A spoken-word performance that hammers one message: you can't win. The speaker cycles through images of failure, money lost, and mockery, painting a world where the game is rigged and escape is impossible. Repetition builds into a chant that makes hopelessness feel inescapable.
You can't break even, you can't get out of the game. You can't win, the world keeps moving and you're standing far behind. People keep saying, yeah, things will get better, just to ease your state of mind. So you lean back and you smoke that smoke and you drink that apple wine. That you can't win, child. You can't break even, you can't get out of the game. Oh, you can't win here, you can't win out of the way. If your score stays the same, you ain't winning. Oh no, it's nice to see you. I'm gonna be glad you came, but I could have You can't win, L. You can't win. You can't win, no way. You can't win. You can't win. It ain't supposed to be. You keep spending your little bit of money while someone else laughs for free. Learn your lesson. Refuel your mind before some turkey blows out your face. Game! Since you came into town, you can't break even, you can't get out of the game! You can't win, you can't win, you can't win, you can't— Yeah! Can't win, you can't win, you can't win, you can't win no way! Game! When you came when you came here I said that you can't win. You can't win. No, you can't win.
