Ready For Whatever Lyrics - Paper Trail - T.i.

Hate the price of fame, it cost to much 

These niggas talk to much 

I'm ready for whatever, somebody better tell 'em 

Boy, I'm ready for whatever 

Hey, hey, hey 

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

How I'm walkin' 'round, people starin' in amazement 

I play a lot of games, but well-being I ain't playing wit' 

They so judgmental, man, but they don't understand 

If ya life was in jeopardy everyday, is you tellin' me 

You wouldn't need weaponry just because of ya felonies? 

Consider this at least, I got everybody 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 dealing wit' the pressure from my partner dyin' next to me 

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

This was all the things that I was goin' through mentally 

This could be the reason I ignored the penitentiary 

Not mentionin' New Orleans, niggas comin' in the city 

Killin' all summer long, ain't nobody pay attention 

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Now is it that hard to understand if ya 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 tryin' to let you know that I ain't think I had a choice, for real 

I had straps in my ride, gotta go to prison 

You waitin' on me to die, you gon' be waitin' for a minute 

Boy, I'm ready for whatever, somebody better tell 'em 

I be here when the smoke clear and everything settle for real 

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

Plus these sucka niggas lame and they talk to much 

That's why I'm ready for whatever, somebody better tell 'em 

I be here when the smoke clear and everything settle for real 

For real, ay, for real 

I say, when everything settle for real 

Ay, for real, ay, for real 

I say, when everything settle for real 

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

But understand, feel me, I was ridin' filthy 

'Cause niggas out there plottin' to rob me and kill me 

500, 000 every year spent on security 

My future was bright, but now its gettin' blurry 

'Cause 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 done done, my good outweigh the negativity 

'Ay 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 anyone considerin' 

My position and the logic hid in my decision? 

But they caught me wit 'em, now I'm off to prison, period 

But is it that hard to understand if ya 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 tryin' to let you know that I ain't think I had a choice, for real 

I had straps in my ride, gotta go to prison 

You waitin' on me to die, you gon' be waitin' for a minute 

Boy, I'm ready for whatever, somebody better tell 'em 

I be here when the smoke clear and everything settle for real 

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

Plus these sucka niggas lame and they talk to much 

That's why I'm ready for whatever, somebody better tell 'em 

I be here when the smoke clear and everything settle for real 

For real, ay, for real 

I say, when everything settle for real 

Ay, for real, ay, for real (I be here) 

I say, when everything settle for real 

For real, ay, for real (Ay, I say listen, homeboy) 

I say, when everything settle for real (You can talk all you want, man) 

For real, ay, for real (You know what I'm sayin,' everybody talkin' to the King, you know what I'm sayin') 

I say, when everything settle for real (They like yesterdays, everybody got one) 

Ay, but the fact of the matter remains 

If ye ain't walked a mile in my shoes, and ye ain't lived a day in my life 

Ye ain't survived the shit I done survived 

Ye ain't had to deal with the shit I done had to deal with, homeboy 

You can't 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'd 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, a'ight, cool 

But listen, man, I got a 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 

Ay, you know I'm smarter than you, man 

You know I'm smarter than you, dog 

Ay, if you think I was just bein' stupid 

Shorty, I got some motherfuckin' oceanfront property in Idaho for sale, homie 

If you beleive that, I got a bridge in Brooklyn I wanna sell you, partner 

Ay, man, real talk 

In order to understand my train of thought, you done have to put yourself in my position 

you cant expect me to think like you, 'cause my life ain't like yours, you know what I'm sayin'? 

If you don't understand that, you don't understand English, homeboy 

I'm done talking