While my student knows all of the lyrics to “Lose Yourself,” a lot of it is actually lost on him. And I don’t mean because the lyrics are above him or anything like that.
I mean, it’s because he’s never seen the movie 8 Mile, and actually didn’t even know that it existed until I told him about it (which I kind of regret now since the movie is Rated-R).
I think some of the lyrics might actually be lost on a lot of younger listeners though since the song is directly connected to the film.
And no, I won’t be mentioning the famous “Mom’s spaghetti” lyric.