(helicopters whirring)
00:07
(explosions)
00:14
- I'm lost him. I lost him.
00:24
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
00:36
♪ You can't hide ♪
00:38
♪ Gonna find you and take it slowly ♪
00:41
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
00:47
♪ You can't hide ♪
00:49
♪ Gonna find you and make you want me ♪
00:52
♪ Now that I escape, sleepwalk awake ♪
00:57
♪ Yeah ♪
00:59
♪ Those who could relate know
the world the world ain't cake ♪
01:00
♪ Jail bars ain't golden gates ♪
01:02
♪ Those who fake, they break ♪
01:04
♪ When they meet their 400 pound mate ♪
01:06
♪ If I could rule the world ♪
01:08
♪ Everyone would have in
the ghetto of course ♪
01:09
♪ When giddy-upping on their horse ♪
01:12
♪ I kick a rhyme drinking moonshine ♪
01:14
♪ I pour a sip on the
concrete for the deceased ♪
01:16
♪ But, no, don't weep
Wyclef's in a state of sleep ♪
01:19
♪ Thinking 'bout that I did last week ♪
01:21
♪ Money in the bag, banker
looked like a drag ♪
01:24
♪ I want to play with pelicans
from here to Baghdad ♪
01:27
♪ Think fast, I think I'm hit ♪
01:30
♪ My girl pinched my hips
to see if I still exist ♪
01:32
♪ I think not, I'll send
a letter to my friends ♪
01:35
♪ A born again hooligan
only to be king again ♪
01:38
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
01:41
♪ You can't hide ♪
01:43
♪ Going to find you and take it slowly ♪
01:45
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
01:51
♪ You can't hide ♪
01:54
♪ Gonna find you and make you want me ♪
01:56
♪ Yo I play my enemies
like a game of chess ♪
02:02
♪ Where I rest, no stress
if you don't smoke ♪
02:04
♪ Lest I must confess,
my destiny's manifest ♪
02:07
♪ In some Gore-Tex and sweats ♪
02:10
♪ I make treks like I'm homeless ♪
02:11
♪ Rap orgies with Porgy and Bess ♪
02:13
♪ Capture your bounty
like Eliot Ness, yes ♪
02:16
♪ Bless you if you represent the Fu ♪
02:18
♪ But I'll hex you with
some witch's brew ♪
02:21
♪ if you're doo-doo Voodoo ♪
02:23
♪ I can do what you do, easy ♪
02:24
♪ Believe me, fronting
give me heebie jeebies ♪
02:26
♪ So while you imitating Al Capone ♪
02:29
♪ I'll be Nina Simone on your microphone ♪
02:31
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
02:34
♪ You can't hide ♪
02:37
♪ Gonna find you and take it slowly ♪
02:39
♪ You can't run away
from the styles I got ♪
02:46
♪ Oh, baby, hey baby, 'cause
I got a lot, oh yeah ♪
02:50
♪ And anywhere you go, my
whole crew gonna know, ♪
02:56
♪ Oh baby, hey baby, you
can't hide from the block ♪
03:01
♪ Ready or not, refugees taking over ♪
03:07
♪ The Buffalo Soldier, dreadlock Rasta ♪
03:09
♪ On the twelfth hour,
fly by in my bomber ♪
03:12
♪ Crews run for cover, now they're
under, pushing up flowers ♪
03:15
♪ Superfly, true lies, do or die ♪
03:18
♪ Toss me high, only puff
with my crew from Lakay ♪
03:20
♪ I, refugee from Guantanamo Bay ♪
03:23
♪ Dance around the border
like I'm Cassius Clay ♪
03:25
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
03:28
♪ You can't hide ♪
03:31
♪ Gonna find you and take it slowly ♪
03:33
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
04:00
♪ You can't hide ♪
04:02
♪ Gonna find you and make you want me ♪
04:05
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
04:11
♪ You can't hide ♪
04:13
♪ Gonna find you and take it slowly ♪
04:16
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
04:22
♪ You can't hide ♪
04:24
♪ Gonna find you and make you want me ♪
04:27
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
(helicopters whirring)
(explosions)
- I'm lost him. I lost him.
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
♪ You can't hide ♪
♪ Gonna find you and take it slowly ♪
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
♪ You can't hide ♪
♪ Gonna find you and make you want me ♪
♪ Now that I escape, sleepwalk awake ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Those who could relate know
the world the world ain't cake ♪
♪ Jail bars ain't golden gates ♪
♪ Those who fake, they break ♪
♪ When they meet their 400 pound mate ♪
♪ If I could rule the world ♪
♪ Everyone would have in
the ghetto of course ♪
♪ When giddy-upping on their horse ♪
♪ I kick a rhyme drinking moonshine ♪
♪ I pour a sip on the
concrete for the deceased ♪
♪ But, no, don't weep
Wyclef's in a state of sleep ♪
♪ Thinking 'bout that I did last week ♪
♪ Money in the bag, banker
looked like a drag ♪
♪ I want to play with pelicans
from here to Baghdad ♪
♪ Think fast, I think I'm hit ♪
♪ My girl pinched my hips
to see if I still exist ♪
♪ I think not, I'll send
a letter to my friends ♪
♪ A born again hooligan
only to be king again ♪
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
♪ You can't hide ♪
♪ Going to find you and take it slowly ♪
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
♪ You can't hide ♪
♪ Gonna find you and make you want me ♪
♪ Yo I play my enemies
like a game of chess ♪
♪ Where I rest, no stress
if you don't smoke ♪
♪ Lest I must confess,
my destiny's manifest ♪
♪ In some Gore-Tex and sweats ♪
♪ I make treks like I'm homeless ♪
♪ Rap orgies with Porgy and Bess ♪
♪ Capture your bounty
like Eliot Ness, yes ♪
♪ Bless you if you represent the Fu ♪
♪ But I'll hex you with
some witch's brew ♪
♪ if you're doo-doo Voodoo ♪
♪ I can do what you do, easy ♪
♪ Believe me, fronting
give me heebie jeebies ♪
♪ So while you imitating Al Capone ♪
♪ I'll be Nina Simone on your microphone ♪
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
♪ You can't hide ♪
♪ Gonna find you and take it slowly ♪
♪ You can't run away
from the styles I got ♪
♪ Oh, baby, hey baby, 'cause
I got a lot, oh yeah ♪
♪ And anywhere you go, my
whole crew gonna know, ♪
♪ Oh baby, hey baby, you
can't hide from the block ♪
♪ Ready or not, refugees taking over ♪
♪ The Buffalo Soldier, dreadlock Rasta ♪
♪ On the twelfth hour,
fly by in my bomber ♪
♪ Crews run for cover, now they're
under, pushing up flowers ♪
♪ Superfly, true lies, do or die ♪
♪ Toss me high, only puff
with my crew from Lakay ♪
♪ I, refugee from Guantanamo Bay ♪
♪ Dance around the border
like I'm Cassius Clay ♪
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
♪ You can't hide ♪
♪ Gonna find you and take it slowly ♪
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
♪ You can't hide ♪
♪ Gonna find you and make you want me ♪
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
♪ You can't hide ♪
♪ Gonna find you and take it slowly ♪
♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
♪ You can't hide ♪
♪ Gonna find you and make you want me ♪
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