Lyrics
Get ready! To forgive and forget
Get ready! Live 'n let live for a sec
Let em talk bout respect, though they don’t know the half
Think they got it all figured out, but can’t do the math
They wanna clash 'n beef, when I ask for peace
Check my calendar kid, time runs fast this week
I live great on tour, while you hate 'cause you bored
If you got so much to say, get in the booth and record
But get ready! Your kind will debate 'bout you
Get ready! Don’t mind what they say 'bout you
Get ready! You’ll find it true, when you grow up a little
The war is not between me and you. I’m sad to say it’s way bigger
It’s not bout rap-music, rowdy kids or graf crews, it’s
Big business, big issues, let’s not loose it!
Don’t let em kill kids, drop charges on real pigs
Drop bombs and act like it’s a freedom fight — they guilty
They filthy, and you talk bout who’s the realest emcee
Who’ll give a fuck when there’s no freedom of speech
Get Ready
For when we step on stage — Get ready!
For when this shit goes down — Get ready!
For when you meet the love of your life — Get ready
For your unborn children — Get ready!
This shit is bigger than hip hop, we gotta kill cops, and build plots
Move into mountain hilltops
Leave Babylon cus on the route we on We’re heading for disaster faster than the Autobahn
I’m out to warn, scream and shout: it’s on Start the revolution now or ain’t no doubt we gone
Then what good did it do to rep our hoods little crew
Dis other rappers, say: I’m better than you
When music is a mission not a competition
Now I hear you dissin', frontin' and bitchin'
About: he probably wack, can’t make a partytrack
Fuck that. I pump the beat till the beast get a heartattack
A part of rap like battlin' and all of that
But before I kill emcees I kill the police
I’m really for peace, love and equality
But it seems the police love to follow me Because I’m hip hop. I never felt the pressure from the hype
Not the type to give a fuck — spit it in the mike
Cus I never aspired to be the best of all
Only here to inspire the rest of y’all
To stand tall, get up, stand up for your rights
My people know what I mean. Yeah, sure you’re right
Unite, focus on the real things in life
Stay away from all irrelevant things like
Who got the most dough? Who got the best flow
Who gives a fuck when it’s our turn to go?
Get ready!
For when the music hits you — Get ready
For when the judgement hits you — Get ready
For when the truth hits you — Get ready
For when love hits you — Get ready
For when the people fight back — Get ready
For when nature strikes back — Get ready
For the Looptroop terrorists- Get ready
For David vs. Goliath — Get ready
When your friends is gone who’s gonna save you
And when the money is gone who’s gonna pay you
And when you keep telling the same lies as they do Who’s gonna believe what you say is true
Cus in the end when the judgement comes
Who cares if you’re a millionaire, rap star or bum
What’s that car gonna do when you lost your girl
What’s that cigar gonna do when it’s war in the world
What good is green when love is washed away
What good is cream when happiness never come to stay
When shit just don’t seem to go your way
Who is there tellin' you everything is gonna be okay
While you were talking about whether this or that’s true
We gave the people a voice and somebody to look up to
I don’t live and die for diamonds and ends
And I don’t live and die for the four elements
Yeah, I rap but is hip hop my life
Who gives a fuck when millions of kids starve tonight
Get ready.
Chorus
For when it’s time to speak up — Get ready
For when it’s time to shut up — Get ready
For when the world is burning — Get ready
For when it’s time to stand up — Get ready
For when the judgement comes — Get ready
For when the police comes — Get ready
For when they drop the bombs — Get ready
For when you hear the next song — Get ready