When the fire starts killing men,
They'll be a price upon our head.
Conspiracy on the Motherland,
While our Brothers end up dead.

Well, are you ready or not? Cuz here I come.
I'm without you, don't you live without.
Well, are you ready or not? Cuz here I come.
I am without you. One by one innocence lost.

We terrorize and victimize
The air in which we breathe.
We must compromise and sympathize
In order to achieve.

Well, are you ready or not? Cuz here I come.
I'm without you, don't you live without.
Well, are you ready or not? Cuz here I come.
I am without you. One by one innocence lost.

One by one we all fall down,
Get back up and touch the ground.
Some are lost and some are never found.
One day baby, you will see,
Just how love was meant to be - Innocence lost.

Alls lost when all lose hope.
Some find it impossible to cope.
Alls lost when all lose hope.
Some find it impossible to cope.

Ready or not? Cuz here I come.
I'm without you, don't you live without.
Well, are you ready or not? Cuz here I come.
I am without you. One by one innocence is
I am without you. One by one innocence is lost.

I'll give the sun
The Rain
The Moon
The Stars and The Mountains
I'll give you the world
And all that you wish for
And even more
Girl I love you more than you could know
And that's for sure
I'd climb the highest hill
Cross the widest sea
Nothin could discourage me
And I pray that you will be
Always there for me
Forever more, ohh ohh ohh

Chorus:
Ready or not**
I'll give you everything
and more
All that I've got--it's yours
I'll give you everything
All that you're looking for

I'll give you my heart
My soul
my time
My love is a fountain
I will be your earth
Oooo and all that you need for
and even more
Cause girl I love you more than words can show

My love is pure
I'll walk a thousand miles
Sail a thousand seas
Nothin will discourage me
And I pray that you will be
Always there for me
Forever more

Ready or Not--Don’t you know, don’t you know you should know?
I’ll give you everything—ooooo
And more—I’ll give you more, you’ve got to know it baby.
All that I’ve got—baby it’s your little girl.
I’ll give you everything -– every little thing.
All that you’re looking for.

Oooohhh everything is not anything.
If your not hear to share my dreams.
You don’t know what it means to me.
If you’ll accept my love.

Oooohh I dedicate my love, my soul.
My heart beats for you.
Girl I can’t get enough
So I wait for your love
There’s nothing that I rather do--oooo ooooo IIII

Repeat Chorus** 3x

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Artist: After 7
Album: Body & Soul Vol.4 CD2
Title: Ready Or Not
By:
Offset: 0
[00:00.00]After 7
[00:00.00]Ready Or Not 4:23
[00:00.00]
[00:37.81]3
[00:38.81]2
[00:39.81]1
[00:40.81]I'll give you the sun
[00:42.93]The rain
[00:44.24]The moon
[00:45.24]The stars and the mountains
[00:47.80]I'll give you the world
[00:52.36]And all that you wish for
[00:55.41]And even more
[00:59.54]Girl i love you more than you could know
[01:05.15]And that's for sure
[01:08.64]I'd climb the highest hill
[01:11.08]Cross the widest sea
[01:13.14]Nothin could discourage me
[01:15.32]And i pray that you will be
[01:17.76]Always there for me
[01:19.13]Forever more
[01:21.00]
[01:23.30]Ready or not**
[01:28.11]I'll give you everything
[01:32.29]And more
[01:36.10]All that i've got--it's yours
[01:41.53]I'll give you everything
[01:46.21]All that you're looking for
[01:48.83]
[01:49.33]I'll give you my heart
[01:51.45]My soul
[01:52.14]My time
[01:52.82]My love is a fountain
[01:55.75]I will be your earth
[01:59.63]And all that you need for
[02:02.75]And even more
[02:06.62]'cause girl i love you more than words can show
[02:11.85]
[02:12.79]My love is pure
[02:16.22]I'll walk a thousand miles
[02:18.66]Sail a thousand seas
[02:20.85]Nothin will discourage me
[02:23.08]And i pray that you will be
[02:25.83]Always there for me
[02:26.83]Forever more

[02:31.09]Ready or not**
[02:35.90]I'll give you everything
[02:40.64]And more
[02:44.45]All that i've got
[02:49.69]I'll give you everything
[02:54.55]All that you're looking for
[02:57.36]Oooohhh everything is not anything.
[02:58.42]
[03:01.16]If your not here to share my dreams.
[03:04.78]You don’t know what it means to me.
[03:08.02]If you’ll accept my love.
[03:10.15]
[03:10.90]Oooohh I dedicate my love, my soul.
[03:14.70]My heart beats for you.
[03:17.70]Girl I can’t get enough
[03:19.69]So I wait for your love
[03:21.87]There’s nothing that I rather do

