Losing Out Lyrics

[Intro: The Alan Parsons Project sample]
For a minute
Whatever you think I think about what's been going on
Let's talk about
Let's talk about
You and your problems and all that it seems to do
When you spend the night
Just talking bout'
Just talking bout'
You and your problems no matter what I say
I can't get it right
Don't think about


[Chorus: The Alan Parsons Project sample]
Losing out
Other words is losing out
Other ones, losing out
Other words is losing out
Other ones, losing out
Other words is losing out

[Verse 1: Black Milk]
Let's talk about who's the most underestimated
Plus underrated city in this hip-hop game
Let's talk about
I don't know if these industry mofo's overlook us 'cause they might be afraid
They don't know if we get the spot like that
You might not get your spotlight back
For a couple decades
Let's talk about Auburn
A burn
Now it's De-twah's turn
Like Berry Gordy came back
Don't think about
Comparing us to another metropolitan area
Or anywhere on this globe
Let's talk about
Us breaking barriers spitting sick as malaria
Spitting, you not even spittin' a cold

Let's talk about
How they make the masses attracted to the wack like a magnet
It's a sad mission
Just talking 'bout
How I mastered these massive lyrics advanced
Like you in a class with a mathematician
Just think about losing out

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Black Milk sampled The Alan Parsons Project
“Let’s Talk About Me” for this track.

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What did Black Milk say about "Losing Out"?
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Royce da 5'9" via Complex

When we did ‘Losing Out,’ things were cool for me in the city at that point. That whole dark period was only a two or three-year period. That definitely was a good moment in Detroit.

“I remember when he first sent it to me he was like, ‘I got this joint I need you to get on.’ He emailed it to me and I heard it and was like, ‘Yeah, this is definitely going to be one.’ I went and did my vocals immediately.

“Black Milk was making a lot of noise in Detroit and his buzz was really moving fast. But his manager’s actually a real good friend of mine, Hex Murda. Hex actually hit me up like, ‘Yo Black’s got this record,’ and that was the first record we did together. I don’t remember what it’s called. But that’s when me and Black developed our own relationship. So when it came to ‘Losing Out’ he was already calling me direct to do songs.”

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Music House Studios, Detroit, Michigan
Release Date
October 24, 2008
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