[Intro]
I know this person. He's hopeless
Doesn't know what he's doing with his life
Doesn't want to listen to any reason or truth
We call that person a lost cause
[Chorus]
You’re a lost cause, lost cause, nothing but a fraud
A person who deep inside knows he needs to pause
And take a step back, realize nothing is all that
Try to figure out your place in rap
You’re a lost cause, lost cause, nothing but a fraud
A person who deep inside knows he needs to pause
And take a step back, realize nothing is all that
Try to figure out your place in rap
[Verse 1]
It started off so well… Everybody liked you
You were the cream of the crop, you knew what to do
You were spitting for the hell of it, writing the best bars
Then all of a sudden you had to be a star
And then the fame corrupted you, you let it all go to your head
Rapping about guns, guns, guns as if you believed in lead
Trying to be gangsta, caring way too much about image
Makes me livid that I haven't seen this before
But I thought, okay; this might be a phase
Something he’s doing just to get himself made
Make a name for himself so he can do the right thing
But little did I know that he wasn’t going to sing
About the issues of the world, only himself he cared
He rapped as if he was the worst rapper there
But the people clapped, made him believe he was a star
Even though he knew that he wasn’t going to get far
[Chorus]
You’re a lost cause, lost cause, nothing but a fraud
A person who deep inside knows he needs to pause
And take a step back, realize nothing is all that
Try to figure out your place in rap
You’re a lost cause, lost cause, nothing but a fraud
A person who deep inside knows he needs to pause
And take a step back, realize nothing is all that
Try to figure out your place in rap
[Verse 2]
Years later he’s on top, focused on his ego
Everybody loved him so he didn’t even know
That the ego would destroy everything he loved
He didn’t care, he just pretended to be a thug
Changed up everything about his life, hid tons of details
Trying to be from San Bernardino, that’s an epic fail
Made people lose faith in him, that’s where the downfall began
He couldn’t even win, people didn’t even give a damn
He was hot shit for a while
But when they found out the truth, they ran away crazy wild
It would of been the end of his story
But there was further allegory that had yet to be explored
For there’s a lot of defects that was deep inside
Kept hiding them pretending like it wasn’t a problem
Couldn’t solve them, didn’t have any intentions
Couldn’t find the direction so I believe now he’s a lost cause
[Chorus]
You’re a lost cause, lost cause, nothing but a fraud
A person who deep inside knows he needs to pause
And take a step back, realize nothing is all that
Try to figure out your place in rap
You’re a lost cause, lost cause, nothing but a fraud
A person who deep inside knows he needs to pause
And take a step back, realize nothing is all that
Try to figure out your place in rap
[Verse 3]
This is the shit that you don’t want to hear
This is the shit that could break someone’s career
I’m emotionally deep in this so I might as well say it
Even though I can’t take it back, I’ll just parlay it
You harassed those women and they got scared
Trying to be masculine but you pissed off people there
I don’t know if it’s what you said, or if it’s your intent
Or if it’s your fucked up brain controlling what you present
Tried to explain, but they didn’t even buy it
Kept saying it as an excuse, even I didn’t buy it
Of course your life is shit, you let it be shit
And you didn’t do the hard work to make your life legit
You know who I hate most in the whole wide Earth
More than anybody who’s ever made me hurt
More than any one-hit wonder who’s ever dissed me
Guess who the song is directed at? Me
