Why

Im reminiscing like JOE, staring at faded pictures
Through Satans tempting and death
Back resurrected as the greatest victor
Throughout my travels sampled great elixirs
Liquors and weed
Feel like Im bleeding, need a way to fix this
Pain that I feed
I toldem Go head I aint coming
Bed being Co Ed stop being fun
And I cant even sleep
Stress running my mind
Got diamonds but dont none of em shine
My heart is heavy
Every problem weigh a ton at a time
Stay isolated cause Im one of a kind
Fake homies claiming that they got my back
But every one of em lying
My label jerking me forever jacking
But like Jeremiah this fire got in my bones
Now Im forever rapping
I took the bitter with the sweet
Never quitters we keep
Teaching like ghetto Messiahs to deliver the streets
Became a son of God as soon as I admitted Im weak
And gave back what was given to me
I dont understand why

(Chorus:)
I dont know why
You gotta lie
Think Im gon try
Take your piece of the pie

Scheme and you cheat
Cheat and you lie
I dont understand why they keep playing with me
I dont know why
You gotta lie
Think Im gon try
Take your piece of the pie
Scheme and you cheat
Cheat and you lie
Im a grown man now quit playing with me

No yall aint ready for it
I dont think they ready for it
Really yall aint ready for it
I dont think they ready for it
Yall think yall ready for it
I dont think they ready for it
Who think they ready for it?
I dont think they ready

This hip-hop, rock, soul
Is all we do around here
I spit a lot
Practicing flowing while Im doing my hair
From Little Rock
Some of em said I wasnt going nowhere
But I had confidence these poems I shared be embraced by many
Said you way too skinny"
Nobody gave me anything
Be singing at my job while I slave for pennies
I love emceeing
Love to be in the studio locked
Haters that knocked gon see me rocking at coliseums
I used to cry watching these video shows
Pitiful
Artist with silly flows
They gotta be kidding
Yo, why we dope and got it hard like this?
I dont understand it my band is making all these hits
And I feel abandoned by labels cause they all insist
I should straighten my hair to hit it
Im real but they dont get it
Every mic I lit it
For fans I stay committed
Want me solo forget it
We make a dollar we split it
Tell me why

(Chorus)

None of yall aint ready for it
I dont think they ready for it
No yall aint ready for it
I dont think they ready for it
Yall think yall ready for it
I dont think they ready for it
But yall aint ready for it
I dont think they ready

Im gon stay ready
Ima stay ready (repeat till the end)

Ready for whatever
Ready for whoever
You aint gon never catch us slipping
This is Hiprocksoul
It dont matter what they say
Tena Jones gon be ready
We all gon be ready
4th Avenue gon stay ready
We gon be ready
We gon stay ready
We been putting it down for so long
Im ready
Ive been ready all my life
Ive been ready all my life
So every thing will be all right