Ready chords by Fredo

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Second Bm only notated where the Fugees sample's being used.


Intro:
Em Bm C G Bm


Chorus:
                 Em
Is you ready or not?
           Bm
I've been waitin' the whole damn night
                    C
Gimme all that you got
          G                Bm
I've got money ringin' my line
                     Em
You know I'd never stop
                              Bm
Ooh, you better show me something
                                        C
Tell me one more time, is you ready or not?
                 G
If you ready or not
              Bm                 Em
Re-ready or, ready or, ready or not

Verse 1:

You could run with me or run from me, yo
Bm
 I run it up when they run the beat
     C
I remember havin' dreams of a hundred G's (A hunna)
      G
Now that's the kinda P's I'm pullin' up my sleeves
        Em
Yo, my baby mom's mad that I been hardly 'round
      Bm
So I bought a couple handbags just to calm her down
          C
We got straps in them flats that hold army rounds
           G
My niggas movin' likе them vets, we put your dargiеs down (Down)
Em
 Billy died but I've been sleepin' better
           Bm
And that's ever since a opp went to sleep forever (Forever)
       C
Been around the world, I never thought I'd see it ever
            G                              Bm
Where I'm from, these niggas only smokin' weed for pleasure
     Em                                      Bm
Oh, Lord, I don't wanna sell crack no more (No more)
                                             C
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
 All my niggas wanna roll, and they're so sure


Chorus:
                 Em
Is you ready or not?
           Bm
I've been waitin' the whole damn night
                    C
Gimme all that you got
          G                Bm
I've got money ringin' my line
                     Em
You know I'd never stop
                              Bm
Ooh, you better show me something
                                        C
Tell me one more time, is you ready or not?
                 G
If you ready or not
              Bm                 Em
Re-ready or, ready or, ready or not


Verse 2:

Court buses with them chains on me
         Bm
To tour buses with them chains on me
                         C
The way I was isn't the way to be

They won't listen, gotta make 'em see (See)
G
 Now my flows hit harder, call them waves at sea
Em
 Everyone tryna cool now, they need favors done
Bm
 But where was they when I was choppin' through the razors, blunt?
C
 Before Billy died, he raised my favourite gun (R.I.P.)
G
 I'll never sell it, bro, I feel to go and frame it up
Em                                               Bm
 I get mad love from strangers and less on the block

Save half, spend the rest on the watch
      C
It's funny, where I'm from, guns are pressin' a lot
                G                          Bm
But if you're from here in life, you have less of a shot
        Em
Little Nathan got life, we couldn't tell him to stop
          Bm
Now he's doin' twenty-eight years whether ready or not
        C
God, I wonder, will you let me into heaven or what?
        G                               Bm
I been ridin', I been stealin', I been sellin' a lot


Chorus:
                 Em
Is you ready or not?
           Bm
I've been waitin' the whole damn night
                    C
Gimme all that you got
          G                Bm
I've got money ringin' my line
                     Em
You know I'd never stop
                              Bm
Ooh, you better show me something
                                        C
Tell me one more time, is you ready or not?
                 G
If you ready or not
              Bm                 Em
Re-ready or, ready or, ready or not


Verse 3:

You can't run from the fire, that's nothin' but facts (Facts)
        Bm
Try to run from the fire, get touched in your back (Back)
   C
My uncle messed up, he started fuckin' with crack
              G                             Bm
But I didn't care, I was still in the trap fuckin' with that
            Em
Yeah, them hoes changed quick, so I ain't fuckin' with that
        Bm
But my gun never switch, so I put trust into that
       C
Hella nights that I spent out on the one-way (The one-way)
          G
Knowin' that I'll make it out of there just one day (One day)
            Em
You can't start life, pause life, or play rewind
            Bm
So when it comes to my time, don't play with mine
         C
Oh, you left your knife at home, but I stay with mine
          G
I know a nigga who made that same mistake and died
      Em
Five watches and none of them say the time (None of them)
            Bm
Well, they do, but none of them say it right (None of them say it)
       C
Hella hoes but none of them stay the night (None of them stay the night)
        G                                  Bm
So I'm lonely, but that's just a player's life


Chorus:
                 Em
Is you ready or not?
           Bm
I've been waitin' the whole damn night
                    C
Gimme all that you got
          G                Bm
I've got money ringin' my line
                     Em
You know I'd never stop
                              Bm
Ooh, you better show me something
                                        C
Tell me one more time, is you ready or not?
                 G
If you ready or not
              Bm                 Em
Re-ready or, ready or, ready or not


Outro:

You can't run away
Bm                    C
 From these vibes we got
         G
Oh, baby, ayy, baby
 Bm                     Em
Yeah, 'cause you got a lot
                  Bm
And anywhere you go
                  C
Only you got to know

Oh, baby, ayy, baby
 G                      Bm         Em Bm C G Bm
You can't hide from this life, oh no
                 Em Bm C G Bm
Is you ready or not?

Em Bm C G Bm

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