Win Some, Lose Some

Album: Dark Sky Paradise (2015)
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  • You win some and lose some, I heard that my whole life
    I heard that my whole life, but that doesn't make it right
    Okay, you got ahead tonight
    Man, that doesn't make it right
    Man, that doesn't make it right
    How do you sleep at night?

    Sean, nigga you on, damn, nigga, you on
    You was a millionaire but your niggas is still at home
    Damn, nigga, you did it, but damn it you did it wrong
    You got time for that gig, but not time for the phone
    Got it right with your ends, but fucked it up with your friends
    I seen your ass up on TV, touched up on them twins
    You don't know about hard times, you clutched up in that Benz
    Get tired of fuckin' hoes then get to fuckin' their friends, wow
    Niggas want handouts, and I only got two
    Now I'm on the phone talkin' to my mom, like I only got you
    Gettin' dressed up for court, that's a law suit
    Ain't wearin' V necks, but niggas ask what happened to the crew
    Now I'm in court for some shit I didn't do
    'Cause of my nigga, knowin' my career just could've been through
    So when it's time to travel management say I only need two
    Listenin' to them when I'm the one that makes the rules
    I'm just a victim of the life though that I ain't tryna lose
    This the dream, I had a wake up call and missed snooze
    Lately though my family been too happy
    I just turned my mama hooptie to a new Caddy
    People thinkin' I'm rich and I wish they knew that
    I been signed for four years and I'm just able to do that
    Worry 'bout my next Rolex time piece
    My nigga Tone worry 'bout our sis, Shanice
    We supposed to be her role models
    No wonder why she wanna smoke weed and skip college

    Is this the example I'm tryna set?
    Are these the people I'mma forget?
    Are these the times I'mma regret?
    Livin' life wishin' I could hit reset but, but

    You win some and lose some, I heard that my whole life
    I heard that my whole life, but that doesn't make it right
    Okay, you got ahead tonight
    Man, that doesn't make it right
    Man, that doesn't make it right
    How do you sleep at night?

    Okay, you win some, lose some, break some, bruise some
    Life could be a test, multiple choice, choose some
    Choose one, stick with it, man, prove some
    Sometimes the best teachers is ourselves goin' through somethin'
    Real life will teach your ass way fucking fast
    I always thought my last girl was supposed to be my last
    I got four aunties, two uncles, one dad
    One mom, two brothers, and 200 niggas mad
    And it's only one me, divide it and do the math
    I'm the one that dropped out, got no time for the class
    How am I supposed to have time for everyone I just said?
    I don't even have time for everything in my head
    On my way to see Kim and Ye both tie the knot
    Wishin' me and you were no strings attached, but we nots
    Man thats drama, drama drama
    So deep that call each others mamas' mamas
    We need a break I mean comma, comma comma
    I'm tryin, homie
    But she always picks the wrong time, my phone's dyin' on me
    In the bed cryin' on me, talkin' lyin' on me
    It sucks to hit the internet and see you're lyin' on me
    Fuck

    Is this the example we tryna set?
    Are you the person I'mma forget?
    Are these the times I'mma regret?
    Livin' life wishin' I could hit reset but, but

    You win some and lose some, I heard that my whole life
    I heard that my whole life, but that doesn't make it right
    Okay, you got ahead tonight
    Man, that doesn't make it right
    Man, that doesn't make it right
    How do you sleep at night?

    See, the mind is a fucking trickster
    It can fuck you 'round, but your heart will never lie to you
    And that's why people love you, Sean
    Because you talk to them from the heart
    (Thanks, dad)
    That's why you're magical, Sean
    It's no mistake that you're where you are right now
    You speaking that from your brain, but they hear you from your heart
    Because people can see your bullshit
    And I know I'm talking a lot of shit
    (No, you're not)
    But I want you to hear that
    Because I'm a great motherfucker, man
    And I'm very modest
    You know, I am
    And I know a lot of shit
    They know when you bullshit
    They don't even intellectualize it
    They feel it
    Life is a feeling process Writer/s: Jhene Aiko Chilombo, Matthew Samuels, Sean Anderson, Tyler Williams
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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