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Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

Hip-Hop/Rap

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G.

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

The Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G.

Songwriter

Barbara Mason

Songwriter

Christopher Wallace

Christopher Wallace

Songwriter

Clarence Satchell

Clarence Satchell

Songwriter

Leroy Bonner

Songwriter

Marshall Eugene Jones

Marshall Eugene Jones

Songwriter

Osten Harvey

Songwriter

Ralph Middlebrooks

Ralph Middlebrooks

Songwriter

Sean Combs

Songwriter

Walter "Junie" Morrison

Walter "Junie" Morrison

Songwriter

Lyrics

[Intro]

Yeah, yeah

You ready, ****?

We gonna kill your ****

I'm ready

[Verse 1]

As I grab the ****, put it to your headpiece

One in the chamber, the safety is off release

Straight at your dome, homes, I wanna see cabbage

Biggie Small the Savage, doin' your brain cells much damage

Teflon is the material for the imperial

Mic ripper, girl stripper, the Henny sipper

I drop lyrics off and on like a light switch

Quick to grab the right **** and make her drive the Q-45

**** and **** are expected when I wreck ****

Respect is collected, so check it

I got techniques drippin' out my butt cheeks

Sleep on my stomach so I don't **** up my sheets

Huh, my **** is deep, deeper than my grave, G

I'm ready to die and nobody can save me

**** the world, **** my moms and my girl

My life is played out like a Jheri curl, I'm ready to die

[Chorus]

Yes, I'm ready

Yes, I'm ready

Yes, I'm ready

So die, ****, die, ****, die

[Verse 2]

As I sit back and look when I used to be a crook

Doin' whatever it took, from snatchin' chains to pocket books

A big bad **** on the wrong road

I got some drugs, tried to get the avenue sold

I want it all from the Rolexes to the Lexus

Gettin' paid is all I expected

My mother didn't give me what I want, what the ****?

Now I got the ****, makin' **** duck

**** is real and hungry's how I feel

I rob and steal because that money got that whip appeal

Kickin' **** down the steps just for rep

Any repercussion lead to **** gettin' wet

The infrared's at your head, real steady

You better grab your **** 'cause I'm ready, ready

[Chorus]

Yes, I'm ready

Yes, I'm ready

I'm ready to die

Yes, I'm ready

Nah, we ain't gonna kill your **** yet (So die, ****, die, ****, die)

We gonna make ya suffer

[Verse 3]

In a sec, I throw the TEC to your **** neck

Everybody hit the deck, Biggie 'bout to get some wreck

Quick to leave you in a coffin for slick talkin'

You better act like CeCe and keep on walkin'

When I hit ya, I split ya to the white meat

You swung a left, you swung a right, you fell to the concrete

Your face, my feet, they meet, we're stompin'

I'm rippin' MCs from Tallahassee to Compton

Biggie Smalls on a higher plane

**** say I'm strange, deranged

Because I put the 12 **** to your brain

Make your **** splatter, mix the blood like batter

Then my pocket gets fatter after the hit

Leave you on the street with your neck split

Down your backbone the way your **** **** drip

The **** I kick, rip it through the vest

Biggie Smalls passin' any test, I'm ready to die

[Chorus]

Yes, I'm ready

Yes, I'm ready

I'm ready

Yes, I'm ready

Time to go, time to go

We gon' put you out your misery, ****

[Chorus]

**** definitely know what time it is

Yes, I'm ready

The Notorious one in full effect for '93

Yes, I'm ready

Yes, I'm ready

Suicidal, I'm ready (So die, ****, die, ****, die)

Yes, I'm ready

Uh, uh, uh, uh (So die, ****, die, ****, die)

[Outro]

Now I lay me down to sleep, pray the Lord my soul to keep

If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take

'Cause I'm ready to die

I'm ready, I'm ready

All y'all **** come with me if you want to

I'm ready, I'm ready

I'm ready

Biggie Smalls, the biggest man

I'm ready

Rocking on and on in '93, Easy Mo Bee

Third Eye and the rest of the Bad Boy fam

I don't wanna see no cryin' at my funeral

Written by: Leroy Bonner, Sean Puffy Combs, Osten S Harvey, Marshall Eugene Jones, Barbara Mason, Ralph Middlebrooks, Walter Junie Morrison, Clarance Satchell, Christopher Wallace

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