See tahay (in somali meaning what's up) Now calling all revolutionary youths Dam Marley alongside K'naan Gunpowder philosopher what some boy feel like
I made the list this year I'm on a roll, you ain't no East African rock 'n roll You don't know what time it is like your clock is old You know ya'll packin' like the block is sold
How could it be from the deepest darkest of zero To become king of New York like De Niro And he ain't even from New York that's what's weird yo But where he's from they just ratatatatatata
So come now don't you try to play the hero Around here we've got pirates with torpedo Alongside all the warlords and beardos The only city n----'s blacker than tuxedos
Baby girl let me get all up in your earlobe And if you shut me down you can kill my ego Which is my enemy makes you my amigo So either way you and I are button and needle
And they say I might become big as a Beatle But I don't let it get to my head or feet yo And I got more street cred than legal But just in case we keep a big, Des Eagle
Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared, always Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared, yeah Zion youths Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared
What was I on before this flow or sequel Somethin' about how I thought I was a Beatle I'm trippin' but it was something lethal It was fresh but possessed something Medieval
I came solo I ain't even bring my army The type of n----s that are always ruining the party You know those socially inadequate Somalis Who walk in uninvited in your VIP
And Africans love them some B.I.G. But Tupac is official H.N.I.C. And my job is to write just what I see So a visual stenographer is what I be
Superman, superstar give me super-fat dough So I can be super-rich and super fat so But maybe not super fat but super stacked though So I can fix some money shit on super back low
How many immigrants are this here sedan And is anyone carryin' any contraband Not really but I'm late for my concert man And here's a card for my lawyer Mr. Sam Goldman
Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared (4X)
(Damian Marley) So mek a boy know the kalashnikov nuh play type-o If him feel him have the balance fi a walk tight rope And a gamble with him life like a casino And have somebody fi save him like them save Nemo
Cause the Marleys and Somalis are some mad people We a travel with some long strap in a vehicle And a screechy cross the border like a Latino Moving through the LAX's and London Heathrow Wait, man a gangsta we no star freak show No gimmicks nor shenanigans a real street flow
Fi mi women haffi flyer than a Flamingo Real bullet we a bust and a no Placebo K'Naan have so much gun him open gun depot And we take way boy gun just like we a gun repo So tell some tosse MC there's no more free throw Soon as we finish a clip another clip reload because
Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared (6X)