Lost In the World Lyrics

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Genius Annotation

According to Kanye, the verse began as a poem he emailed to Kim Kardashian because he had the beat but no lyrics. He made the revelation at his Glastonbury 2015 headline set.

This song was featured in Kanye’s movie “Runaway” as the closing track.

The song’s introduction and the chorus’s interpolation are from Bon Iver’s Woods from their EP Blood Bank. The chorus structure mimics Bon Iver’s song structure. While Bon Iver laments about the woods, West expands the scope of the song outside of the woods to the city and beyond to America as a whole.

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Does Kanye samples song he had already sampled on this song?
Genius Answer

Contains samples of 5 songs: Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa (Sample appears at 0:08)

Gil Scott-Heron
- Comment #1 (Sample appears at 4:14)
Lyn Collins – Think (About It) (Sample appears at 2:24 and 1:24)
Bon Iver – Woods (Sample appears at 0:00)
Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling – Part I (Sample appears at 0:03)
Has this track received any certifications?
Genius Answer

“Lost in the World” was certified gold by the RIAA on March 1, 2021.

Credits
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Keyboards
Drum Programmer
Performance Rights
Additional Drum Programmer
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Mixing Engineer
Chant Vocals
Recorded At
Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI; Electric Lady Studios, NYC
Release Date
November 22, 2010
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