Can't Win For Losing Lyrics - Little Brother

[Intro: Phonte] 

Woo~! Uhh, Illmind; aiyyo man 

I don't know what the fuck they thought this was gon' be y'knahmsayin but 

It's like, it's like y'knahmsayin 

When you be sittin back listenin to shit like this 

Y'know you start takin inventory 

Like I know niggas is boppin and shit I know niggas is feelin it but like yo 

This is what I been through in the past year 

This is where I'm at with my shit now, yo listen 

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[Phonte] 

I used to do it for the fans 

'Til I realized that they'd never understand 

What I was feelin as a man, fickle as Trav' Bickle 

They either hatin you or they a Stan 

Then I said I'd do it for my fam 

'Til I realized that they didn't give a damn 

I stepped out of they comfort zone 

Now I can't step, can't step inside my mother's home 

Situation so nuts 

So much for tryin to be a man 

Then I said I'd do it for the props 

'Til I realized that the props always seem to stop 

When niggas can't keep you all to theyself 

Take you home, put you in they little box 

Then I said I'd do it for my city 

'Til I realized that I shoulda been warned 

I stepped inside the ring, rockin my best apparel 

My eye on the sparrow, but this torero 

Couldn't take the bull city by the horns 

So now I'm back on my me shit 

Cause me and my team gon' make it do what it do 

Had a long hard talk with my nigga Jazzy Jeff 

He said, "Fuck 'em 'Te, do it for you!" 

So I'm doin it to 

Lay up, lay back, in my room with a view 

Wanna handle my biz on the low, keep it respectable 

Make my music, keep it professional 

I know you hate it, what the fuck else is new? 

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[Hook] 

Oh - they say it's in the music 

People turn they backs and your friends won't do shit 

Feel like a nigga can't win for losing 

But they still can't stop the movement 

Hey! They say it's in the music 

People turn they backs and your friends won't do shit 

Feel like a nigga can't win for losing 

But they still can't stop the stop 

They can't stop the stop 

They can't stop the - oh! 

[Rapper Big Pooh] 

I had to sit and assess 

Why all my favorite groups is a mess 

Then I'm like they probably split for the best 

They had to make room for the rest 

Now we on the brink of success 

Niggas gettin praised by the press 

Niggas gettin backed by ?uest, LB is the new Called Quest 

Throwback sound that's fresh, oh yes! 

Everybody's hitched to the wagon, best kept secret 

Somebody leaked it, inked with a major 

Watch how they freak it, gotta show the people we can keep it - tight 

Deep down though felt somethin wasn't right 

Gotta keep pushin despite 

That everybody changed overnight 

When them numbers came back light 

Now we outta mind, outta sight 

Me and 'Te still doin it RIGHT~! 

[Hook] 

[Outro] 

Yeah! The great Sam Cooke sang to the world 

"A change is gon' come" 

I believe a change is here 

The change is right now 

I wanna give a shout out, to my people that, helped me weather the storm 

Y'knahmsayin, my man Pretty Tony, Uncle Joc, O-Dash 

We ride together forever my niggas 

Yeah... {*fades out*}