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Tems

Ready

Release date: 5th June 2024

From Born in the Wild
Track 7
3:45
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About This Track

'Ready' by Tems is a 2024 R&B/Soul track from the album 'Born in the Wild'. The lyrics sound like a private turning point, with the singer declaring herself “ready for something different” and framing change as cleansing and renewal. Night-time expectation and an inward arrival keep the mood urgent, while images of pressure and momentum, such as a wave and a tidal pull, suggest a force gathering within rather than arriving from outside. By the end, the tone settles on endurance, as if strength has been found and carried forward, not borrowed.

"Ready" is a track by Tems, from the album Born in the Wild, released 5th June 2024. The track is 3:45 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Tems.

About the Artist

Tems

Tems

Lyrics

Ready

Oh, no, no
I'm ready for something different
Cleansing my system
Tonight
Thought it was the final
But it's the arrival
Coming out the gate, with the wave
This a tidal
Feel like a revival
Coming from inside of me
I must be holding something strong
For me to know I can carry on, oh yeah yeah
Something strong
I'll carry on
Something strong
Ready to go
With the light in my soul
I'm letting it show, darling
I won't hide anymore
Yeah, I'm ready for the game and I'm bound to win
You know they wanting more when they speak on me
I focus on me, I got it in me
No fear in my mind, it's a new story
And now I move differently
I'm moving quickly
I don't care anymore, and I'm giving it my all
Do it like I never did before
Put in a song like
Ready to go
With the light in my soul
I'm letting it show, darling
I won't hide anymore
All grass does is grow, don't you think so?
Don't you think so?
So why would you stop?
Why would you stop?
Don't you think so?
My mind was somewhere else
I was stuck between myself
I won't waste my time again, yeah
I was somewhere else babe
I'm never going back
This is the gate?

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Track details

From Born in the Wild

3:452024
Listen
Album
Born in the Wild
Born in the Wild
Tems
6th June 2024
Track number
7
Release year
2024
  1. 1Born in the Wild
    2:16
  2. 2Special Baby (Interlude)
    0:59
  3. 3Burning
    2:55
  4. 4Wickedest
    2:37

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  • 5Love Me JeJe
    2:58
  • 6Get it Right (feat. Asake)
    3:19
  • 7Ready
    3:45
  • 8Gangsta
    2:42
  • 9Unfortunate
    3:39
  • 10Boy O Boy
    2:52
  • 11Forever
    3:16
  • 12Free Fall (feat. J. Cole)
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  • 13Voices in My Head (Interlude)
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  • 14Turn Me Up
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  • 15Me & U
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  • 16T-Unit
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  • 17You in My Face
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  • 18Hold On
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  • —Get It Right
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Tems
    Lyricist
    GuiltyBeatz, Tems
    Composer
    GuiltyBeatz, Tems
    Producer
    GuiltyBeatz
    Assistant Engineer
    Joshua Brazil
    Mastering Engineer
    Gerhard Westphalen
    Mixing Engineer
    Ikon Ekwuyasi, Spax (Producer)
    Recording Engineer
    Tems
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