[03:25.49]Ready or not**
[03:29.94]I'll give you everything
[03:34.99]and more
[03:38.74]All that I've got--it's yours
[03:43.36]I'll give you everything
[03:48.79]All that you're looking for
[03:52.32]Ready or not**
[03:57.56]I'll give you everything
[04:02.37]and more
[04:06.11]All that I've got--it's yours
[04:11.05]I'll give you everything
[04:16.10]All that you're looking for
[04:19.53]Ready or not**
[04:24.40]I'll give you everything
[04:29.08]and more

CHORUS:
Here I come ready or not
Here I come ready to go
Here I come ready or not
Here I come ready to go
VERSE:
Something that you said
Goes 'round my head
You know I'm gonna ride tonight

You look at me
But all I want to see
Is you tonight

Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Just a question of time

Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Now that I've made up my mind

CHORUS:
Here I come ready or not...
VERSE:
Girl you got the look
As if you wrote the book
But I don't understand
How one girl can be so sure
You've got me in the palm of your hand

Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Just a question of time

Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Now that I've made up my mind

CHORUS:
Here I come ready or not...

[Lloyd Banks]
My rope all freezy, dope on the TV
Ecstasy especially out the GT
You next to me, you best to be holdin somethin too
Least you can say, you let somethin fly when somethin flew
These niggaz get hit and call they lawyer
And try to sue you, that's a bitch nigga for ya
I'm tough like Mayoga, and De La Hoya, I saw ya
Man niggaz'll stack nines for that Cola
Cause zips in my shit, I don't grow stems
Him got 14 karats, carrots, and gold rims
Why say somethin about my name?
Don't jump out the window, it's safer jumpin out a plane
I can't ditch my bitch, it's somethin 'bout her brain
If she put her mind to it she could suck out a vein
You don't want a lead shower stay the fuck out the rain
There's so much ammo niggaz don't gotta aim

[Chorus: Lloyd Banks]
You don't get a warnin, there's no heads up when it's on
Here it comes, ready or not
Don't be out there snorin, one eye blink and you're gone
Keep it cocked - and ready to pop
The man makes no mistakes, it's been on since the day I was born
Stop drop, or get lead in your knot
I'm known in hip-hop, but I'm still ridin around with my chrome
Here it comes - ready or not

[Tony Yayo]
Yeah, yeah
My little shooter's 16 from the projects
Glock-16 with the Napoleon complex
I'm in and out the projects, my lifestyle pleasant
You? You live life like a barbaric peasant
Me without my gun in the streets is like a Muslim eatin pig feet
Fuck the pigs on the street
They all wanna off a nigga - and when these rappers
get shot they ain't gangsta, they turn into corporate niggaz
You die if it's rated R
If it's PG-13 you leave with a scar
R.I.P. to Troy and Bags, big shout to Hommo
They got fishin money cooked, buy me the Apollo
These model hoes swallow, I buy another bottle
of this M.O.B. nigga, that's my motto
These rappers ain't kings, they pawns
And got dust bunnies on they guns

[Chorus]

[Lloyd Banks]
I think God spent a lil' extra time on me
Pop planted a miracle seed my mom ain't see
I got a high intelligence level, I ain't no dummy
I ain't satisfied with 10 mil', that ain't no money
My talents are blood deep, you can't take those from me
And my sense of humor's shot, I don't take jokes funny
My paranoia rolls with my bullet holes
givin me a third eye, my foes can get a magazine full of those
The hip-hop cops follow my Suburban
Hopin they can find a pistol on him when they search him
I'm icier in person, they like me when I'm cursin
So here's a dirty version, you only heard me urban
If niggaz try to hurt him, the I-30's squirtin
Right through your curtain, don't stop 'til you murk him
Mechanical workin, Hechler handle's jerkin
That'll pull the Gate in after you Heavenly church him

[Chorus]

What is my destination, spinning too fast, I can't slow down
I lose my head when you're around, yeah
Don't tell me to run away from this cause you got the love I can't resist
How can I breathe, how should I feel?

Baby what you do, what you do, what you do to me
Makes me wanna be somebody I'm not
Everytime you do, what you do, what you do to me
Take your chance boy, ready or not
Baby what you do, what you do, what you do to me
Makes me wanna be somebody I'm not
Everytime you do, what you do, what you do to me
Take your chance boy, ready, ready or not

(Take your chance boy, ready or not)

I'm longing for inspiration, somehow you turn me inside out
I need an explanation now, right now
Don't tell me to run away from this cause you got the love I can't resist
How can I breathe, how should I feel?

