Fabio Musta, Elias Sahlin, Substantial - I'm Ready lyrics

Dude I barely finished school
It was gettin' really tired
Now my parents pushin' me to
Take my education higher
I wanna travel abroad, but I got a seed
And my folks obviously want me
To marry the broad
That I laid down with, time to get me a job
Work for snotty nosed kids
And this fatherhood shit
Like my father don't quit
Man I'm gettin' buried
Man shit is gettin' scary
Might join the Military
Cause round here it ain't at all
Hard to find a recruiter
It was harder for my high school
To find me a tutor
Met him on the block, talked
Gave him my background
He like a pimp in uniform


Layin' his mack down
Sayin' plenty things that appeal to me
And it sounded like a pretty good deal to me
See the world
Meet some girls and free school
All while gettin' paid to me, it seems cool
Anything's better than sittin' around here
Deep as shit get
Feel like I'm gonna drown here
I'll give it a shot man, sign me up
I'm just another toy soldier boy, wind me up
C'mon

I wasn't ready when you first
Rolled out the block
Wasn't ready when I heard them shots
I wasn't ready when you broke my heart
But oh baby
You better watch out cause I'm ready
Oh, baby
You better watch out cause I'm ready
I'm ready i'm ready
I'm ready

Finally got hitched the week
Before I shipped out
Baby started walkin' after that
Damn I missed out
And without a baby to miss, I don't see how
In a world I make it through this
It's crazy as shit
It wasn't what I had in mind
When I tried to get away
Found God hella quick
Before that I never prayed
Now I beg for a better day everyday
Heavenly arm but I'm too scared
To let it spray
Who said you unafraid is a horrible liar
With everyday here's soundin' like
The 4th of July subtract the fireworks
Add in some body parts
I done seen more young flesh
Here than Mardi Gras
Accept mistakes though my army fatigues
Hardly can sleep
Murder scenes all in my dreams
Seen unspeakable things can't talk
To my peeps fam and wife worried cause I
Haven't called 'em in weeks
But, I don't want them to hear
The fear in my voice
And I gotta live with it
This here is my choice
But, it's hard to be poised when
You're shook to the core
At Hell's Gate standin'
It's like my foot's in the door
And to top it all off
I don' got my first kill
Someone younger than my kid brother
It hurts still
It's so ill when you're tryin' to survive
For real I ain't tryin' to die, let me live

I wasn't ready when you first
Rolled out the block
Wasn't ready when I heard them shots
I wasn't ready when you broke my heart
But oh baby
You better watch out cause I'm ready
(Am I ready to choose? Am I ready to lose?)
Oh, baby
You better watch out cause I'm ready
(Am I ready to win? Am I ready
To sin? Do I really want war?) i'm ready
I'm ready i'm ready

When I'm thinkin' of home
I get chills to the bones
But, I sit here alone, prayin' that I return
Miss friends that I've known
Little shit that I own
Send a kiss through the phone, tell my wife?
I'm ignoring her now
Though before I was foul
Now I long for her smile and
A hug from my kid
An adorable child, I ignored for awhile
Semi auto go POW in the butt and the rib
Thinkin' oh my gosh, what I almost lost
Can't afford the cost but, I paid it dearly
Man, war is harsh
Got awful scars, nearly torn apart
And I make it barely
By the skin of my teeth, fight vigorously
Whether win or defeat
I'll make it through all this
Got a letter from my wife
She fed up with my life
She said it was not right
She callin' it quit's
After all this shit, she found somebody else
Feelin' sore and sick, I'm down
This hardly helps
I'll use this pain, no longer fight myself
That's pointless like tryin' to
Drown Michael Phelps
Swear to God this shit's wrong
Gotta get home, shots will split domes
Still we'll clash
So ready or not, come get you a shot
I'm ready to pop, so feel my wrath
When I pick up a gun, better get up and run
Gotta get to my son, better clear my path

I wasn't ready when you first
Rolled out the block
Wasn't ready when I heard them shots
I wasn't ready when you broke my heart
But oh baby
You better watch out cause I'm ready
Oh, baby
You better watch out cause I'm ready
I'm ready i'm ready
I'm ready