[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 & Ty Dolla $ign]
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? (Scarface)
(These n***as gon' lose), that's why n***as gon' lose, yeah
Yeah, I said it, (ooh yeah, these n***as gon' lose), n***as gon' lose, yeah (ooh)
And you can have a friend and you can have a Benz
One's sittin' down, the other's traffickin' (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 (don't lose, ooh)
f** that car, n***a, n***as gon' lose, (n***as gon' lose, yeah), uh-huh
[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
And she want love, you only want s**
You got yours, she didn't get hers (get hers)
She got no respect, y'all had a son (oh)
She like, "f** you," she only want a check
That lil' n***a gon' lose (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Mothaf**a, n***as gon' lose (n***as gon' lose, oh)
Yeah and these rap n***as talkin' 'bout the hood
Like we all lames and they seen it (seen it)
It's entertainin', it's cool as hell
That beat dope, that don't mean sh** (mean sh**)
That's why n***as gon' lose (n***as gon' lose, woah)
f** you talkin'? n***as gon' lose (n***as gon' lose, yeah)
If they legalize that whole thing
They doin' weed, next c**aine (c**aine)
n***as ain't gon' have no jobs
And Wall Street gon' run the dope game (woah)
What a n***a gon' do? Huh? (n***as gon' do, oh yeah)
You n***as gon' lose (n***as gon' lose, woah)
[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
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 (you n***as gon' lose, oh yeah)
Ayy f** that sh**, ayy, n***as gon' lose, yeah (n***as gon' lose, oh)
And most hood n***as is good n***as
In a heartbeat, I'll shed blood for him (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 (n***as gon' lose, aw yeah)
On my mama, that n***a gon' lose, yeah (n***as gon' lose, aw)
And you did it 'cause your daddy did it (and you did it 'cause your daddy did it)
But he locked up in there and ain't happy with it (oh yeah)
Do the same thing, get the same results
If your brain work then what's the matter with it? (lose)
You knew you was gon' lose (you was gon' lose, aw yeah)
They told you, n***a (you was gon' lose, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Verse 4: Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
I never met a saint, from no color (from no color)
From nowhere, from no other (from no other)
From no castle, from no gutter (no gutter)
It ain't nobody that don't suffer (it ain't nobody that don't suffer)
Some n***as gon' lose (n***as gon' lose, oh)
Yeah, yeah, yeah (some n***as gon' lose, aw)
Promised land, I don't believe that
Had a dream and I don't need that (need that)
Please God, send us some jobs
'Cause my n***as really really need that (my n***as really really need that)
Or n***as gon' lose (or n***as gon' lose)
That's right, n***as gon' lose, yeah (n***as gon' lose, oh)
And we sell dope then we turn around
And 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)
Yeah, n***as don't lose, uhh, yeah (n***as don't lose, oh)
And if they offer somethin', just take it
Then work hard, don't waste it (waste it)
Every castle started at the basement (basement)
Yeah, your manager a racist (racist)
But you're the one that's gon' lose (you're the one that's gon' lose, lose)
That's right, n***as gon' lose (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
Ayy, you wake up 'cause 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