Ready right now, Ready right now Ready right now, Ready right now We people who are darker than blue Are we gonna stand around this town And let what others say come true Are we just good for nothing so them figure Worthless shifless n******g's We can hardly stand for that Or is that where its really at? Chorus: Well, pardon me brother As you stand in your glory I hope you don't mind If I tell the whole story Ready right now, Ready right now Ready right now , Are you ready right now We people who are darker than blue There's no time for segregation I'm talking 'bout brown and yellow too High yellow gal can you tell Your just a surface of our deep well If your mind can really see You know your colour is the same as me. Chorus Are you ready Right now Are you ready right now Arh! yeh! arh! Are you ready? Ready Oh now now Dry your weeping eyes Cause we are on the rise Head up to the sky Keep your eyes upon prize Jah Jah is the power and the glory Giving us a brand new story No mek tribal war destroys we Let's bring about some unity. Yeah, Yeah! We People of African blue It's now time to seize the land That's been long time overdue Politician 'pon a mission They conjuring up corruption So long we've been denied And were just not satisfied Chorus Ready right now Ready right now Are you ready right now Are you ready right now In a Zimbabwe,Mozambique and South Africa Sierre Leone and Ivory Coast and Liberia oh yeah Ready right now