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