Can't Win For Losing

[Produced by !llmind] [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 [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? [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*}