Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Second B minorBm only notated where the Fugees sample's being used.
Intro:
E minorEm B minorBm C majorC G+G B minorBm
Chorus:
E minorEm
Is you ready or not?
B minorBm
I've been waitin' the whole damn night
C majorC
Gimme all that you got
G+G B minorBm
I've got money ringin' my line
E minorEm
You know I'd never stop
B minorBm
Ooh, you better show me something
C majorC
Tell me one more time, is you ready or not?
G+G
If you ready or not
B minorBm E minorEm
Re-ready or, ready or, ready or not
Verse 1:
You could run with me or run from me, yo
B minorBm
I run it up when they run the beat
C majorC
I remember havin' dreams of a hundred G's (A augmentedA hunna)
G+G
Now that's the kinda P's I'm pullin' up my sleeves
E minorEm
Yo, my baby mom's mad that I been hardly 'round
B minorBm
So I bought a couple handbags just to calm her down
C majorC
We got straps in them flats that hold army rounds
G+G
My niggas movin' likе them vets, we put your dargiеs down (Down)
E minorEm
Billy died but I've been sleepin' better
B minorBm
And that's ever since a opp went to sleep forever (Forever)
C majorC
Been around the world, I never thought I'd see it ever
G+G B minorBm
Where I'm from, these niggas only smokin' weed for pleasure
E minorEm B minorBm
Oh, Lord, I don't wanna sell crack no more (No more)
C majorC
I don't wanna be in jail cells so bored (So bored)
I don't wanna be on bail, I'd rather go tour
G+G
All my niggas wanna roll, and they're so sure
Chorus:
E minorEm
Is you ready or not?
B minorBm
I've been waitin' the whole damn night
C majorC
Gimme all that you got
G+G B minorBm
I've got money ringin' my line
E minorEm
You know I'd never stop
B minorBm
Ooh, you better show me something
C majorC
Tell me one more time, is you ready or not?
G+G
If you ready or not
B minorBm E minorEm
Re-ready or, ready or, ready or not
Verse 2:
Court buses with them chains on me
B minorBm
To tour buses with them chains on me
C majorC
The way I was isn't the way to be
They won't listen, gotta make 'em see (See)
G+G
Now my flows hit harder, call them waves at sea
E minorEm
Everyone tryna cool now, they need favors done
B minorBm
But where was they when I was choppin' through the razors, blunt?
C majorC
Before Billy died, he raised my favourite gun (R.I.P.)
G+G
I'll never sell it, bro, I feel to go and frame it up
E minorEm B minorBm
I get mad love from strangers and less on the block
Save half, spend the rest on the watch
C majorC
It's funny, where I'm from, guns are pressin' a lot
G+G B minorBm
But if you're from here in life, you have less of a shot
E minorEm
Little Nathan got life, we couldn't tell him to stop
B minorBm
Now he's doin' twenty-eight years whether ready or not
C majorC
God, I wonder, will you let me into heaven or what?
G+G B minorBm
I been ridin', I been stealin', I been sellin' a lot
Chorus:
E minorEm
Is you ready or not?
B minorBm
I've been waitin' the whole damn night
C majorC
Gimme all that you got
G+G B minorBm
I've got money ringin' my line
E minorEm
You know I'd never stop
B minorBm
Ooh, you better show me something
C majorC
Tell me one more time, is you ready or not?
G+G
If you ready or not
B minorBm E minorEm
Re-ready or, ready or, ready or not
Verse 3:
You can't run from the fire, that's nothin' but facts (Facts)
B minorBm
Try to run from the fire, get touched in your back (Back)
C majorC
My uncle messed up, he started fuckin' with crack
G+G B minorBm
But I didn't care, I was still in the trap fuckin' with that
E minorEm
Yeah, them hoes changed quick, so I ain't fuckin' with that
B minorBm
But my gun never switch, so I put trust into that
C majorC
Hella nights that I spent out on the one-way (The one-way)
G+G
Knowin' that I'll make it out of there just one day (One day)
E minorEm
You can't start life, pause life, or play rewind
B minorBm
So when it comes to my time, don't play with mine
C majorC
Oh, you left your knife at home, but I stay with mine
G+G
I know a nigga who made that same mistake and died
E minorEm
Five watches and none of them say the time (None of them)
B minorBm
Well, they do, but none of them say it right (None of them say it)
C majorC
Hella hoes but none of them stay the night (None of them stay the night)
G+G B minorBm
So I'm lonely, but that's just a player's life
Chorus:
E minorEm
Is you ready or not?
B minorBm
I've been waitin' the whole damn night
C majorC
Gimme all that you got
G+G B minorBm
I've got money ringin' my line
E minorEm
You know I'd never stop
B minorBm
Ooh, you better show me something
C majorC
Tell me one more time, is you ready or not?
G+G
If you ready or not
B minorBm E minorEm
Re-ready or, ready or, ready or not
Outro:
You can't run away
B minorBm C majorC
From these vibes we got
G+G
Oh, baby, ayy, baby
B minorBm E minorEm
Yeah, 'cause you got a lot
B minorBm
And anywhere you go
C majorC
Only you got to know
Oh, baby, ayy, baby
G+G B minorBm E minorEm B minorBm C majorC G+G B minorBm
You can't hide from this life, oh no
E minorEm B minorBm C majorC G+G B minorBm
Is you ready or not?
E minorEm B minorBm C majorC G+G B minorBm
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