Ready For Whatever
by T.I.

Album: Paper Trail (2008)
Charted: 57
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Songfacts®:

  • This was produced by the Atlanta based producer Drumma Boy, whose other production credits include "Here I Am" for Rick Ross, "Put On" for Jeezy and three other tracks on Paper Trail.
  • This song refers to the incident in 2007 when T.I. got caught attempting to purchase machine guns from a federal agent in a sting operation. He wrote this facing the prospect of being incarcerated. The rapper is explaining that he's ready for whatever happens to him at this point and he also accounts for the situation with the weapons.

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  • Jessica from St.louis, MoI LOOOOVE TI and his show on MTV, Road To Redemption!!
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