"Born Ready" by King Chav

Music video for “Born Ready” by King Chav, from the album “The Leftovers”

Music: King Chav
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Video: Thomas Gellert
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Lyrics:
Never wanted a king, I just wanted to leave
They wanted me to change, I just wanted to be me
Now they want me in chains, I just wanted to be free
They turned a blind eye, well now I want them to see
I ain’t here to make to friends, I just need to make amends
The odds stacked against me I’m just here to the break trends
Bring the weapons in, since my melanin got them questioning
What’s best for them, when the record ends, I’m ya reckoning
Don’t wanna see us up, the system made to fail
I’m on my way to heaven but for now I’ll give them hell
Where I’m from 21, you either dead or in jail
It feel amazing looking at they faces when you prevail
But what more do you want from me
Couple sins from my past, they been haunting me
I’m a legend, every song you gone get all of me
Loaded up, you gone get this work at market fee, matter fact it’s all for free
Calm down, nah here I go
I been shooting off the screen, like I’m setting pick and rolls
Ain’t see me listed with the freshest, man it’s cool it’s they didn’t know
You leave a seed outside man it’s guaranteed to grow, I’m ‘bout to blow
Hold up wait a minute, now I’m strapped in
I done seen the light so grab a camera for the action
Learned to play the hand I was dealt to my advantage
When the cards in my hands, every move is a gambit, understand it
What’s a king if he can’t recognize his queen as his equal
What’s a king who don’t really got love for the people
What’s a king who ain’t ready to go and fight against the evil
What’s a king if he don’t know another king is supposed to lead you
Thought we would be dead from this, they ain’t know we bred for this
They sending apologies, tell ‘em send that recompense
Everything seems fair in love and war
Thought they though gave me they all had
Well tell ‘em to send some more

You got something you will live for
Means more when it’s something you will die for
With this life ima give more
Cuz it’s a lot of people ima ride for, ima ride for

Been fighting all my life, born ready
Prepared for the pain & the strife, born ready
If you really want me come and get me, born ready
Understand I got a million soldiers with me, born ready, born ready

Some family in a box, other family members boxed up
But no matter the circumstances, promise that won’t stop us
Live like Super Mario, from underground I popped up
Sure to level up every time I make the block jump
Royal we, paid for the royalty like ASCAP
Dividends, invested in myself like I’m the NASDAQ
Never tripping, opposition setting traps for my demise
To it all I’m Forest Whitaker, I barely bat an eye
Push me to the limits, I may bend but I’ll never fold
I’m a living witness to the greatest story ever told
At the verge of dying, but the lessons life’s providing, made me learn and floss up, so the lining That looks better gold
Life becomes legacy so what hill will I die on
Told you I am legend so my son gone be an icon
This is a snapshot of the vision, better focus in like Nikon
I’m here to make a difference, that keeps living after I’m gone

You got something you will live for
Means more when it’s something you will die for
With this life ima give more
Cuz it’s a lot of people ima ride for, ima ride for

Been fighting all my life, born ready
Prepared for the pain & the strife, born ready
If you really want me come and get me, born ready
Understand I got a million soldiers with me, born ready, born ready