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