“Losers” serves as the second track of The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness as a duet between him and British singer Labrinth.
Abel dropped out of highschool at 17, along with his friend Lamar Taylor to pursue music. Even though The Weeknd and Labrinth use the same lyrics in their verses (Labrinth isn’t a high school dropout) – they represent The Weeknd & Lamar making the bold decision to leave and chase their dreams. Throughout the song, they take turns reflecting on their wisdom as they reminisce about their ambitions and careers.
Lyrics of Losers
Only losers go to school
I taught myself how to move
I'm not the type to count on you
'Cause stupid's next to "I love you"
No? So what can you show me
That my heart don't know already?
We make our own sense
And you're qualified in me
What can you show me?
That my heart don't know already?
We make our own sense
And you're qualified in
And you're qualified in
Only losers go to school
They can't teach what they can't prove
Come put this inside a test-tube
'Cause stupid's next to "I love you"
So what can you show me
That my heart don't know already?
We make our own sense
And you're qualified in me
What can you show me
That my heart don't know already?
'Cause we make our own sense
And you're qualified in
And you're qualified in
And you're qualified in
And now that we're all grown up
Who do we owe it to?
And now that we've gone this far
Who do we owe it all to?
We did it all alone
Now we're coming for the throne
We did it all alone
Now we're coming for the throne
And now that we all came up
Do we lose? Do we lose?
So what can you show me
That my heart don't know already?
'Cause we make our own sense
And you're qualified in me
What can you show me
That my heart don't know already?
'Cause we make our own sense
And you're qualified in me
And you're qualified in me