Winning is a 1969 American motion picture starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. A number of racecar drivers and people associated with racing appear in the film, including Bobby Unser, Tony Hulman, Bobby Grim, Dan Gurney, Roger McCluskey, and Bruce Walkup.
The film centers on professional racecar driver Frank Capua and his wife Elora (Newman and Woodward, who were married in real life). Frank spends too much time in the garage, pushing Elora into the arms of Newman's main rival on the track, Luther Erding (Robert Wagner).
During preparation for this film, Newman was trained for the motorsport by drivers, Bob Sharp and Lake Underwood, at a race track high performance driving school—which sparked Newman's enthusiasm for the sport and led to his participation as a competitor in sports car racing during the remainder of his life.
The film includes footage taken at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the legendary 2.5 mile track. Most of the footage is from the 1968 race. The accident during the first green flag is from the 1966 race.
Look at my car, looking my glow name,
Can't you tell I'm winning, yeah I'm winning, winning, winning,
What's your pain,.. it's just the beginning, beginning,
It's ain't finish, cause I'm winning, winning.
Ex-loser for a stereo, the chef is so... cooking that thing I order
Time is relevant each 24 hours is like my money... with the power
I got the power to change how I live, garage for the,.....
Accounts for the cash... in the crib,
It smells like boil of... in here
Who ever thought is a youngster... marbles
Where I sit... A hood for the soldiers that shoot for the...
So don't try, is invite only big party start up with just me and my hobbies,
Models in... you can... I fuck for this...
[Chorus:]
Look at my car, looking my glow name,
Can't you tell I'm winning, yeah I'm winning, winning, winning,
What's your pain,.. it's just the beginning, beginning,
It's ain't finish, cause I'm winning, winning.
Ex-loser,.. was never present, now... never absent,
Teach start you lesson, Watching baby undressin'
Call... Now here's the party... the girls start fightin'
All we need is the key to the...
All we need is the...
If I make you... watch me straight like...
Yeah, that's the life for the women,.. the wife...
I eat them both right...
When I... two more parties, 3am I got 4 more models,
Still celebrating, yeah we made it...
Look at my cars, look at my clothes, man,
Can't you tell I'm winning, winning,
Yeah, I'm winning, winning,
... in the day, it's just the beginning, beginning,
It's ain't finish, cause I'm winning yeah
I'm winning
Bosco Money possessin knowledge if you seek it
Make you understand my language even though you probably don't speak it
I came specifically to freak it
Always eat my Wheeties, so I don't feel peaked
When it's time to pick up the mic and rhyme, I do
So I can prove to you that mom duke came through
With a strong son
And if it's time to have fun
I treat the mic like a gun
Pull the trigger
Transform, and get bigger
I'm the man that make you peep the rhyme and say
"Damn!" - don't think I'm not, when I am
Underrated, frequently imitated
But never outdated, and yet I'm alienated
Because they say I'm 180 instead of bein full-circle
Anti - yo, I came from the sky
So catch a brainstorm and kill that
I ain't tryin to hear it
The rhyme fits your mind so nice, you wanna wear it
[ CHORUS ]
I'm winnin, cause I'm in it to win it
You think I'm not, when I am?
I'm winnin till I'm grinnin
It's almost like I'm sinnin
I'm a winner from the beginnin
I can't be part of this nonsense
Of black versus white, or vice versa
Growin worse everday, in no way
Becomin better, I rather be a trendsetter
And stay ahead of the rest
Who underestimate my brain matter
Let the truth scatter, manifest some data
And drop it, like Harry Truman dropped the A bomb
Or Nixon dropped troops in Vietnam
And while I'm on the subject of presidential thinkin
Clock lots of Jacksons, cause my thoughts is Lincoln
Not sinkin like a raft, cause I'm cooler than Shaft
And my wisdom is refreshing like a frosty draft
Ale, and I will not fail to prevail
Until they throw me in jail
I woulda went to Yale, but I didn't get accepted
Know why? I didn't apply...