Baby what you do, what you do, what you do to me
Makes me wanna be somebody I'm not
Everytime you do, what you do, what you do to me
Take your chance boy, ready or not

Baby what you do, what you do, what you do to me
Makes me wanna be somebody I'm not
Everytime you do, what you do, what you do to me
Take your chance boy, ready, ready or not
(Take your chance boy ready or not)

Baby what you do, what you do, what you do to me
(Makes me wanna be somebody I'm not)
Everytime you do, what you do, what you do to me
(Take your chance boy, ready or not)

Baby what you do, what you do, what you do to me
Makes me wanna be somebody I'm not
Everytime you do, what you do, what you do to me
Take your chance boy, ready, ready or not

H-Hey H-Hey
H-H-Hey (H-Hey)
Oooooooooooooo

I'm the kinda girl who doesn't say a word,
Who sits at the curb and waits for the world
But I'm about to break out, about to break out
I'm like a crook tonight

I caught you staring at me and I was thinking clearly
Now I'm like a bee and I'm huntin' for the honey
And I'm kinda shy but you're super fly yeah
I could be your kryptonite

Like ohh ohh ohh
Light my heart up baby like a match stick
Ohh ohh ohh
And hit the gas quick

Ready or not
Here I come
Where you at?
The night is young
In the crowd the music's loud but I will find you
Ready or not
Here I come
I like your face
Do you like my song?
Just sing it la la la la la la and I'll find you
Ready or not (Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh)
Ready or not (Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh)

Hello my name is... (Bridgit)
Nice to meet you
I think you're famous
Where have I seen you?
You'll be my William, I'll be your Kate
Livin' like a fairytale
We could have a palace right next to Oprah
37 cars and a yacht down in Boca
Take me away wherever you say
Yeah we could be setting sail

Like ohh ohh ohh
Light my heart up baby like a matchstick
Ohh ohh ohh
And hit the gas quick

Ready or not
Here I come
Where you at?
The night is young
In the crowd the music's loud but I will find you
Ready or not
Here I come
I like your face
Do you like my song?
Just sing it la la la la la la and I'll find you
Ready or not (Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh)
Ready or not, not (Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh)

Ready or not here I come, here I come
You're like a breath of fresh air in my lungs
You and me dance from the night to the dawn
Ready or not here I come, boy it's on

Ready or not here I come, here I come
You're like a breath of fresh air in my lungs
You and me dance from the night to the dawn
Ready or not here I come, boy it's on

Ready or not
Here I come
Where you at?
The night is young
In the crowd the music's loud but I will find you
Ready or not
Here I come
I like your face
Do you like my song?
Just sing it la la la la la la and I'll find you

Ready or not (ready or not, you're like a breath of fresh air in my lungs)
Ready or not (here I come, oh)
Ready or not
Ready or not
Ready or not
Ready or not
Ready or not
Boombada Boombada Boombada
Ready or not!

[CHORUS:]
Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Take it Slowly
Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Make you want me.

[CLEF:]
Now that I escape, sleepwalker awake
Those who could relate know the world ain't cake
Jail bars ain't golden gates
Those who fake, they break,
When they meet their 400 pound mate
If I could rule the world
Everyone would have a gun in the ghetto of course
When giddyupin' on their horse
I Kick a rhyme drinkin' moonshine
I pour a sip on the concrete, for the deceased
But no don't weep, Wyclef's in a state of sleep
Thinkin' 'bout the robbery that I did last week.
Money in the bag, banker looked like a drag
I want to play with pelicans from here to Baghdad
Gun blast, think fast, I think I'm hit
My girl pinched my hips to see if I still exist.
I think not, I'll send a letter to my friends,
A born again hooligan only to be king again.

[CHORUS:]
Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Take it Slowly
Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Make you want me.

[LAURYN:]
I play my enemies like a game of chess, where I rest,
No stress
If you don't smoke sess, lest.
I must confess, my destiny's manifest
In some Goretex and sweats I make treks like I'm homeless
Rap orgies with Porgy and Bess,
Capture your bounty like Elliot Ness, YES
Bless you if you represent the Fu
But I'll hex you with some witch's brew if you're Doo Doo
Voo Doo,
I can do what you do, easy, BELIEVE ME
Frontin' niggas give me hee-bee-gee-bees
So while you're imitating Al Capone
I'll be Nina Simone
And defacating on your microphone.

