| Came a long way, know what I’m sayin? | 
| They tried to tell me how it was gonna be | 
| It’s crazy but they all just kept sayin the same thing | 
| They say it’s lonely (they say it’s lonely), lonely at the top (top) | 
| Lonely at the top (top), lonely at the top | 
| It’s so lonely | 
| It’s so lonellllly | 
| It’s so lonely | 
| It’s so lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely | 
| It’s so lonely | 
| Ye-yeah, you can’t get to the top without ever riskin your armor | 
| You’ll never have full control and that’s even if you Obama (fo' real) | 
| Keep a pen for the paper and keep a pistol for drama | 
| Keep a clip for the paper too or they liftin your dollars | 
| Paper clip and I promise, I punch ya just to be honest | 
| Goin over they head cause most people Hooked on Ebonics | 
| How he work for the police and he gon' slip ya some chronic? | 
| Money’s the root of all evil, then our (pockets is demonic) (yeah) | 
| You go out bein greedy like Madoff did for a dollar | 
| You’ll be instantly famous, they takin pics with your barber (fo' real) | 
| They’ll be messy as ever, especially if it’s a blogger | 
| Turn a artist to target just cause your pissed he ain’t call ya | 
| Take a trip to the 'hood and you can go pick an Osama | 
| Ain’t no camels but trust me you can get hit with the llama | 
| Never cross the wrong person cause he might give you the karma | 
| Hear 'em clappin that, clappin that, like a pistol performance (woo) | 
| You’ll be ready to fight when they send a diss to ya mama (okay) | 
| You’ll be ready to kill when they send a diss to ya daughter (okay) | 
| Left your girl by her lonely, ya friend assist ya and call her | 
| Wouldn’t pay her attention and now you (wish that you saw her) | 
| Because it’s | 
| It’s so lonely | 
| See I had came with some groupies but I forgot who they was (why?) | 
| Cause they forgot where they manners was when we got in the club (okay) | 
| They forgot that they came with me when they got 'em a buzz | 
| They yellin «me» (me) when Jay-Z askin «who rollin with us?» | 
| (say what?) | 
| On Patron or that vodka like it’s the poppinest drug (drug) | 
| She club hoppin with us and then she club poppin with thugs (Slim Thug) | 
| I be solo as ever, cause bullets poppin because | 
| He step out with the Bloods and then he got popped by a Cuz | 
| Smoke screen, a mirage, all the candy and cars (cars) | 
| Should of seen how these chickens so quick to hand me they drawers (they | 
| drawers) | 
| Look how you throwin rocks like you never had any flaws | 
| You can keep your perfection and you have the applause | 
| It’s so lonely | 
| It’s so lonellllly | 
| It’s so lonely | 
| It’s so lonely, lonely | 
| Lonely, lonely, yeah | 
| Yeah, uh, uh | 
| It’s lonely at the top, right? | 
| Unless I stand up here and see down to the bottom clear | 
| Yeah | 
| Spend your whole life chasin cheddar | 
| Sometimes you just feel like you just want to move on to somethin better | 
| Know what I’m sayin? | 
| I know it’s somethin bigger out there, I know it is man, I know it is | 
| Success is similar to goin to jail and gettin locked up by yourself | 
| You got a lot of time to think | 
| Yeah, you gon' have a lot of time to think homie | 
| A whole lot of time to think | 
| You gonna be by yourself | 
| Cause you ain’t gonna want to hang out nobody that’s a back stabber | 
| You ain’t gonna want to be around people that always come around | 
| With ulterior motives | 
| And you ain’t really able to notice | 
| You know, got they hand out, beggin for money | 
| Like you owe 'em the World, you know what I’m sayin? | 
| That’s why I ain’t lookin at them, I’m lookin for you, you’re the future | 
| Are you listenin? | 
| I know you’re out there, yeah |