[ CHORUS ]
Play me like a tape, and memorize my melody
Layin, relayin, portrayin, conveyin and sayin
What I mean, and like Vaseem
Clear out your eyes, so you can see
Society's been selling you a dream
Schemin on your self-esteem
It got you sweatin a lifestyle the magazines
Seem to make real
But tell me, what's the deal
Have you become of victim of the media appeal?
I have, best believe I'm not jokin
Cause like the Marlboro Man, my rhymes are smokin
Pokin hoes and societal woes I'm lookin in
Is yet another way I unmistakably win
So hip yourself to my tip
I'm packin the house like a ceb
Tonight I'm trippin like Greyhound
>From town to town
Droppin the knowledge most profound
To never open a book, always reading a magazine
Outspend, betting if it looks like winning you haven't been
Knives don't have your back
I wait and I count, the knives don't have your back
I wait and I count to the last breath we take
What we made, doesn't make sense
What's a wolf without a pack?
Open your chest and take the heart from it
Open your chest
What's bad, we'll fix it
What's wrong, we'll make it alright, alright
It's gone, we'll find it
Takes so long, we've got time
All the time
Some part of you, too small to lose
Some part of you, too small to lose
All of us, All of you
All of us, All of you counting to the last breath we take
What we made, doesn't make sense
What's a wolf without a pack?
Open your chest and take the heart from it
When you talk, can I tape you?
How'd you get what we don't know?
We don't know how to help
Only know how to hound
Nose to the grindstone
Grindstone to the ground
Don't even visit that place,
they'll sharpen their teeth on your smile
I'm glad you didnt
All our songs will be lullabyes in no time
What's bad, What's wrong, make it alright, alright
It's gone, so long
We've got time, all the time
All the time
Aaaaaahhhhhhh
Million little faces staring at you
Put your hands in your pockets pull out a coin or two
Get back to the job of the day
Which is all about winning you're gonna lose anyway
Winning I'm winning winning I ****** I'm winning I'm winning
There's a thing and it's called thief
And they're mistaken in their belief
That possession is everything and I'm going to win
And there's the friendly old state police
Who's job it is to keep the peace
And I don't know how they're gonna do it
They talk about winning they're gonna break it
Winning I'm winning now I've ****** I'm winning I'm winning
And sometimes there's a choice to make
#Winning (R. Leslie)
I'm winning, I'm winning
I'm winning, I'm winning
[Hook]
I'm riding thru the city getting money like I'm dealing
You know I love this feeling, you know I love this feeling
I'm ridin' thru the city getting' money like I'm dealing
You know I love this feeling, you know I love this feeling
I'm on, I'm on - I'm winning, I'm winning (4x)
[Verse 1]
It was 'bout twelve years in the making - my overnight sensation
We did it independent, we ain't need no radio station
So it's a celebration, getting money every night
When you work this hard and got this much talent, it's only right
Yeah
I started selling beats, I'm on to bigger things
Studio for weeks - boy that music in my veins
I ain't never scared. What's the point of that?
(Winning)
Corey Webster on the field if I'm a cornerback
[Hook]
[Verse 2]
My city never sleeps - so I ain't sleeping either
I'm never going under, I'm a chronic overachiever
That lemon Lamborghini cost two-hundred twenty stacks
That gold on that wrist will tell you where the money's at
(Right here)
In and out of every city with my entourage
Touch down in Dallas winning with my homie Taj
G5 to Nevada we on that Vegas strip
(Winning)
Duffle bag full of hundreds when I take a trip
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
You play the game of speculating what a boss is worth
That's when the money, cars and clothes become a boss' curse
You'd probably have it too if you could do a boss' work
Awesome success just means you also deal with awesome hurt
I've lost a lot of friends, I've lost a lot of cash
I lost my baby when she left me, yeah I lost that ass!
