[Intro: Lupe Fiasco] Niggas wanna win These niggas wanna win These niggas wanna win Everybody wanna be a mothafuckin' 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 killed the nigga Why you still wanna be like Scarface? (Scarface) (These niggas gon' lose), that's why niggas gon' lose, yeah Yeah, I said it, (ooh yeah, these niggas gon' lose), niggas 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 nigga don't lose (don't lose, ooh) Fuck that car, nigga, niggas gon' lose, (niggas gon' lose, yeah), uh-huh [Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign] And she want love, you only want sex You got yours, she didn't get hers (get hers) She got no respect, y'all had a son (oh) She like, "Fuck you," she only want a check That lil' nigga gon' lose (yeah, yeah, yeah) Mothafucka, niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, oh) Yeah and these rap niggas 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 shit (mean shit) That's why niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, woah) Fuck you talkin'? Niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, yeah) If they legalize that whole thing They doin' weed, next cocaine (cocaine) Niggas ain't gon' have no jobs And Wall Street gon' run the dope game (woah) What a nigga gon' do? Huh? (niggas gon' do, oh yeah) You niggas gon' lose (niggas 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 shit up beautifully One of the reasons niggas ain't got unity That's why niggas gon' lose (you niggas gon' lose, oh yeah) Ayy fuck that shit, ayy, niggas gon' lose, yeah (niggas gon' lose, oh) And most hood niggas is good niggas In a heartbeat, I'll shed blood for him (blood for him) But he too stupid, he won't sit down That nigga too hot, I got love for him That nigga gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, aw yeah) On my mama, that nigga gon' lose, yeah (niggas 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, nigga (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 niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, oh) Yeah, yeah, yeah (some niggas 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 niggas really really need that (my niggas really really need that) Or niggas gon' lose (or niggas gon' lose) That's right, niggas gon' lose, yeah (niggas 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' niggas off to college So niggas don't lose (yeah) Yeah, niggas don't lose, uhh, yeah (niggas 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, niggas gon' lose (lose) [Outro: Ty Dolla $ign & Lupe Fiasco] And these niggas gon' lose, oh I said, I said everybody wanna be a winner Everybody wanna be a winner Be a mothafuckin' winner Never gotta worry 'bout nothin' But some niggas gon' lose Yeah, so niggas don't lose And it's fucked up, some niggas gon' lose Ayy, you wake up 'cause you hear shots Mean another nigga got his tear drops And you call his phone and ain't pickin' up And your stomach hurtin', that fear drops I hope a nigga ain't lose