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Track cover Stay Ready (What A Life)

Stay Ready (What A Life)

6:22Hip hop, west coast hip hop, r&b Album Sail Out 2013-01-01

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Description

Engineer, Producer, Studio Personnel: Fisticuffs

Studio Personnel, Engineer: Christian Plata

Engineer, Studio Personnel: Derek Ali

Mixer, Studio Personnel: Jaycen Joshua

Assistant Mixer, Studio Personnel: Ryan Kaul

Associated Performer, Additional Keyboards: Ron Avant

Associated Performer: Doc Allison

Composer Lyricist: Jhene Aiko Chilombo

Composer Lyricist: Kendrick Lamar

Lyrics and translation

Original

We do not exist in

Any other instant

Here in this dimension

You and I are meant to be

I have waited lifetimes to find you

Now that you're here, I can remind you

Of the things you've been dreamin' times two

I promise you

If you just give me 24

Man, all I need is 24 hours

I promise you'll want plenty more

You'll probably be with it forever

So how does it sound, us on the ground

Giving you my love?

(Oh, yeah)

There's no place quite like here

There's no better time than now

You gotta stay ready

There's no place quite like here

There's no better time than now

That's why I stay ready

You tell me find your spot with the warning that I might slip

And when you climb on top that's the ultimate road trip

Ride on my like you're Pac, got me thinkin' it's 96'

I can rap on some 90s shit, wrap your leggings around my hip

I'm so hip to it, tourists wanna come speculate

But if I stay monogamous promise this kiss will always taste like candy

And yeah, it's obvious mom'nem probably can't stand me

I'm sure they tired of this look that you have when you're antsy

We gon' fuck around (mmm), we gon' fuck around

And triple through triplets of babies right now

And that might break the record, and no, that don't mean you're fertile

That means we're fucking reckless, plus we don't use protection

I find myself reading old text messages when I'm bored

We find ourselves sexting 'til that connection is restored

I know that sounds immature, but if we never grow up

Then I wish you good luck on the seats that's inside this Porsche

Come to me

Come, come to me

Look at what you've done to me

You put a gun to me

Then you brought the sun to me

Shine like blood diamonds

Learning to have patience only 'cause you are timeless

The universe energy doesn't lie

And this chemistry is infinity at a million times

I wrote a million rhymes describing your star power

And after 24 bars, you get 24 hours

(Oh, yeah)

There's no place quite like here

There's no better time than now

You gotta stay ready

There's no place quite like here

There's no better time than now

That's why I stay ready

All that I know is right now

Nothing's for sure but, right now

Gotta get yours like, right now

Like, right now

All that I know is right now

Nothing's for sure but, right now

Gotta get yours like, right now

Like, right now

I been through some shit man

But I be on my shit man

I decided that what you give is what you're given

So I been tryna do it right

I been doing like

Whatever gets me through the night

What a life

I'm steady always on the go

You steady always on the go

We steady losing all control

What a life

What a life

What a life

What a life

They say the truth ain't pretty

But coming from that pretty mouth the truth is fitting

'Cause you ain't never talkin' loud and you know plenty

You know what I'm talkin' 'bout 'cause you just get me

Yeah, you so pretty

If everything is dipped in gold

Then, baby, it will never grow

Everything sweet ain't sugar-coated

What a life

What a life

What a life

What a life

What a life

What a life that I've been given

What a life

What a life that I been living

What a life

What a life we die to live in

What a life

What a life

What a life

What a life

What a life

English translation

We do not exist in

Any other instant

Here in this dimension

You and I are meant to be

I have waited lifetimes to find you

Now that you're here, I can remind you

Of the things you've been dreamin' times two

I promise you

If you just give me 24

Man, all I need is 24 hours

I promise you'll want plenty more

You'll probably be with it forever

So how does it sound, us on the ground

Giving you my love?

(Oh, yeah)

There's no place quite like here

There's no better time than now

You gotta stay ready

There's no place quite like here

There's no better time than now

That's why I stay ready

You tell me find your spot with the warning that I might slip

And when you climb on top that's the ultimate road trip

Ride on my like you're Pac, got me thinkin' it's 96'

I can rap on some 90s shit, wrap your leggings around my hip

I'm so hip to it, tourists wanna come speculate

But if I stay monogamous promise this kiss will always taste like candy

And yeah, it's obvious mom'nem probably can't stand me

I'm sure they tired of this look that you have when you're antsy

We gon' fuck around (mmm), we gon' fuck around

And triple through triplets of babies right now

And that might break the record, and no, that don't mean you're fertile

That means we're fucking reckless, plus we don't use protection

I find myself reading old text messages when I'm bored

We find ourselves sexting 'til that connection is restored

I know that sounds immature, but if we never grow up

Then I wish you good luck on the seats that's inside this Porsche

Come to me

Come, come to me

Look at what you've done to me

You put a gun to me

Then you brought the sun to me

Shine like blood diamonds

Learning to have patience only 'cause you are timeless

The universe energy doesn't lie

And this chemistry is infinity at a million times

I wrote a million rhymes describing your star power

And after 24 bars, you get 24 hours

(Oh, yeah)

There's no place quite like here

There's no better time than now

You gotta stay ready

There's no place quite like here

There's no better time than now

That's why I stay ready

All that I know is right now

Nothing's for sure but, right now

Gotta get yours like, right now

Like, right now

All that I know is right now

Nothing's for sure but, right now

Gotta get yours like, right now

Like, right now

I been through some shit man

But I be on my shit man

I decided that what you give is what you're given

So I been tryna do it right

I been doing like

Whatever gets me through the night

What a life

I'm steady always on the go

You steady always on the go

We steady losing all control

What a life

What a life

What a life

What a life

They say the truth ain't pretty

But coming from that pretty mouth the truth is fitting

'Cause you ain't never talkin' loud and you know plenty

You know what I'm talkin' 'bout 'cause you just get me

Yeah, you so pretty

If everything is dipped in gold

Then, baby, it will never grow

Everything sweet ain't sugar-coated

What a life

What a life

What a life

What a life

What a life

What a life that I've been given

What a life

What a life that I been living

What a life

What a life we die to live in

What a life

What a life

What a life

What a life

What a life

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