Ready For Whatever Chords by T.I.

[Start]

[Intro]
Eb Ebmaj7 Gm                    
■  ■      Hate the price of fame
   Gm           
It cost too much
                    F            
And you lame niggas talk too much
              Eb                                  
I'm ready for ■  whatever somebody better tell 'em
           Eb                            
I said I'm ready for whatever hey hey hey


[Chorus]
            Gm                                               
Even though my head in the clouds I'm planted on the pavement
F                             Fsus4               
How I'm walkin' 'round people starin' in amazement
  Eb                                                   
I play a lot of game but wellbeing I ain't playin' with
Eb                                            
They so judgmental maybe they don't understand


[Verse]
   Gm                                                 
If your life was in jeopardy e'ryday is you tellin' me
    F                                                   
You wouldn't need weaponry just because of your felonies
Eb                                               
Consider this at least I got e'rybody sweatin' me
Eb                                                            
On the streets is people who won't rest unless I rest in peace
Gm                                                          
Killed my folk a year ago still in my sleep they threaten me
F                                               
Paranoia stressin' me ain't nobody protectin' me
Eb                                                            
I'm dealin' with the pressure from my partner dyin' next to me
Eb                                                         
Think 'cause no ones arrested they comin' for me eventually
Gm                                                  
This was all the things I was goin' through mentally
F                                                  
This could be the reason I ignored the penitentiary
Eb                                                  
Not mentioning New Orleans niggas comin' in the city
        Eb                                        
Killin' all summer long ain't nobody pay attention


[Chorus]
Gm                                             
Now is it that hard to understand if you listen
F                                 Fsus4             
Either die or go to jail that's a hell of a decision
        Eb                                             
But I'm wrong and I know it my excuses aren't important
         Eb                                                           
I'm just tryna let you know that I ain't think I had a choice for real
      Gm                                  
I had straps in my ride gotta go to prison
F                                                        
You waiting on me to die you gon' be waiting for a minute
        Eb                                         
Boy I'm ready for whatever somebody better tell 'em
  Eb                                                           
I be here when the smoke clears and everythin' settles for real
Gm                                                    
Can't afford the price of fame 'cause it cost too much
     F                                             
Plus these sucka niggas lame and they talk too much
           Eb                                             
That's why I'm ready for whatever somebody better tell 'em
  Eb                                                           
I be here when the smoke clears and everythin' settles for real
    Gm   F        Fsus4       
For real for real aye for real
           Eb                        
I say when e'rything settles for real
Eb                       
Aye for real aye for real
                                            Gm      
Let me tell you how this shit went down for real dog


[Verse]
                  Gm                           
I'm a man I ain't perfect I admit it I'm guilty
    F                                     
But understand feel me I was ridin' filthy
Eb                                                    
'cause niggas out there plottin' to rob me and kill me
Eb                                               
Fivehundred thousand every year spent on security
       Gm                                           
And my future was bright but now it's gettin' blurry
       F                                       
'cause niggas in a hurry to find me and bury me
    Eb                                
But surely God'll deliver me up out it
      Eb                                        
I'm a fighter to the heart I forever be about it
      Gm                                     
I'm a father to my sons asset to my community
F                                                      
Look at all that I done my good outweigh the negativity
Eb                                           
Mentally I was focused on not lettin' history
Eb                                                    
Repeat itself that's why heat was kept in the vicinity
Gm                                                
Yes officially I broke the law but not maliciously
F                                                  
Through all of the publicity was anyone considerin'
Eb                                          
My position and the logic hid in my decision
    Eb                                                  
But they caught me with 'em now I'm off to prison period


[Chorus]
Gm                                             
But is it that hard to understand if you listen
F                               Fsus4               
Either die or go to jail that's a hell of a decision
    Eb                                                 
But I'm wrong and I know it my excuses aren't important
                                                                  Gm  
I'm just tryna let you know that I ain't think I had a choice for real
      Gm                                  
I had straps in my ride gotta go to prison
F                                                        
You waiting on me to die you gon' be waiting for a minute
    Eb                                             
Boy I'm ready for whatever somebody better tell 'em
  Eb                                                           
I be here when the smoke clears and everythin' settles for real
Gm                                                    
Can't afford the price of fame 'cause it cost too much
     F                                             
Plus these sucka niggas lame and they talk too much
           Eb                                             
That's why I'm ready for whatever somebody better tell 'em
                                                           Gm  
I be here when the smoke clears and everythin' settles for real


[Verse]
             F                
For real for real aye for real
                             Eb      
I say when e'rything settles for real
                 Eb      
Aye for real aye for real
                             Gm      
I say when e'rything settles for real
    F                         
For real for real aye for real
                             Ebmaj7  
I say when e'rything settles for real
    Eb                   
Aye for real aye for real
                     Eb              
I say when e'rything settles for real
    Gm                                   
Aye ■  but the fact of the matter remains
                      F               
If you ain't walked a mile in my shoes
F                                   
And you ain't lived a day in my life
          Eb                              
You ain't survive the shit I done survived
                                             Eb       
You ain't had to deal with the shit I had to deal with
        Eb                                   
Homeboy you can't muhfuckin' judge me partner


[Chorus]
Gm                                  
I mean look at folk like Sean Taylor
    F                Fsus4
You ■ know what they said 
                 Eb                           
They said had he had a strap he'da lived today
              Eb       
You know what I'm sayin
         Gm           Gm7       
Now true enough I was dead wrong
                  F                     
I broke the law I deserve to be punished
  F                         
I understand that aight Cool
               Eb                        
But listen man I got a house full of kids
                             Eb                       
A mama and an old lady whose life is my responsibility
    Eb      
You dig that
Gm                                                         F             
Now for all of y'all who think I was just ridin' around on some dumb shit
    Eb                               
Aye you know I'm smarter than you man
    Eb                           
You know I'm smarter than you dog
                 Gm                     
Aye if you think I was just being stupid


[Outro]
                  F                                                     
Shawty I got some muhfuckin' oceanfront property in Idaho for sale homie
   Eb                                                                  
If you believe that I got a bridge in Brooklyn I wanna sell you partner
                           Gm                                
Aye man real talk in order to understand my train of thoughts
                F                      
You have to put yourself in my position
    F                                
You can't expect me to think like you
Eb                                                     
'cause my life ain't like yours you know what I'm sayin
                                                          F       
If you don't understand that you don't understand English home boy


[End]
         F      
I'm done talking