[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]
n***as wanna win
These n***as wanna win
These n***as wanna win
Everybody wanna be a mothaf**in' winner
That ain't how it work though, yeah
[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]
Ayy, ayy, disproportionate convictions
Especially when it come to our case (our case)
You seen the movie, they k**ed the n***a
Why you still wanna be like Scarface?
That's why n***as gon' lose
Oh yeah, I said it, n***as gon' lose
And you can have a friend and you can have a Benz
One's sittin' down, the other's traffickin'
If you get the car then your friend dies
Havin' one keeps the other one from happenin'
I hope a n***a don't lose
f** that car, n***a
n***as gon' lose
[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]
And she want love, you only want s**
You got yours, she didn't get hers
She got no respect, y'all had a son
She like, "f** you," she only want a check
That lil' n***a gon' lose
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Mothaf**a, n***as gon' lose
Yeah and these rap n***as talk about the hood
Like we all lames and they seen it
It's entertain', it's cool as hell
That beat dope, that don't mean sh**
That's why n***as gon' lose
f** you talkin'? n***as gon' lose
If they legalize that whole thing
They doin' weed, next c**aine
n***as ain't gon' have no jobs
And Wall Street gon' run the dope game
What a n***a gon' do? Huh?
You n***as gon' lose
[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco]
And when you see me you don't see yourself
That's why I got no problem shootin' me
Willie Lynch set the sh** up beautifully
One of the reasons n***as ain't got unity
That's why n***as gon' lose
Ayy f** that sh**, ayy, n***as gon' lose, yeah
And most hood n***as is good n***as
In a heartbeat, I'll shed blood for him
But he too stupid, he won't sit down
That n***a too hot, I got love for him
That n***a gon' lose
On my mama, that n***a gon' lose, yeah
And you did it 'cause your daddy did it
But he locked up in there and ain't happy with it
Do the same thing, get the same results
If your brain work then what's the matter with it?
You knew you was gon' lose
They told you, n***a
You was gon' lose
[Verse 4: Lupe Fiasco]
I never met a saint, from no color
From nowhere, from no other
From no castle, from no gutter
It ain't nobody that don't suffer
Some n***as gon' lose
Some n***as gon' lose
Promised land, I don't believe that
Had a dream and I don't need that
Please God, send us some jobs
'Cause my n***as really really need that
Or n***as gon' lose
That's right, n***as gon' lose, yeah
And we sell dope then we turn around
Give the white people all our profits
Take a percentage of that, set it to the side
And send these lil' n***as off to college
So n***as don't lose
Yeah, n***as don't lose
And if they offer somethin', just take it
Then work hard, don't waste it
Every castle started at the basement
Yeah your manager a racist
But you're the one that's gon' lose
That's right, n***as gon' lose
[Outro: Ty Dolla $ign & Lupe Fiasco]
And these n***as gon' lose, oh
I said, I said everybody wanna be a winner
Everybody wanna be a winner
Be a mothaf**in' winner
Never gotta worry 'bout nothin'
But some n***as gon' lose
Yeah so n***as don't lose
And it's f**ed up, some n***as gon' lose
You wake up and you hear shots
Mean another n***a got his tear drops
And you call his phone and ain't pickin' up
And your stomach hurtin', that fear drops
I hope a n***a ain't lose