Biography:
Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco, is a Grammy Award-winning American hip-hop artist and producer. He first became known to the mainstream hip-hop community in 2005 when he appeared on Kanye West's album Late Registration on the track "Touch the Sky." In 2006 Lupe released his debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor on Atlantic Records, and in December 2007 he released his second full length album, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool .
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Other songs:
- Solar Midnite
- Superstar
- The Show Goes On
- And He Gets The Girl
- Ankhher
- Battle Scars
- Beautiful Lasers
- City Of The Year
- Daydreamin
- Dopamine
- Free Chilly
- Gold Watch
- Im Beaming
- Its Not Design
- Kills
- Kneelin On Needles
- Never Forget You
- Ngl
- Old School Love
- Pick Up The Phone
- Till I Get There
- Tranquillo
- Words I Never Said
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Chords:
[F#m7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Bm7]
[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]
F#m7
Niggas wanna win
Dmaj7
These niggas wanna win
Amaj7
These niggas wanna win
Everybody wanna be a mothafuckin' winner
Bm7
That ain't how it work though, yeah
[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
F#m7
Ayy, ayy, disproportionate convictions
Dmaj7
Especially when it come to our case (our case)
Amaj7
You seen the movie, they killed the nigga
Bm7
Why you still wanna be like Scarface? (Scarface)
F#m7
(These niggas gon' lose), that's why niggas gon' lose, yeah
Dmaj7 Amaj7 Bm7
Yeah, I said it, (ooh yeah, these niggas gon' lose), niggas gon' lose, yeah (ooh)
F#m7 Dmaj7
And you can have a friend and you can have a Benz
Amaj7 Bm7
One's sittin' down, the other's traffickin' (traffickin')
F#m7
If you get the car then your friend dies
Dmaj7
Havin' one keeps the other one from happenin'
Amaj7
I hope a nigga don't lose (don't lose, ooh)
Bm7
Fuck that car, nigga, niggas gon' lose, (niggas gon' lose, yeah), uh-huh
[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
F#m7
And she want love, you only want sex
Dmaj7
You got yours, she didn't get hers (get hers)
Amaj7
She got no respect, y'all had a son (oh)
Bm7
She like, "Fuck you," she only want a check
F#m7
That lil' nigga gon' lose (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Dmaj7
Mothafucka, niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, oh)
F#m7
Yeah and these rap niggas talkin' 'bout the hood
Dmaj7
Like we all lames and they seen it (seen it)
Amaj7
It's entertainin', it's cool as hell
Bm7
That beat dope, that don't mean shit (mean shit)
F#m7
That's why niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, woah)
Dmaj7
Fuck you talkin'? Niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, yeah)
Amaj7
If they legalize that whole thing
Bm7
They doin' weed, next cocaine (cocaine)
F#m7
Niggas ain't gon' have no jobs
Dmaj7
And Wall Street gon' run the dope game (woah)
Amaj7
What a nigga gon' do? Huh? (niggas gon' do, oh yeah)
Bm7
You niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, woah)
[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
F#m7
And when you see me you don't see yourself
Dmaj7
That's why I got no problem shootin' me
Amaj7
Willie Lynch set the shit up beautifully
Bm7
One of the reasons niggas ain't got unity
F#m7
That's why niggas gon' lose (you niggas gon' lose, oh yeah)
Dmaj7
Ayy fuck that shit, ayy, niggas gon' lose, yeah (niggas gon' lose, oh)
F#m7
And most hood niggas is good niggas
Dmaj7
In a heartbeat, I'll shed blood for him (blood for him)
Amaj7
But he too stupid, he won't sit down
