I was raised with a butcher knife

Been cut down nearly all my life

I see out my own two eyes

I know you think I am a fool

But what you do not understand

is that I'm winning when I lose

Never learned to read or write

Never back down from a fight

I'm safe inside these prison walls

In here I know the rules

The days go by I do my time

'cause I'm winning when I lose

Don't resurrect me, try to protect me, tell me that you still expect me to

Try to deny it, try to buy it, say I don't remember when I do

It doesn't matter what I say or do

'cause I'm winning when I lose

Ain't no future, ain't no past

Living in a photograph

I've seen the things that life can do

You don't even have a clue

There's not need to pity me

'cause I'm winning when I lose