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T.I.
Leadgesang
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Christopher Gholson
Songwriter:in
Clifford Harris
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Chris Gehringer
Mastering-Ingenieur:in
Drumma Boy
Produzent:in
Elliott Carter
Aufnahmeingenieur:in
Ray Seay
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Letras
[Verse 1]
Hey the price of fame cost too much
Like these **** talk too much
I'm ready for whatever somebody better tell them
Said I'm ready for whatever
Hey, hey, hey
[Verse 2]
Even though my head in the clouds I'm planted on the pavement
How I'm walkin' 'round, people staring in amazement
I play a lot of game, my well-being I ain't playing with
They so judgmental, maybe they don't understand
If your life was in jeopardy everyday, is you telling me
You wouldn't need weaponry just because of your felonies
Consider this at least, I got everybody sweating me
On the streets, it's people who won't rest unless I rest in peace
Killed my folk a year ago, still in my sleep they threaten me
Paranoia stressing me, ain't nobody protecting me
I'm dealing with depression from my partner dying next to me
Think 'cause no one's arrested they coming for me eventually
See this all the things that I was going through mentally
This could be the reason I ignored the penitentiary
Not mentioning New Orleans **** coming in the city
Killing all Summer long ain't nobody pay attention
Now is it that hard to understand if you listen?
Either die or go to jail that's a hell of a decision
But I'm wrong and I know it, my excuse is unimportant
I'm just tryna let you know that I ain't think I had a choice, for real
[Verse 3]
I had straps in my ride, gotta go to prison
You waiting on me to die you gonna be waiting for a minute
Boy I'm ready for whatever, somebody better tell them
I'll be here when the smoke clear and everything settled
Can't afford the price of fame 'cause it cost too much
To play, these sucker **** lame and they talk too much
Yeah, that why I'm ready for whatever, somebody better tell 'em
I'll be here when the smoke clear and everything settled
[Verse 4]
For real, for real, aye, for real, I say when everything settled for real
[Verse 5]
I'm a man, I ain't perfect, I admit it, I'm guilty
But understand, feel me, I was riding filthy
'Cause **** out there plotting to rob me and kill me
Five-hundred-thousand every year spent on security
Hey, my future was bright, but now it's getting blurry
It's **** in a hurry to find me and bury me
But surely, God'll deliver me up out it
I'm a fighter to the heart, I'll forever be about it
I'm a father to my sons, asset to my community
Look all that I done, my good outweigh the negativity
Aye, mentally I was focused on not letting history repeat itself
That's why heat was kept in the vicinity
Yes, officially I broke the law but not maliciously
Through all of the publicity, was anyone considering
My position and the logic hid in my decision
But they caught with 'em, now I'm off to prison, period
But is it that hard to understand if you listen?
Either die or go to jail that's a hell of a decision
But I'm wrong and I know it, my excuse is unimportant
I'm just tryna let you know that I ain't think I had a choice, for real
[Verse 6]
I had straps in my ride, gotta go to prison
You waiting on me to die you gonna be waiting for a minute
Boy I'm ready for whatever, somebody better tell them
I'll be here when the smoke clear and everything settled
Can't afford the price of fame 'cause it cost too much
Man these sucker **** lame and they talk too much
Yeah, that why I'm ready for whatever, somebody better tell 'em
I'll be here when the smoke clear and everything settled
[Verse 7]
For real, for real, aye, for real, I say when everything settled for real
[Verse 8]
But the fact of the matter remains
If you ain't walked a mile in my shoes and you ain't live a day in my life
You ain't survive the shit I done survived
You ain't had to deal with the shit I done had to deal with, homeboy
You can't motherfucking judge me partner
I mean, look at folk like Sean Taylor
You know what they said
They said had he had a strap
He'd of lived today
You know what I'm saying?
Now, true enough, I was dead wrong, I broke the law, I deserve to be punished
I understand that, alright cool
But listen man, I got a house full of kids, a mama and a old lady, who life is my responsibility
You dig that?
Now, for all of y'all who think I was just riding around on some dumb shit
Aye, you know I'm smarter than you man
You know I'm smarter than you, dog
Hey, if you think I was just being stupid
Shawty, I've got some motherfucking ocean front property in Idaho for sale, homie
If you believe that I got a bridge in Brooklyn I wanna sell you, partner
Hey man, real talk
In order to understand my train of thought, you'll have to put yourself in my position
You can't expect me to think like you 'cause my life ain't like yours, you know what I'm saying
If you don't understand that you don't understand English, homeboy I'm done talking
Written by: C. Harris, Christopher Gholson