T.I. - Ready For Whatever lyrics

Hate the price of fame, it cost to much These n***as 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 k**ed 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, n***as comin' in the city k**in' all summer long, ain't nobody pay attention 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 s**a n***as 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 n***as out there plottin' to rob me and k** me 500,000 every year spent on security My future was bright, but now its gettin' blurry 'Cause n***as 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, a**et 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 s**a n***as 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 sh** I done survived Ye ain't had to deal with the sh** I done had to deal with, homeboy You can't motherf**in' 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 sh** 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 motherf**in' 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