Coolio - The Winner 
Verse One: 
It`s time to take you to its full potential 
Peep this 
and drop some game on the instrumentaland 
it`s a symptom that you listen close and better tell your folks 
let the locest loc 
first things first since your date of birth 
you`ve been kinda confused about what your life is worth 
50 million times don`t wait and go 
you gotta take control 
those fools don`t want to be home 
you can do anything that you want to do 
all you got to do is to put your brain into it 
take your time and educate your mind 
in the long run I`m sure you`re fine 
if you walk the walk you can talk the talk 
but don`t wait too long coz life is short 
and remember, nomatter what they tellin` you 
if you try, you can be a winner too 
Chorus (L.V.): 
Keep on pushing
moving on up 
everybody we`re moving on up 
moving on up 
you`re a winner 
you gotta keep pushing 
moving on up 
everybody we`re moving on up 
moving on up 
you`re a winner 
Verse Two: 
Everybody rides with the women boys and girls 
each one teach one but we can`t save the world 
all at one day you could take it play by play 
and once you`re on the path 
don`t you ever go this way 
if your leader wants to holla but you can`t make him plead 
you can give a man some wizdom but you can`t make him man feel 
coz
stichin time says nine 
dirty bird gets the worm 
but all you can think about is gettin attention for your firm 
if knowledge is power and power is knowledge, then
how so many idiots be graduating from colleges 
better the B-side than the be gotted fool 
than to speakin to move all out 
you know what I`m talking about 
when opportunity knocks you better let him in and sit him on down 
and try to be his friend 
in order to be a professional first you got to be a beginner 
but if you keep on pushing you can be a winner 
Chorus 
Verse Three: 
Red yellow black white or brown 
if every mind their business we can all get down 
it all starts and on 
coz once they`re grown they`re gone 
and once they`re on their own their own 
you got to leave them alone 
be a leader and if you can`t be a leader
make sure your leader is a damn good teacher and 
imagine if you was in a car and your life was wasted 
somebody was on your back and you had to give him some space 
put the betterto the matter where it match at low 
but make sure you stay in your lane
and go strof to strof 
we don`t need no penaltys or eliminations 
or disqualifications
what we need is penetrations 
now what you heard before but sometimes life is what you make it 
I ain`t the one thats known for fakin or perpetratin 
if Albert was an Einstein 
and Phillis was a Diller 
and Michael Jackson was a thriller 
then you could be a winner 
Chorus extended 
Fade out,