The Winner

By Drake

On Comeback Season

Released on August 15, 2009

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[Intro]

The business, look-


[Verse 1]

I'm performing tonight, you know that shit gone be packed

Pay me in advance, and make sure that it's exact

My ex girl'll probably show up for the simple fact

That tomorrow she can tell all of her friends it was whack

But fuck that, though, this about me

They say my whole fanbase is missing ID

But the young, trendsetting musician, I be

Got critics giving up the recognition I de-serve

Never bring yo' Mrs. by me, I'm it, I'm it, call me Mr. IT

If I get one wish, I'ma wish to die free

They say gon' head, ball like Ms. Arie and I do

The realest in my age group, no shit

SoHo, Cosmo, Balmain blow fish

Let's make a toast, tell yo' friends come closer

Drinks on me, like a coaster, and


[Chorus]

We doin' it big, look at what I done

Look at where I'm is, it's only just begun

'Cause I was staying home when they was having fun

So please don't be surprised, when they announce that I won

And this is how my speech go

I deserve this shit, I deserve this shit, I deserve this shit

That's all I got to say, at the top is where I stay

And tell my haters never go away, the winner


[Verse 2]

Long-awaited, hated

Fans see me out and they holla "Happy belated

It's about time that you made it

I was bumping yo' songs when nobody else played it"

When I was up in Hot Beats in Atlanta, steady givin' daps

Fetchin' niggas drinks, but I never got to rap

If anybody asked though, I probably woulda snapped

But I can't sign nothin' 'til my lawyer get the fax and

No one decides what the definition of talent is

And Mrs. Murray, look at what my talent did

And where yo' business is, it's been a couple years

Guess it's not about who you know, it's just how you balance it

It's always awkward to dummy a nigga artist

And get on someone song, when you know you comin' the hardest

This how you start actin' when nobody can reach ya

My plan just hatched, happy Easter, and


[Chorus]

I'm doin' it big, look at what I done

Look at where I'm is, it's only just begun

'Cause I was staying home when they was having fun

So please don't be surprised, when they announce that I won

And this is how my speech go

I deserve this shit, I deserve this shit, I deserve this shit

That's all I got to say, at the top is where I stay

And tell my haters never go away, the winner


[Verse 3]

Uh, okay, I do it for the love

Bunk-bed flow, always one level above

If I'm in ya starting five, you will never need a sub

And I'm never looking down, so I always know whassup

A lot of people sayin' fuck me

Problem is they be tellin' everybody, but me

But I, always got a Starbucks verse

Bein' brewed, too hot, please, please double-cup me

They never gave me support like Chuck Ts

And I never trust a nigga sayin' "Trust me"

Nick Cannon and Will never did it this ill

So you tell a house band "Don't you dare interrupt me"

Thanks to my mother for never givin' up

You deserve the world, now, gon' live it up

Thanks to Uncle Steve, my hero who always saved us

I could never give back everything you gave us

And to my dad, even though we was apart

I couldn't leave you out, you forever in my heart

Yeah, and in the name of Evelyn Sher

I'll forever forgive anybody that never was there

For me, no other woman could ever compare

My angel, I hope Heaven's prepared, for whenever you there

Uh, I got a revolutionary flow, in every scenario, comin' through ya stereo

Got a new chick, booty 'round like the merry-go

Bitches like where he at? Them be like there he go

And this verse deserve a burial

Don't cry for me, this ain't motherfucking Mario

Yeah, and Polo isn't at my session

Mr. Anticipation, keeping everybody guessin' like


[Chorus]

I'm doin' it big, look at what I done

Look at where I'm is, it's only just begun

'Cause I was staying home when they was having fun

So please don't be surprised, when they announce that I won

And this is how my speech go

I deserve this shit, I deserve this shit, I deserve this shit

That's all I got to say, at the top is where I stay

And tell my haters never go away, the winner