I'm Ready - Fabio Musta, Substantial, Elias of Scribbling Idiots

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

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 quits

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