Lost One – English Lyrics

• By: JAY-Z, Chrisette Michele

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(soft upbeat music)

♪ Uh, uh, uh, uh ♪

♪ It's not a diss song, it's just a real song ♪

♪ Uh, you feel me ♪

♪ I heard sayin' they made Hov ♪

♪ Made Hov say, "Okay, so make another Hov" ♪

♪ Wasn't playin' they day role ♪

♪ So we parted ways like Ben and J-Lo ♪

♪ I shoulda been did it but I been in a daze though ♪

♪ I put friends over business end of the day though ♪

♪ But when friends' business interests is Day Glow ♪

♪ Ain't nothin' left to say though ♪

♪ I guess we forgot what we came for ♪

♪ I shoulda stayed in food and beverage ♪

♪ Too much flossin', too much Sam Rothstein ♪

♪ I ain't a but I gotta divorce them ♪

♪ Hov had to get the shallow up off him ♪

♪ And I ain't even want to be famous ♪

♪ Is brainless ♪

♪ To unnecessarily go through these changes ♪

♪ And I don't even know how it came to this ♪

♪ Except that fame is the worst drug known to man ♪

♪ It's stronger than heroin ♪

♪ When you could look in the mirror like there I am ♪

♪ And still not see what you become ♪

♪ I know I'm guilty of it too but not like them ♪

♪ You lost one ♪

♪ Lose one, let go to get one ♪

♪ Get, one, lose some to win some ♪

♪ Story of a champion, sorry, I'm a champion ♪

♪ You lost one ♪

♪ I don't think it's meant to be, B ♪

♪ But she loves her work more than she does me ♪

♪ And honestly, at 23 ♪

♪ I would probably love my work more than I did she ♪

♪ So we ain't we, it's me and her ♪

♪ 'Cause what she prefers over me is work ♪

♪ And that's where we differ ♪

♪ So I have to give her free time even if it hurts ♪

♪ So breathe, mami, it's deserved ♪

♪ You've been put on this earth ♪

♪ To be all you can be, like the reserves ♪

♪ And me, my time in the army, it's served ♪

♪ So I have to allow she, her time to serve ♪

♪ The time's now for her, in time, she'll mature ♪

♪ And maybe we can be we again like we were ♪

♪ Finally, my time's too short to share ♪

♪ And to ask her now, it ain't fair ♪

♪ So yeah, she lost one ♪

♪ Lose one, let go to get one ♪

♪ Get, one, lose some to win some ♪

♪ Story of a champion, sorry, I'm a champion ♪

♪ You lost one ♪

♪ My nephew died in the car I bought ♪

♪ So I'm under the belief it's partly my fault ♪

♪ Close my eyes and squeeze, try to block that thought ♪

♪ Place any burden on me but please, not that, Lord ♪

♪ But time don't go back, it goes forward ♪

♪ Can't run from the pain, go towards it ♪

♪ Some things can't be explained, what caused it ♪

♪ Such a beautiful soul, so pure ♪

♪ Gonna see you again, I'm sure of it ♪

♪ 'Til that time, little man, I'm nauseous ♪

♪ Your girlfriend's pregnant, the Lord's gift ♪

♪ Almost lost my faith, that restored it ♪

♪ It's like havin' your life restarted ♪

♪ Can't wait for your child's life, to be a part of it ♪

♪ So now I'm child-like, waitin' for a gift ♪

♪ To return when I lost you, I lost it ♪

♪ Lose, one, let go to get one ♪

♪ Get, one, lose some to win some ♪

♪ Story of a champion, Colleek, you're a champion ♪

♪ I lost one ♪

(upbeat music)