Fugees
Ready or Not
[Chorus]
Ready or not, here I come, you can’t hide. Gonna find you, and keep you happy. Ready or not, here I come, you can’t hide. Gonna find you and make you love me

[Verse 1]
One time I’ma say it one time, no rewind. You can play it back, but when you hear it, it’s from a different time. The fates align. Don’t want to hit the grind, just want to spit funky rhymes to the music. I don’t know how you do it, how you go through it—life. With no calling I finna be the one ballin’ but the problem’s no direction, I’m at the intersection of money and passion, boredom and flashing, blowing or stashing. I’ve got a problem with spending before I get it, hearing and then forgetting, sinning and not repenting

“Woe is me, t’have seen what I see, see what I see!” –Shakespeare

I read, you see, but I forget quickly. Memory like a floppy disk. By a magnet no more digits, so I fidget, patiently drift with it. Up and down like a mime I frown into the background, filled with thoughts profound

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]
Hey girl, please let me take a minute of your time. I’m trying to find a rhyme to blind you like the sun alright? You’re not a perfect
Being either but I’m down with that. I’ve got some problems but you’ve got to throw them in the back. Under the bus, tighten the truss, polish the rust, I know I must. So I will bust my body into the ground, brain to the speed of sound, time off the clock till it starts to tick tock. Trip through days, walking around in broken Reeboks, no socks. Tragedy, but magically, I decrypt the locks and piece
Together blocks of understanding your hand in mine is divine

[Bridge]
Ready or not, here I come, you can’t hide. Gonna find you, and keep you happy. You can’t run away, from this love I’ve got, oh baby. Hey baby because I’ve got a lot, oh yeah. Anywhere you go, my poor heart’s got to know. Oh baby, hey baby, you can’t hide from my love, oh no

[Verse 3]
But if you’re cool with that, put me up to bat and stand back while I crank out this steady slap. Rock with me, talk with me, stroll the block with me, and see that we be the people of the most high. Made in His image but it isn’t so cut and dry. Watch the sky, while we lay. Cruise slowly while I drive just to savor every moment, in this moment I could happily die

[Chorus x2]