Ready or not (1996)
Am - E - F -
C - E
Am E
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide.
F C
E
gonna find you and take it slowly.
Am E
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide,
F
C E
gonna find you and make you want me.
Am
1. Now that I escape, sleepwalker awake,
E
those who could relate know
the world ain't cake,
F
jail bars ain't golden gates,
C
E
those who fake, they break, when
they meet their 400 pound mate.
Am
If I could rule the world,
everyone would have a gun,
E
in the ghetto of course, when
giddyupin' on their horse.
F
I kick a rhyme drinkin'
moonshine,
C E
I pour a sip on the concrete,
for the deceased.
Am
But no, don't weep, Wyclef's
in a state of sleep,
E
thinkin' 'bout the robbery
that I did last week,
F
money in the bag, banker
looked like a drag
C E
I want to play with pelicans
from here to Baghdad.
Am
Gun blast, think fast, I think
I'm hit,
E
my girl pinched my hips to see
if I still exist.
F
I think not, I'll send a
letter to my friends,
C E
a born again hooligan only to
be king again.
+ CHORUS
Am
2. I play my enemies like
a game of chess,
E
where I rest, no stress, if
you don't smoke sess, lest.
F
I must confess, my destiny's manifest
C E
in some Goretex and sweats I
make treks like I'm homeless.
Am
Rap orgies with Porgy and
Bess,
E
capture your bounty like
Elliot Ness, yes.
F
Bless you if you represent the
Fu,
C E
but I'll hex you with some
witch's brew if you're, doo doo.
Am
Voo doo, I can do what you do,
E
easy, believe me, frontin'
niggas give me hee-bee-gee-bees.
F
So while you're imitating Al Capone,
C E
I'll be Nina Simone and
defacating on your microphone.
Am E
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide.
F C E
gonna find you and take it slowly.
Am - E
You can't run away from these styles I got,
F C E
oh baby, hey baby, ‘cause I
got a lot, oh yeah.
Am - E
And anywhere you go, my whole crew's gonna know,
F
C E
oh baby, hey baby, you can't
hide from the block, oh no.
Am
3. Ready or not, refugees
takin' over,
E
the Buffalo Soldier,
dread-lock rhasta,
F
on the twelfth hour, fly by in
my bomber,
C
E
crews run for cover, now
they're under pushin' up flowers.
Am
Superfly true lies, do or die,
E
toss me high, only puff la, with
my crew from lock high,
F
I refugee from Guantanamo Bay,
C E
dance around the border like
I'm Cassius Clay.
Am E
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide.
F C E
gonna find you and take it slowly.
Am E
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide,
F C E
gonna find you and make you want me.
+ repeat CHORUS (2x) ….
(orig. = capo 1st) (The Fugees)