T.I. – Ready For Whatever [Paper Trail]

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"Hate the price of fame 'coz it cost too much" (yeah boy)

"And you lame niggaz 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, my planet on the pavement

How I'm walkin around, people stand and amaze me

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 niggaz 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 how wrong can I do if my excuses ain't important

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