"Ready or Not" Translation

After having memorized and performed the entire song, Mon, Nakubu and I still didn't have much of an understanding of what the song means.  Fail, especially since I've been listening to this song since the album first came out in the 90s.


Luckily, the interwebs found me my answer in the form of an articulate woman on Youtube, who goes by the name of MISSRuby.  What I found most interesting about her translation is that she illuminated a lot of historical and pop cultural references that went over my head, while I was able to make sense of the few lines she couldn't decipher.


Listen to her breakdown of the lyrics here (Go to 0:56 to skip her intro):

Unfortunately, she also got stumped with the "Toss me high - only puff la" lyrics I mentioned in my previous post.  The mystery remains unsolved!