Lost One (Album Version (Edited)) (Feat. Chrisette Michele)

Uh, uh, uh, uh It's not a diss song, it's just a real song Uh, you feel me Uh Verse 1: Jay-Z I heard motherfuckers sayin' they made Hov Made Hov say, Okay, so, make another Hov Niggas 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 fo' Shoulda stayed in food and beverage Too much flossin', too much Sam Rothstein I ain't a bitch but I gotta divorce them Hov had to get the shallow shit up off him And I ain't even want to be famous Niggas is brainless to unnecessarily go through these changes And I ain'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've become I know I'm guilty of it too, but not like them you lost one Chorus: Chrisette Michele & Jay-Z Lose, one, let go to get one Get, one, lose some to win some you lost one Story of a champion Sorry, I'm a champion You lost one Verse 2: Jay-Z I don't think it's meant to be, B For she loves her work more than she does me And honestly, at twenty-three 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 Chorus: Chrisette Michele & Jay-Z Lose, one, let go to get one Get, one, lose some to win some oh yeah, she lost one Story of a champion Sorry I'm a champion You lost one Verse 3: Jay-Z 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, shit 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 Chorus: Chrisette Michele & Jay-Z Lose, one, let go to get one Get, one, lose some to win some Colleek, I lost one Story of a champion Colleek, you're a champion I lost one