I lost so many memories it's like I lost my past!
So if I'm dying young, I guess that mean I'm living fast
Keep your fingers crossed and knock on wood
When things are going this good
Don't let the luck get lost, For all it takes,
It's a special thing
It's a good game
Once you find out how to play
Things can finally go your way
We're winning
Set our sights, it's just beginning
To turn out right
We're winning
Look what's happening
We're winning
We're winning
We're winning
I've got a rabbit's foot, a good lucky charm
To keep away all harm
Watch out for this and that
Try not to step upon a pavement crack
And keep our mirrors intact
It's a good game
Once you find out how to play
Things can finally go your way
We're winning
Every day the luck's beginning
To get our way
We're winning
Anyone can see we're winning
Ooh, I'm not superstitious
But all these things I do
'Cuz whether situation this is
It's too good to be true
We're winning
We're winning
It's a good game
Once you find out how to play
Things can finally go your way
We're winning
Set our sights, it's just beginning
To turn out right
We're winning
Look what's happening
We're winning
We're winning
Set our sights, it's just beginning
To turn out right
We're winning
Look what's happening
I get the same old dream, same time every night
Fall to the ground and I wake up
So I get out of bed, put on my shoes, and in my head
Thoughts fly back to the break-up
These four walls are closing in
Look at the fix you've put me in!!
CHORUS:
Since you've been gone, since you've been gone
I'm outta my head, can't take it
Could I be wrong, but since you've been gone
You cast the spell, so break it
Oooohhh - Whhooooaaa - Ooooohhh
Since you've been gone
So in the night I stand beneath the backstreet light
I read the words that you sent to me
I can take the afternoon, the night-time comes around
too soon
You can't know what you mean to me
Your poison letter, your telegram
Just goes to show you don't give a damn
CHORUS
If you will come back
Baby you know
You'll never do wrong
CHORUS x 2
One day I was on the ground
When I needed a hand
Then it couldn't be found
I was so far down that I couldn't get up
You know and one day I was one of life's losers
Even my friends were my accusers
In my head I lost before I begun
I had a dream but it turned to dust
And what I thought was love
That must have been lust
I was living in style
When the walls fell in
And when I played my hand
I looked like a joker
Turn around fate must have woke her
Cause lady luck she was waiting outside the door
I'm winning
I'm winning
I'm winning
I'm winning and I don't intend on losing again
Too bad it belonged to me
It was the wrong time and not meant to be
It took a long time and I'm new born now
I can see the day that I bleed for
If it's agreed that there's a need
So you say that you are tired
And you want to make a deal
The way they see it turning
Well, that's not the way you feel
Well I've got news for you sunshine
You may not understand
You're living in a poker game
And you've already shown your hand
So if you can't stand up
You'd better learn how to fall
One thing is for certain
There's no way out of this at all
Because we're winning!
Now we've ironed out the edges
That your mother may have loved
Or someone you may have wanted
But you are now too far above
'Cos you're shining like a razor
And we're all waiting just for you
We took you up on what you said
Oh, good evening mister Sheen, are you winning
No he's smoking right now
Winning, winning, winning, winning, yeah
Oh, if you a motherfucker winner, if you a motherfucker winner
Put your motherfucker hands... right now, it's for all the winners
If you's a looser, get your bitch ass out here, strictly for the winners, yeah
Cause we gonn' win motherfucker, we gonn' win, yeah, yeah
Who, me? You know who I am
I am intergalactic,... raw, uncut, but so pornographic
Measures so drastic, oh but a classic
Hit us on twitter, look at all the traffic
Never loose on the move fresh and clean
You are in the mind of the machine
Bling blang think back what it used to be
Shooting torpedoes,... walk like we do
... get left or get right cause it's show time tonight
And I'm winning, winning, winning, winning, winning, winning
Yeah, like I say it, this is strictly for the winners
You motherfucking looser, what you doing in here, you don't even know how to win
You see winning is all we know, winning is all we do, we win, win, win,
That's all it is to it, nothing to it what you do it you did
Shit, that's some good shit right there
In it to win it, winning since the beginning
Shine and Sheen and win it, make seduce with the...
