Here's what happens, baby, when they put you under the lamp And I don't believe in anybody since I heard the sound Everything reeks, everything moves the way it should And I don't understand things that I'm supposed to do The postings on the page seem meaningless "Well feed your neck to a bear if you don't need your head." 'Cause Patti told Hatti that a thing to do "Find yourself a secret cause something's wrong with you" Then you're covered in light "No good, born to lose" that's what they said "Reach out, close your eyes, and open your hand Take a ticket, stick a cricket into your head Better you take two and do it again Quickly getting sicker but we know what to do We'll tell you little lies and you'll tell us they're true Keep the treatment secret cause they won't understand Better you take two and do it again." And you don't know what to believe in There's nothing in your way when you become the sound There's nothing left to say And you don't know what to believe in You know you're covered in light "No good, born to lose" that's what they said "Reach out, close your eyes, and open your hand Take a ticket, stick a cricket into your head Better you take two and do it again Quickly getting sicker but we know what to do We'll tell you little lies and you'll tell us they're true Keep the treatment secret cause they won't understand Better you take two and do it again." (Covered in light) "No good, born to lose" that's what they said (Covered in light) "Reach out, close your eyes, and open your hand (Covered in light) Take a ticket, stick a cricket into your head (Covered in light) Better you take two and do it again (Covered in light) Quickly getting sicker but we know what to do (Covered in light) We'll tell you little lies and you'll tell us the truth (Covered in light) Keep the treatment secret cause they won't understand (Covered in light) Better you take two and do it again (Covered in light) Better you take two and do it again (Covered in light) Better you take two and do it again (Covered in light) Better you take two and do it again."

That's the way it goes This city is so cold And I'm, I'm so sold That's why I know I said hit it Born to lose We're born to lose We're born to lose Oh baby, I'm born to lose, oh Nothing to do Nothing to say Only one thing that I want It's the only way I said hit it, born to lose I said hit it, born to lose I said hit it, born to lose Oh baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose, oh Livin' in a jungle It ain't so hard Livin' in a city It will eat out, eat out your heart I said hit it, born to lose I said hit it, born to lose I said hit it, born to lose Oh baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to I said hit it, born to lose I said hit it, born to lose I said hit it, born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose Oh Baby, I'm born to lose I said hit it, born to lose I said hit it, born to lose I said hit it, born to lose Oh baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose Baby, I'm born to lose

I was brought in this world 1962 I didn't have much choice, you to lose But by the time I was eight I could tell itwas too late I was already barking up the wrong tree Well, when I was in school You thought I was a fool In trouble, breaking all the rules I was absent from class My daddy spanked my bare ass But I sure tried hard to be cool Born to lose, was what they said You know I was better off dead Born to lose, you're just bad news You don't get no second chance It was a hot summer night in mid July A hangover and a black eye Your mama said I was a loser, a dead end cruiser And deep inside I knew that she was right Born to lose, was what they said You know I was better off dead Born to lose, you're just bad news You don't get no second chance I tried to get myself a job Because the way that things are Wanna have a nice things and go far Well, I'm sorry, honey I ain't got much money But I can sure play this here old guitar As the years went on I made a few mistakes It was trouble bound for this young man The police knocking at my door "Well, he don't live he no more And he's playin' in a rock and roll band" Born to lose, was what they said You know I was better off dead Born to lose, you're just bad news You don't get no second chance Born to lose, was what they said You know I was better off dead Born to lose, you're just bad news You don't get no second chance

I'll play your game But if you lose you're gonna have to pay the price Broken chains, like a prisoner free at last The fear inside just up and died Time will tell if I am wrong It won't be too long You think I'm chasing shadows in the dark Well I'm not born to lose I'm not born to lose You curse my name, as you turn and walk away, from view It won't be too long You don't scare me 'cause you're Hard to see and it's time That you were gone It won't be too long You think I'm chasing shadows in the dark Well I'm not born to lose You think I'm chasing shadows in the dark What you gonna do about it now What you gonna do about it now It won't be too long It won't be too long It won't be too long You think I'm chasing shadows in the dark What you gonna do about it now What you gonna do about it now There ain't nothing I can do about it now

I got my hands in the air, officer don't shoot Told 'em I couldn't breathe, then he gave me the boot Cause they be givin' the time, but never gave me the loot They got my back to the wall, so what a brotha' goin' do? Took a couple of L's, they say a try is a fail It's either put on the mask, or throw the work on the scale Times done change, but I can't e'en tell It's only two ways to go, it's goin' be freedom or jail They gave Lucious a case, and he couldn't even bail Judge gave him a option, go to trial or tell Now he sittin' in prison, while the Governor fishin' We gotta' draw up the plan, then accomplish the mission You put a cat in the corner, he goin' be scratchin' and hissin' We goin' survive in the ghetto, cause the people ain't livin' So how a leader goin' lead, if he ain't got the vision? I had a dream in my head, I gotta break outta' prison Oh Lord! Introducing Jamal Lyons! I wanna live, I wanna live my life today Make a better way for me and you When the sun woke up, I got on my knees to pray Let the unjustice be solved and ended today Do you live for the lo-ove? Do you live for the hate? Ohh It's like you make it, then they take it And you can't get it back, o-oh! Do you believe in the creator? Do you even know anymore? It's like you make it, then they take it And you can't get it back, o-oh I wanna live, wanna live my life today Make a better way for me and you The sun woke up, I got on my knees to pray Let the unjustice be solved and eneded today Do you live for the lo-ove? Do you live for the hate? Ohh It's like you make it, then they take it And you can't get it back, o-oh! Do you believe in the creator? Do you even know anymore? Aye, it's like you make it, then they take it And you can't get it back, oh Yeah No justice, no peace, in these troubled times like these I'm down on one knee, and I'm praying for what I need So whatever's in that dark, is goin' always come to that light So if you shot him in his back, two wrongs ain't never made it no right Tried to test my strength, and I fought with all my might Took a page out of this chapter, just to reconcile my life We hate that Lucious goin' through it, we know that he ain't do it (Heartbeat) Let's change for the better, make the world a better place United as a people, be the winners of the race And never kill the Joker, cause he used to be a Ace It's things outta' life, that you just can't replace Like the sketches to the drawing, that the pencil couldn't trace Empire!

Let's go to that place where I took you last summer before the fall Where the sky was purple and we drank from the bottle We felt it all By the lighthouse on the hill, we opened a door to a different world Leaving everything behind Just you and I Open up your eyes I wish that I could stay here all my life Just you and I sitting under purple skies Let's go to that place where I took you last summer on top of the hill Where the path was golden as it led to the ocean Quiet and still By the lighthouse on the hill, we opened a door to a different world Leaving everything behind Just you and I Open up your eyes I wish that I could stay here all my life Just you and I sitting under purple skies I wish that I could stay here all my life Just you and I sitting under purple skies I wish that I could stay here all my life Just you and I sitting under purple skies There is a place nothing compares to but we only know With a meaning so special A place that was meant for more than we know By the lighthouse on the hill, we opened a door to a different world Leaving everything behind Just you and I Open up your eyes

Come back home, it's been so long Life has changed from what it was Come back home, it's been forever since you have gone Oh, I miss the times together, when we were young Take me back through those pictures on the wall Though time's passed we have memories of it all I wish we had more time than we did I hope we find a way to meet again I wish we had more time than we did I hope we find a way to meet again