ago, still in my sleep they threaten me

Paranoia stressing me, ain't nobody protecting me

I'm dealing with the pressure from my partner dying next to me

Think 'cause no one's arrested, they coming for me eventually

This was all the things I was going through mentally

This could be the reason I ignored the penitentiary

Now mention them New Orlean niggas coming in the city

Killing all summer long, ain't nobody paying attention



[Interlude]

Now is it that hard to understand if you listen

Either die or go to jail, that's a hell of a decision

But I'm wrong and I know that my excuses aren't important

I'm just tryna let you know that I ain't think I had a choice



[Chorus]

I had straps in my ride, gotta go to prison

You're waiting on me to die, you're gonna be waiting for a minute

Ready for whatever, somebody better tell 'em

I'll be here when the smoke clears and everythin settles, for real

Can't afford the price of fame 'cause it costs too much

Plus these sucker niggas lame and they talk too much

Ready for whatever, somebody better tell 'em

I'll be here when the smoke clears and everythin settles, for real



[repeat + ad-libs]

For real



[Verse 2]

I'm a man, I ain't perfect, gotta admit it I'm guilty

But understand, feel me how I ride filthy

'cause niggas out there plot to rob me and kill me

500 thousand every year spent on security

And my future was bright, but now it's getting blurry

'cause niggas in a hurry to find me and bury me

But surely, God will deliver me up out it

I'm a fighter to the heart and I'll forever be about it

I'm a father to my sons, asset to my community

Look at all that I done, my good outweigh the negativity

Mentally, I was focused on not letting history repeat itself,

That's why heat was kept in that vicinity

"Yes officially I broke the law but not maliciously"

Through all of the publicity, was anybody considering

My position and the logic came from my decision

"But they caught me with it, now I'm off to prison, period"



[Interlude]

But is it that hard to understand if you listen

Either die or go to jail, that's a hell of a decision

But I'm wrong and I know that my excuses aren't important

I'm just tryna let you know that I ain't think I had a choice



[Chorus]



[repeat + ad-libs]

For real



[T. I. talking 'til song fades]