[Chorus:]
Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Take it Slowly

[LAURYN'S INTERLUDE]

You can't run away
From these styles I got, oh baby, hey baby
Cause I got a lot, oh yeah
And anywhere you go
My whole crew's gonna know
You can't hide from the block, oh no.

[PRAZ:]
Ready or not, refugees takin' over
The Buffalo soldier, dread-lock rhasta
On the twelfth hour, fly by in my bomber
Crews run for cover, now they're under pushin' up flowers
Superfly true lies, do or die,
Toss me high - only puff la,
With my crew from lock high
I refugee from Guantanamo Bay
Dance around the border like I'm Cassius Clay

[Chorus (Lauryn) REPEAT 3X:]

Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Take it Slowly
Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Make You Want Me

Ready Or Not
Ready Or Not
Ready Or Not
Ready Or Not, Here I Come

Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Take it Slowly
Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Make you want me.

Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Take it Slowly
Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Make you want me.

You can't run away
From these styles I got, oh baby, hey baby
Cause I got a lot, oh yeah
And anywhere you go
My whole crew's gonna know
You can't hide from the block, oh no.

Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Take it Slowly
Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide
Gonna Find You and Make you want me.

You can't run away
From these styles I got, oh baby, hey baby
Cause I got a lot, oh yeah
And anywhere you go
My whole crew's gonna know
You can't hide from the block, oh no.

There was nothing down in my little town
No one I could be
Nobody there in the empty square
Soon to include me
So I borrowed myself a stolen van
And I got myself to where I am

I made my escape while no one watched
And inside my head I had just one thought
It was freedom that I wanted
Freedom that I got
Ready or not

It's another world that I find me in
I think someone stole the van
And the people here are like aliens
And I don't know what I am
And the pretty pretty girls I thought I could trust
Have taken everything but my bad luck

Now I'm not so bad and I'm not so hot
I said I don't care but I cared a lot
It was changes that I wanted
Changes that I got
Ready or not

Now I'm not so radical as I thought
I said I don't care but I cared a lot
It was freedom that I wanted
Freedom that I got
Ready or not

Ready or not but I waste no time
I'm headin' out with some friends of mine
Holdin' on to what we've got
Oh, even if we're ready or not

Ready or not but they're back in town
The word is out that this time around
They'll be lettin' go with all they've got
Oh, even if we're ready or not

Rock me til I hit that floor
Rock me til I take no more
Rock this hungry heart of mine
Rock me down right to the ground
Rock me like you never done before
Then rock me just a little more

Ready or not but for all I know
We'll be hangin' on til it's time to go
We're always there with all we've got
Oh, even if we're ready or not

Ready or not but I waste no time
I'm headin' out with some friends of mine
Holdin' on to what we've got
Oh, even if we're ready or not

Rock me til I hit that floor
Rock me til I take no more
Rock this hungry heart of mine
Rock me down right to the ground
Rock me like you never done before
Then rock me just a little more

Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
Gonna find you and take it slowly
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
Gonna find you and make you want me

Now that I escape, sleepwalker awake
Those who could relate know the world ain't cake
Jail bars ain't golden gates
Those who fake, they break

When they meet their 400 pound mate
If i could rule the world
Everyone would have a gun in the ghetto of course
When giddy-upin' on their horse

I kick a rhyme drinkin' moonshine
I poor a sip on the concrete, for the deceased
But no don't weep, Wyclef's in a state of sleep
Thinkin' 'bout the robbery that I did last week

Money in the bag, banker looked like a drag
I want to play with pelicans from here to Baghdad

Gun blast, think fast, I think I'm hit
My girl pinched my hips to see if I still exist
I think not, I'll send a letter to my friends
A born again hooligan only to be king again

Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
Gonna find you and take it slowly
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
Gonna find you and make you want me

I play my enemies like a game of chess
Where I rest, no stress if you don't smoke sess, lest
I must confess, my destiny's manifest
In some Goretex and sweats I make treks like i'm homeless

Rap orgies with Porgy and Bess
Capture your bounty like Eliot Ness, yes
Bless you if you represent the Fu
But I'll hex you with some witch's brew if you're Doo Doo, voodoo

I can't do what you do, easy, believe me
Frontin' niggas give me hee-bee-gee-bees
So while you're imitating Al Capone
I'll be Nina Simone and defacating on your microphone

Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
Gonna find you and take it slowly

You can't run away
From these styles I got, oh, baby, hey, baby
'Cause I got a lot, oh yeah

And anywhere you go
My whole crew's gonna know, oh, baby, hey, baby
You can't hide from the block, oh no

