[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]
N***as wanna win
These n***as wanna win
These n***as wanna win
Everybody wanna be a motherfuckin' winner
But that ain't how it work though, yeah

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco, Ty Dolla $ign, Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
Ayy, ayy, disproportionate convictions
Especially when it come to our case
You seen the movie, they killed the n***a
Why you still wanna be like Scarface?
That's why n***as gon' lose (These n***as gon' lose)
Yeah (Ooh, yeah), I said it, n***as gon' lose (These n***as gon' lose, ooh-oh), yeah
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 (Ooh)
Fuck that car, n***a
N***as gon' lose (Baby), uh-huh

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco, Ty Dolla $ign, 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' n***a gon' lose (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Motherfucker, n***as gon' lose (Oh-oh-oh)
Yeah, and these rap n***as talkin' 'bout the hood
Like we all lames and they seen it
It's entertainin', it's cool as hell
And that beat dope, don't mean shit
That's why n***as gon' lose (Woah)
Fuck you talkin'? N***as gon' lose (Yeah, yeah)
If they legalize that whole thing
They doin' weed, next cocaine (Cocaine)
N***as ain't gon' have no jobs
And Wall Street gon' run the dope game (Woah-ooh)
What a n***a gon' do? (Ooh, yeah)
Huh? You n***as gon' lose (Ooh, oh)
[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco, Ty Dolla $ign, Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
And when you see me, you don't see yourself
So I ain't got no problem shootin' me (Yeah-yeah-yeah)
Willie Lynch set the shit 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, fuck that shit, ayy, n***as gon' lose, yeah (Oh-woah, 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 (Mm)
That n***a too hot, I got love for him (Woah)
That n***a gon' lose (Ah, yeah)
On my mama, that n***a gon' lose (Ah), yeah
And you did it 'cause your daddy did it
But he locked up in there and ain't happy with it (Oh, yeah)
With the same thing, get the same results
If your brain work (You know) then what's the matter with it?
You knew you was gon' lose (Ah, yeah)
They told you, n***a, you was gon' lose, yeah, yeah, yeah (Uh)

[Verse 4: Lupe Fiasco, Ty Dolla $ign, Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
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 (N***as gon' lose, ooh-ooh)
Some n***as gon' lose, yeah, yeah, yeah (Ah, yeah)
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 (Ah, yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah)
And we sell dope then we turn around
And give the white people all our profits (Oh)
Take a percentage of that, set it to the side
And send these lil' n***as off to college (Oh)
So n***as don't lose (Yeah, yeah)
N***as don't lose, uh, yeah (Oh-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
But you the ones that's gon' lose (Lose)
That's right, n***as gon' lose (Lose)
[Outro: Ty Dolla $ign, Lupe Fiasco, Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
And these n***as gon' lose, oh-woah
I said, I said everybody wanna be a winner
Everybody wanna be a winner
Be a motherfuckin' winner, never gotta worry 'bout nothin'
But some n***as gon' lose
And it's fucked up (Yeah, yeah), so n***as don't lose
Ayy, you wake up 'cause you hear shots
Mean another n***a got his teardrops
And you call his phone, it ain't pickin' up
And your stomach hurtin', that fear drops
I hope a n***a ain't lose