Lyrics to
Ready Or Not (Here I Come)

This version of Ready Or Not (Here I Come) was released by Jackson 5 in 1970.

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(Ready)
(Get ready)
(Ready or not here I come)
(You can’t hide)
Gonna find you
And keep you happy
(Ready or not here I come)
(You can’t hide)
Gonna love you
And make you love me

You can’t run away
(You can’t run away)
From this love I got, oh baby
(You can’t run away)
Hey baby, ’cause I got a lot, yeah
Anywhere you go
(Anywhere you go)
My poor heart got to know, oh baby
Hey baby, you can’t hide from my love, oh no

(Ready or not here I come)
(You can’t hide)
Gonna find you
And keep you happy
(Ready or not here I come)
(You can’t hide)
Gonna love you
And make you love me

Anywhere you go
My poor heart got to know
Oh baby, hey baby
You can’t hide from my love, oh no
Yeah

Ready, get ready
Ready, get ready

(Ready or not here I come)
(You can’t hide)
Gonna find you
And keep you happy
You better come on, baby, oh yeah, oh yeah
I’ll make you happy
I’m gonna find you now, yeah
And I’ll make you happy
Anywhere you hide now
Oh yeah, yeah

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Jackson 5 has released many songs over the years besides Ready Or Not (Here I Come). Jackson 5 released songs from 1969 to 1979 spanning across albums like Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, ABC, Third Album, Christmas Album, Maybe Tomorrow, Goin' Back To Indiana, Lookin' Through The Windows, In Japan, Skywriter, G.I.T.: Get It Together, Dancing Machine, Moving Violation, Joyful Jukebox Music, and Boogie. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Jackson 5.

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About Lyrics and Ready Or Not (Here I Come) by Jackson 5

The lyrics to Ready Or Not (Here I Come) are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Jackson 5 in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Ready Or Not (Here I Come) are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Jackson 5 and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Ready Or Not (Here I Come) back when it was created.

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