Lupe Fiasco - NGL lyrics
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 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 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 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 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 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's a racist But you're the one that's gon' lose That's right, n***as gon' lose 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