Ready for Whatever

"Hate the price of fame 'coz it cost 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 walk around, people starin' at amazement And I play a lot of game on where I be and I ain't playin with it They so judgmental, everyday they don't understand If your life was in jeopardy, e'ryday is you tellin me You wouldn't need weaponry just because of your felony Consider this at least, I got e'rybody sweatin 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 stressin me, ain't nobody protectin me I'm dealin with the pressure from my partner dyin next to me No one's arrested, they comin for me eventually This was all the things I was goin through mentally This could be the reason I ignored the penitentiary Now mention them New Orlean niggas comin in the city Killin all summer long, ain't nobody payin 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 it my excuses ain't important I'm just tryna let you know that I ain't think I had a choice [Hook] I had straps in my ride, gotta go to prison You waiting on me to die, you gon' be waiting for a minute (you ready boy) Ready for whatever, somebody better tell 'em I be here when the smoke clears and everythin settles, for real Can't afford the price of fame 'coz it cost too much Plus these sucka niggas lame and they talk too much Ready for whatever, somebody better tell 'em I be here when the smoke clears and everythin settles, for real [Verse 2] I'm a man, I ain't perfect, gotta admit it I'm guilty But understand, feel me, I was ridin filthy 'Coz 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 gettin blurry 'Coz 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 forever be about it I'm a father to my sons, an asset to my community Look at all that I done, my good weigh the negativity Mentally, I was focused on not lettin history Repeat itself, that’s why heat was kept in the vicinity "Yes officially I broke the law but not maliciously" Through all of the publicity, was anybody considerin 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 it my excuses ain't important I'm just tryna let you know that I ain't think I had a choice [Hook] [T.I. talking] Ey I said listen homeboy You can talk all you want mayne you know what I;m saying Everybody talking to the king you know what I'm sayin Everybodys entitled to an opinion you know what I'm sayin They like yesterdays everybody 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 You ain't survive the shit I done survived You ain't had to deal wit the shit I had to deal with homeboy You can't mothafucking judge me partner I mean look at folk like Sean taylor You know what they said they said had he had a strap He would have 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 '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 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 Shawty I got some mufukin ocean front property in Idaho for sale homie If you beleive that T 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 can't expect me to think like you cuz my life ain't like yours You know what I'm sayin? If you dont understand that you don't Understand english im done talking!