Ready or not, Refugees takin' over
The Buffalo soldier, dread-lock rasta
On the twelfth hour, fly by in my bomber
Crews run for cover, now they're under pushin' up flowers

Superfly true lies, do or die
Toss me high, only puff la with my crew from lock high
I refugee from Guatanamo Bay
Dance around the border like I'm Cassius Clay

Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide (Hey yo, nobody)
Gonna find you and take it slowly
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide (Hey yo, nobody)
Gonna find you and make you want me

Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide (No, no, no, no)
Gonna find you and take it slowly
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
Gonna find you and make you want me

[CHRISTIAN:] COULD YOU LOVE A BOY
LIKE ME TONITE,
COME ON BABY WON'T YOU
TAKE A BITE
COULD YOU LOVE A BOY LIKE ME TONITE
OH YEAH!

[BEN:] THERE'S MAGIC WITHIN YOU,
THERE'S MAGIC IN EVERYTHING YOU DO,
MAGIC ME TO THE PLACE WHERE
DREAMS COME TRUE.

[CHRISTIAN:] SOMETIMES I GO CRAZY
I GET OFF ON THE CRAZY THINGS YOU DO,
I'M JEALOUS OF EVERY GUY THAT
LOOKS AT YOU

[MARK:] SO TELL ME,
COULD YOU LOVE A BOY LIKE ME LIKE ME
TELL ME COULD YOU LOVE A BOY LIKE ME.

[BEN:] BECAUSE I NEED YOU,
YOU'RE MY HEART AND SOUL.
AND I'M GONNA LET YOU KNOW
AIN'T GONNA LET YOU GO.

[ALL:] READY OR NOT, HERE I COME,
YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME, HIDE AND SEEK.
RUN AWAY NOW, OR STAY NOW.
COS I'LL KEEP SEARCHING
I'LL KEEP SEARCHING FOR LOVE.

[CHRISTAN:] COULD YOU LOVE A BOY LIKE ME TONITE,
COME ON BABY WON'T YOU TAKE A BITE,

[PAUL:] THE GAME THAT YOU'RE PLAYING
WHY DO YOU TEASE ME LIKE YOU DO
YOU GOTTA LET ME DOWN
OR SEE IT THROUGH.

[MARK:] YOU'RE STRAIGHT FROM A MOVIE,
BUT BABY I'M NOT FROM HOLLYWOOD.
BY STEALING YOUR HEART
I'LL BE YOUR ROBIN HOOD.

[CHRISTIAN:] TELL ME, COULD YOU LOVE A BOY LIKE ME LIKE ME
TELL ME COULD YOU LOVE A BOY LIKE ME.

[CHRISTIAN:] BECAUSE I NEED YOU,
YOU'RE MY HEART AND SOUL.
AND I'M GONNA LET YOU KNOW

[MARK:] AIN'T GONNA LET YOU GO.
[ALL:] READY OR NOT, HERE I COME,
YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME, HIDE AND SEEK.
RUN AWAY NOW, OR STAY NOW.
COS I'LL KEEP SEARCHING
I'LL KEEP SEARCHING BABY

[ALL:] READY OR NOT, HERE I COME,
YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME, HIDE AND SEEK.
RUN AWAY NOW, OR STAY NOW.
COS I'LL KEEP SEARCHING
I'LL KEEP SEARCHING FOR LOVE.

[ALL:] BABY - YOU CAN'T HIDE THE LOVE INSIDE
SEARCHING FOR LOVE
BABY - YOU CAN'T HIDE THE LOVE INSIDE

[MARK:] COULD YOU LOVE A BOY LIKE ME, LIKE ME
TELL ME COULD YOU LOVE A BOY LIKE ME.

[BEN:] BECAUSE I NEED YOU,
YOU'RE MY HEART AND SOUL
AND I'M GONNA LET YOU KNOW

[PAUL:] I'LL NEVER LET YOU GO! OH NO!

[ALL:] READY OR NOT, HERE I COME,
YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME, HIDE AND SEEK.
RUN AWAY NOW, OR STAY NOW.
COS I'LL KEEP SEARCHING
I'LL KEEP SEARCHING BABY

[ALL:] READY OR NOT, HERE I COME,
YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME, HIDE AND SEEK.
RUN AWAY NOW, OR STAY NOW.
COS I'LL KEEP SEARCHING
I'LL KEEP SEARCHING FOR LOVE.

[CHRISTIAN:] COULD YOU LOVE A BOY
LIKE ME TONITE,
COME ON BABY WON'T YOU
TAKE A BITE
COULD YOU LOVE A BOY LIKE ME TONITE
OH YEAH