(intro). hey the price of fame cost to much. like these niggas talk to much. im ready for whatever somebody better tell em'. said im ready for whatever. hey hey hey. (verse 1). even tho my head in the clouds im planted on the pavement. how i walk around people starring in amazment. i play alotta game a well-being i aint playing wit it. they so judgemental man but they dont understand. if ya life was in jeperady erryday is you tellin me. you wouldnt need weaponry jus because of ya felony's. consider this at least i got errybody sweating me. on the streets theres people who wont rest unless i rest in peace. killed my folk a year ago still in my sleep they threatin me. peranoid ya stressin me aint nobody protecting me. im dealing wit the pressure from my partner dieing next to me. niggas know i was arrested they coming for me eventually. this was all the things that i was goin thru mentally. this could be the reason i ignore the penitionary. not mentioning new orlean niggas comin in the city. killin all summer long aint nobody pay attention. (breakdown). now is it that hard to understand if you listen. either die or go to jail thats a hell of decision. but im wrong and i know it my excuses unimportant. im just tryna let you know that i aint think i had a choice fereal. (hook). i had straps in my ride gotta go to prison. you waitin on me to die you gone be waiting for a minute. boy im ready for whateva somebody betta tell em. i'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle (fereal). cant afford the price of fame cause it cost too much. man these sucka niggas lame and they talk to much. dat why im ready for whateva somebody tell em. i'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle. (break down). [T.I. Talking]. foreal foreal ey foreal i said when errything settle. forealey foreal ey foreal ey foreal i said when errything settle foreal. (verse2). ima man i aint perfect i admit it im guilty. but understand feel me i was riding filthy. cuz niggas out there plottin to rob me and kill me. 500000 erry year spent on security. my future was bright but now its gettin blury. cuz niggas in a hurry to find me and bury me. but surely God'll deliver me up out it. ima fighter till the heart i'll foreva be about it. ima father to my sons as it to my community. look all that i done my good out weigh the negativity. ey mentally i was focused on that littin history reapet itself. thats why he was kept in a vicinity. yes offically i broke the law but not maliciously. through all the publicity was anyone considerate. my position and the logic hidden my decision. but they caught me wit em now im off to prison PERIOD. (breakdown). but is it that hard to understand if you listen. either die or go to jail thats a hell of decision. but im wrong and i know it my excuses unimportant. im just tryna let you know that i aint think i had a choice fereal. (hook). i had straps in my ride gotta go to prison. you waitin on me to die you gone be waiting for a minute. boy im ready for whateva somebody betta tell em. i'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle (fereal). cant afford the price of fame cause it cost too much. man these sucka niggas lame and they talk to much. dat why im ready for whateva somebody betta tell em. i'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle. (Final Breakdown). (T.I. Talking). Ey i said listen homeboy. you can talk all you want mayne you know what im sayin. errybody talking to the king you know what im sayin. they like escalades errybody got one. but the fact of the matter remain. if yeaint walk a mile in my shoes and yeaint live a day in my life. yeaint survive the shit i done survived. yeaint had to deal wit the shit i had to deal wit homeboy. you cant muf**kin judge me partner. i mean look at folk like sean taylor. you know what they said they said had he had a strap. he woulda lived today. you know what im sayin. now true enough i did wrong i broke the law. i deserve to be punished i understand that ight cool. but listen man i gotta house full of kids. a mama and an old lady who life in my. responsibility you dig that!?. now for all of yall who think i was jus ridin around on some dumb shit. you know im smarter than you man. you know im smarter than you dawg. ey if you think i was just being stupid. shorty i got some muf**kin ocean front property in Idaho for sale homie. if you beleive that i gotta bridge in brooklyn i wanna sell you partnah. ey man real talk in order to understand my train of thoughts. you'll have to put yo self in my position. you cant expect me to think like you cuz my life aint like yours. you know what im sayin? if you dont understand that you dont. understand english im done talking!. . Enviado por: J. Leal