"NGL" lyrics - LUPE FIASCO

[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 and Ty Dolla $ign:]
Ay, ay, 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 and 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, whoa)
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 (whoa)
What a nigga gon' do? Huh? (niggas gon' do, oh yeah)
You niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, whoa)

[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco and 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)
Ay fuck that shit, ay, 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 and 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, uh, 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 and 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
Ay, 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