Bm
That nigga too hot, I got love for him
F#m7
That nigga gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, aw yeah)
Dmaj7
On my mama, that nigga gon' lose, yeah (niggas gon' lose, aw)
F#m7
And you did it 'cause your daddy did it (and you did it 'cause your daddy did it)
Dmaj7
But he locked up in there and ain't happy with it (oh yeah)
Amaj7
Do the same thing, get the same results
Bm7
If your brain work then what's the matter with it? (lose)
F#m7
You knew you was gon' lose (you was gon' lose, aw yeah)
Dmaj7
They told you, nigga (you was gon' lose, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Verse 4: Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
F#m7
I never met a saint, from no color (from no color)
Dmaj7
From nowhere, from no other (from no other)
Amaj7
From no castle, from no gutter (no gutter)
Bm7
It ain't nobody that don't suffer (it ain't nobody that don't suffer)
F#m7 Dmaj7
Some niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, oh)
Amaj7 Bm7
Yeah, yeah, yeah (some niggas gon' lose, aw)
F#m7
Promised land, I don't believe that
Dmaj7
Had a dream and I don't need that (need that)
Amaj7
Please God, send us some jobs
Bm
'Cause my niggas really really need that (my niggas really really need that)
F#m7 Dmaj7
Or niggas gon' lose (or niggas gon' lose)
Amaj7 Bm
That's right, niggas gon' lose, yeah (niggas gon' lose, oh)
F#m7
And we sell dope then we turn around
Dmaj7
And give the white people all our profits
Amaj7
Take a percentage of that, set it to the side
Bm7
And send these lil' niggas off to college
F#m7 Dmaj7
So niggas don't lose (yeah)
Amaj7 Bm
Yeah, niggas don't lose, uhh, yeah (niggas don't lose, oh)
F#m7
And if they offer somethin', just take it
Dmaj7
Then work hard, don't waste it (waste it)
Amaj7
Every castle started at the basement (basement)
Bm7
Yeah, your manager a racist (racist)
F#m7 Dmaj7
But you're the one that's gon' lose (you're the one that's gon' lose, lose)
Amaj7 Bm
That's right, niggas gon' lose (lose)
[Outro: Ty Dolla $ign & Lupe Fiasco]
F#m7
And these niggas gon' lose, oh
Dmaj7
I said, I said everybody wanna be a winnera
Amaj7
Everybody wanna be a winner
Bm7
Be a mothafuckin' winner
Never gotta worry 'bout nothin'
F#m7
But some niggas gon' lose
Dmaj7
Yeah, so niggas don't lose
Amaj7 Bm
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
[F#m7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Bm7]
[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]
F#m7
Niggas wanna win
Dmaj7
These niggas wanna win
Amaj7
These niggas wanna win
Everybody wanna be a mothafuckin' winner
Bm7
That ain't how it work though, yeah
[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
F#m7
Ayy, ayy, disproportionate convictions
Dmaj7
Especially when it come to our case (our case)
Amaj7
You seen the movie, they killed the nigga
Bm7
Why you still wanna be like Scarface? (Scarface)
F#m7
(These niggas gon' lose), that's why niggas gon' lose, yeah
Dmaj7 Amaj7 Bm7
Yeah, I said it, (ooh yeah, these niggas gon' lose), niggas gon' lose, yeah (ooh)
F#m7 Dmaj7
And you can have a friend and you can have a Benz
Amaj7 Bm7
One's sittin' down, the other's traffickin' (traffickin')
F#m7
If you get the car then your friend dies
Dmaj7
Havin' one keeps the other one from happenin'
Amaj7
I hope a nigga don't lose (don't lose, ooh)
Bm7
Fuck that car, nigga, niggas gon' lose, (niggas gon' lose, yeah), uh-huh
[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
F#m7
And she want love, you only want sex
Dmaj7
You got yours, she didn't get hers (get hers)
Amaj7
She got no respect, y'all had a son (oh)
Bm7
She like, "Fuck you," she only want a check
F#m7
