Verse
C#m
Now that I escape, sleepwalker awake
G#m
Those who could relate know the world ain't cake
A
Jail bars ain't golden gates
E
Those who fake, they break,
G#m
When they meet their 400 pound mate
C#m
If I could rule the world
G#m
Everyone would have a gun in the ghetto of course
When giddy-upin' on their horse
A
I kick a rhyme drinkin' moonshine
E G#m
I pour a sip on the concrete, for the deceased
C#m
But no don't weep, Wyclef's in a state of sleep
G#m
Thinkin' 'bout the robbery that I did last week
A
Money in the bag, banker looked like a drag
E G#m
I wanna play with pellet guns from here to Baghdad
C#m
Gun blast, think fast, I think I'm hit
G#m
My girl pinched my hips to see if I still exist
A
I think not, I'll send a letter to my friends
E G#m
B born again hooligan only to be king again
[Lauryn Hill]
C#m G#m
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
A E G#m
Gonna find you and take it slowly
C#m G#m
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
A E G#m
Gonna find you and make you want me
[Lauryn Hill]
C#m G#m
I play my enemies like a game of chess, where I rest
No stress
If you don't smoke sess, lest
A
I must confess, my destiny's manifest
E G#m
In some Goretex and sweats I make treks like I'm homeless
C#m
Rap orgies with Porgy and Bess
G#m
Capture your bounty like Elliot Ness, yes
A
Bless you if you represent the Fu
E G#m
But I'll hex you with some witch's brew if you're Doo Doo Voodoo
C#m G#m
I can do what you do, easy, believe me
Frontin' sucas give me hee-bee-gee-bees
A
So while you're imitating Al Capone
E
I'll be Nina Simone
G#m
And defecating on your microphone
[Lauryn Hill]
C#m G#m
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
A E G#m
Gonna find you and take it slowly
C#m G#m A
You can't run away from these styles I got, oh baby, hey baby
E G#m
'Cause I got a lot, oh yeah
C#m G#m
and anywhere you go my whole crew gonna know
A
Oh baby, hey baby
E G#m
You can't hide from the block, oh no
[Pras and Lauryn Hill]
C#m
Ready or not, refugees takin' over
G#m
The Buffalo soldier, dread-lock rasta
A
On the twelfth hour, fly by in my bomber
E G#m
Crews run for cover, now they're under pushin' up flowers
C#m
Superfly true lies, do or die
G#m
Toss me high only puff la
With my crew from lakay
A
I refugee from Guantanamo Bay
E G#m
Dance around the border like I'm Cassius Clay
Yes, sir
[Lauryn Hill]
C#m G#m
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
A E G#m
Gonna find you and take it slowly
C#m G#m
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
A E G#m
Gonna find you and make you want me
C#m G#m
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
A E G#m
Gonna find you and take it slowly
C#m G#m
Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide
A E G#m
Gonna find you and make you want me