[Chorus: Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean]
Ready or not, here I come, you can`t hide
Gonna find you and take it slowly
Ready or not (Uh-huh), here I come, you can`t hide
Gonna find you and make you want me (Yo)

[Verse 1: Wyclef Jean & Lauryn Hill]
Now that I escape, sleepwalk awake (Yeah)
Those who could relate know the world ain`t cake
Jail bars ain`t golden gates, those who fake, they break
When they meet their four hundred-pound mate
If I could rule the world (If I ruled the world), everyone would have a gun
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 the robbery that I did last week
Money in the bag, banker looked like a drag
I want to play with pelicans from here to Baghdad
Gun blast, 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

[Chorus: Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean]
Ready or not, here I come, you can`t hide
Gonna find you and take it slowly
Ready or not (Uh-huh), here I come, you can`t hide
Gonna find you and make you want me (Yo, yo, yo, yo)


[Verse 2: Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean]
I play my enemies like a game of chess
Where I rest, no stress if you don`t smoke sess
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 niggas give me heebie-jeebies (Ha)
So while you imitating Al Capone
I`ll be Nina Simone and defecating on your microphone

[Chorus: Lauryn Hill]
Ready or not, here I come, you can`t hide
Gonna find you and take it slowly

[Bridge: Lauryn Hill]
You can`t run away from these 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, oh, no

[Verse 3: Pras, Pras & Lauryn Hill]
Ready or not, refugees taking over
The Buffalo Soldier, dreadlock Rasta
On the twelfth hour, fly by in my bomber (Drop bombs)
Crews run for cover, now they`re under, pushing up flowers
Superfly, true lies, do or die (He`s super fly)
Toss me high, only puff lye with my crew from Lakay
I refugee from Guantanamo Bay
Dance around the border like I`m Cassius Clay (Yes, sir)


[Chorus: Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean]
Ready or not, here I come, you can`t hide (Ayo, nobody move)
Gonna find you and take it slowly
Ready or not (Uh-huh), here I come, you can`t hide (Ayo, nobody move)
Gonna find you and make you want me (Come on)
Ready or not, here I come, you can`t hide (You know the—)
Gonna find you and take it slowly (You know)
Ready or not (Uh-huh), here I come, you can`t hide
Gonna find you and make you want me