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Ready to Live (remix) Lyrics by Timothy Welbeck

Shades of Grace

2011

Verse 1
I told you that, “Everyone dies, but not everyone lives”/You might not have caught it the first time, so I’ll say it again/Our days are swift/They are getting shorter/Because we keep finding different ways we can abort them/And its more than destroying the unborn in the abdomen/We’re not enjoying our lives the days that we’re having them/When we’ve got more boys in prison than are college graduates/And we attribute stats like that to happenstance/That’s while you’ll hear the philosopher say,/”Man is born free, but every where he is in chains”/Because even when you don’t find him locked away up in cages/You’ll find him behaving in ways that will enslave him/That’s not the reason that we were created/You know it’s the truth, and you should go ahead an say it/And sing along like you know the meaning is true/Because the remix to your favorite song is now featuring you
Hook
I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready to live (repeat 4x)
Verse 2
Around the time William Jefferson was President/We heard Who Shot Ya, and things were different ever since/Our kids were “ready to die,” like they’ve never lived/It’s like they want “life after death” because they know its better then/And since they know our days, they come and go quickly/They treat this life like Rick Ross—no Biggie/And you know how the stories go with those endings/We lose our sons in the streets ever so simply/Because they grab the Glocks and are not afraid to let it go/And blood spill like oil in the Gulf of Mexico/That’s the state of affairs, and it getting more terrible, and someone’s got to let us know/Cause our life-spans continue to get swifter/Like Dead Prez said, “You can get cancer from those swishers/And can destroy your liver getting lost in that liquor”/We need to give it up, focus on God and get with in His love
Hook
I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready to live (repeat 4x)
Bridge
You should sing along like you know the meaning is true/Then call up the radio, here’s the thing you should do/Tell them to play your favorite song because it’s featuring you (repeat 3x)
Hook
I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready to live (repeat 4x)
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Timothy Welbeck

Timothy Welbeck

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