Loser Like Me is an original song featured in Original Song, the sixteenth episode of Season Two. It is sung by the New Directions with solos from Brittany, Finn, Mercedes, Rachel, and Santana.
The title of the song is a collaboration of words that the New Directions said during a brainstorm session, when talking about the bad things Sue has done to them recently and how it made them feel, such as throwing sticks at Mercedes' head, filling Brittany and Santana's lockers with dirt, and asking to get Tina's name changed to "Tina Cohen-Loser" by pretending to be her. Using these words, Will created the title 'Loser Like Me.' The song is about the members of the New Directions, and how they have been bullied and treated like outcasts, but how they are using these experiences to rise above the others.
The performance ends with the New Directions throwing red confetti slushies at the crowd, a parody of how they are often slushied. This is one of the two winning original songs, the other being Get It Right (a Rachel solo). Loser Like Me is sometimes known as the "Glee Theme Song" as it describes New Directions as losers and underdogs and what Glee Club and performing is seen as at McKinley.
Lyrics:
Rachel:
Yeah, you may think that I'm a zero (Santana: Huh)
Rachel with New Directions (Rachel):
(But) hey, everyone you wanna be
Probably started off like me
Rachel:
You may say that I'm a freak show (Santana: I don't care)
Rachel with New Directions (Rachel):
(But) hey, give it just a little time
I bet you're gonna change your mind
Rachel:
All of the dirt you've been throwing my way
It ain't so hard to take (Finn and Rachel: That's right)
Rachel (with New Directions):
Cause (I know one day you'll be screaming my name)
Rachel:
And I'll just look away (Finn and Rachel: That's right)
Rachel with New Directions (Finn and Rachel):
Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth
(So everyone can hear)
Hit me with the worst you've got and knock me down
(Baby, I don't care)
Keep it up and soon enough you'll figure out
You wanna be, you wanna be
A loser like me
A loser like me
Finn:
Push me up against the locker
Finn with New Directions (Finn):
(And) hey, all I do is shake it off
I'll get you back when I'm your boss
Finn:
I'm not thinking 'bout you haters
Finn with New Directions (Finn):
(Cause) hey, I could be a superstar
I'll see you when you wash my car
Rachel with New Directions:
All of the dirt you've been throwing my way
Rachel:
It ain't so hard to take (Finn and Rachel: That's right)
Rachel with New Directions (Rachel):
(Cause) I know one day you'll be screaming my name
Rachel:
And I'll just look away (Finn and Rachel: That's right)
Rachel with New Directions (Finn and Rachel):
Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth
(So everyone can hear)
Hit me with the worst you've got and knock me down
(Baby, I don't care)
Keep it up and soon enough you'll figure out
You wanna be, you wanna be
A loser like me
A loser like me
Rachel:
A loser like me
Brittany and Santana with New Directions (New Directions):
Hey, you, (oh) over there (oh)
Keep the "L" (oh) up-up in the air (oh)
Hey, you, (oh) over there (oh)
Keep the "L" up, (oh) cause I don't care (oh)
You can throw your sticks (oh)
And you can throw your stones (oh)
Like a rocket, (oh) just watch me go (oh)
Yeah, (oh) l-o-s-e-r (oh)
I can only be who I are
Rachel:
Yeah!
Rachel with New Directions:
Just go ahead and hate on me
And run your mouth
Finn and Rachel:
So everyone can hear
Rachel with New Directions (Finn and Rachel):
Hit me with the worst you've got and knock me down
(Baby, I don't care)
Keep it up, and, soon enough, you'll figure out
You wanna be, you wanna be
A loser like me
Mercedes:
Yeah!
Rachel with New Directions:
Go ahead, and hate on me and run your mouth
(Finn and Mercedes with New Directions: So everyone can hear)
Hit me with the worst you've got and knock me down
(Finn and Rachel with New Directions: Baby, I don't care)
Keep it up, and, soon enough, you'll figure out (Mercedes: Oh)
You wanna (and Mercedes: be), you wanna be
Rachel with New Directions:
A loser like me (Rachel: A loser like me)
A loser like me (Rachel: A loser like me)
A loser like me