That lil' nigga gon' lose (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Dmaj7
Mothafucka, niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, oh)
F#m7
Yeah and these rap niggas talkin' 'bout the hood
Dmaj7
Like we all lames and they seen it (seen it)
Amaj7
It's entertainin', it's cool as hell
Bm7
That beat dope, that don't mean shit (mean shit)
F#m7
That's why niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, woah)
Dmaj7
Fuck you talkin'? Niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, yeah)
Amaj7
If they legalize that whole thing
Bm7
They doin' weed, next cocaine (cocaine)
F#m7
Niggas ain't gon' have no jobs
Dmaj7
And Wall Street gon' run the dope game (woah)
Amaj7
What a nigga gon' do? Huh? (niggas gon' do, oh yeah)
Bm7
You niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, woah)
[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
F#m7
And when you see me you don't see yourself
Dmaj7
That's why I got no problem shootin' me
Amaj7
Willie Lynch set the shit up beautifully
Bm7
One of the reasons niggas ain't got unity
F#m7
That's why niggas gon' lose (you niggas gon' lose, oh yeah)
Dmaj7
Ayy fuck that shit, ayy, niggas gon' lose, yeah (niggas gon' lose, oh)
F#m7
And most hood niggas is good niggas
Dmaj7
In a heartbeat, I'll shed blood for him (blood for him)
Amaj7
But he too stupid, he won't sit down
Bm
That nigga too hot, I got love for him
F#m7
That nigga gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, aw yeah)
Dmaj7
On my mama, that nigga gon' lose, yeah (niggas gon' lose, aw)
F#m7
And you did it 'cause your daddy did it (and you did it 'cause your daddy did it)
Dmaj7
But he locked up in there and ain't happy with it (oh yeah)
Amaj7
Do the same thing, get the same results
Bm7
If your brain work then what's the matter with it? (lose)
F#m7
You knew you was gon' lose (you was gon' lose, aw yeah)
Dmaj7
They told you, nigga (you was gon' lose, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Verse 4: Lupe Fiasco & Ty Dolla $ign]
F#m7
I never met a saint, from no color (from no color)
Dmaj7
From nowhere, from no other (from no other)
Amaj7
From no castle, from no gutter (no gutter)
Bm7
It ain't nobody that don't suffer (it ain't nobody that don't suffer)
F#m7 Dmaj7
Some niggas gon' lose (niggas gon' lose, oh)
Amaj7 Bm7
Yeah, yeah, yeah (some niggas gon' lose, aw)
F#m7
Promised land, I don't believe that
Dmaj7
Had a dream and I don't need that (need that)
Amaj7
Please God, send us some jobs
Bm
'Cause my niggas really really need that (my niggas really really need that)
F#m7 Dmaj7
Or niggas gon' lose (or niggas gon' lose)
Amaj7 Bm
That's right, niggas gon' lose, yeah (niggas gon' lose, oh)
F#m7
And we sell dope then we turn around
Dmaj7
And give the white people all our profits
Amaj7
Take a percentage of that, set it to the side
Bm7
And send these lil' niggas off to college
F#m7 Dmaj7
So niggas don't lose (yeah)
Amaj7 Bm
Yeah, niggas don't lose, uhh, yeah (niggas don't lose, oh)
F#m7
And if they offer somethin', just take it
Dmaj7
Then work hard, don't waste it (waste it)
Amaj7
Every castle started at the basement (basement)
Bm7
Yeah, your manager a racist (racist)
F#m7 Dmaj7
But you're the one that's gon' lose (you're the one that's gon' lose, lose)
Amaj7 Bm
That's right, niggas gon' lose (lose)
[Outro: Ty Dolla $ign & Lupe Fiasco]
F#m7
And these niggas gon' lose, oh
Dmaj7
I said, I said everybody wanna be a winnera
Amaj7
Everybody wanna be a winner
Bm7
Be a mothafuckin' winner
Never gotta worry 'bout nothin'
F#m7
But some niggas gon' lose
Dmaj7
Yeah, so niggas don't lose
Amaj7 Bm
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