I get it back and we're rapping and now they're clapping and tapping
They zipping and zapping and let... what's happening
Big stage big game, with the big names
See winning ain't everything, see winning is the only thing
I got a... to blame, you better know the game
With the shadow tiger blood now I need a lot of...
Winning's on my mind, that's the only thing I'm thinking off
Winning, winning, winning, winning, winning, winning
How many times I gotta show you this shit man
You know I've been winning for a long time
That's all the fuck I do is win man
If you's a winner, put some smoke in the air, yeah, yeah
Blaze it up, come on, blaze it up come on, blaze it up, come on, come on, come on
Yaba daba-du mama, glory be the one, the one and only, I'm a winner
Once he could smile maybe happy
Fighting for his future and his destinations
There were his friends he'd rely on
Everyone had nothing but their aspirations
Soon dreaming found realization
Winning was his target with deliberation
Now he has everything, tell me why
No one knows him, the veils shut out cutting the tie
So now he's made his own island
Not familiar even to his understanding
Thoughts turning sour, did he want it?
Something reassuring in his time and planning
What did he miss, needing nothing?
Seeing that it was the fighting and not the winning
No returning, no looking back, on with his way
Rising winner but falling man, gaining the day
Once he could smile maybe happy
Fighting for his future and his destinations
There were his friends he'd rely on
Everyone had nothing but their aspirations
Soon dreaming found realization
Look at my car, looking my glow name,
Can't you tell I'm winning, yeah I'm winning, winning, winning,
What's your pain,.. it's just the beginning, beginning,
It's ain't finish, cause I'm winning, winning.
Ex-loser for a stereo, the chef is so... cooking that thing I order
Time is relevant each 24 hours is like my money... with the power
I got the power to change how I live, garage for the,.....
Accounts for the cash... in the crib,
It smells like boil of... in here
Who ever thought is a youngster... marbles
Where I sit... A hood for the soldiers that shoot for the...
So don't try, is invite only big party start up with just me and my hobbies,
Models in... you can... I fuck for this...
[Chorus:]
Look at my car, looking my glow name,
Can't you tell I'm winning, yeah I'm winning, winning, winning,
What's your pain,.. it's just the beginning, beginning,
It's ain't finish, cause I'm winning, winning.
Ex-loser,.. was never present, now... never absent,
Teach start you lesson, Watching baby undressin'
Call... Now here's the party... the girls start fightin'
All we need is the key to the...
All we need is the...
If I make you... watch me straight like...
Yeah, that's the life for the women,.. the wife...
I eat them both right...
When I... two more parties, 3am I got 4 more models,
Still celebrating, yeah we made it...
Look at my cars, look at my clothes, man,
Can't you tell I'm winning, winning,
Yeah, I'm winning, winning,
... in the day, it's just the beginning, beginning,
It's ain't finish, cause I'm winning yeah
I'm winning
What good would it do
To keep this finger pointed
I break myself in two
And spill around the joint
Picture me as two
A smile and a frown together
The greater then is you
To put this to an end
And lead us over once again, yeah
And lead us over once again
Every lie with diamonds in our eyes
Every lie, a burden full of pride
I know you think you're winning
I was just beginning, so
Take your simple living
And your trouble giving, go
And now this numbing cold
Leaves my fingers hurting
And struggles in my soul
To remember what to say
And lead us over once again, yeah
And lead us over once again
And we lie to protect our precious pride
And we lie just because we lie
I know you think you're winning
I was just beginning, so
Take your simple living
And your trouble giving, go
I know you think you're winning
I was just beginning, so
Take your simple living
And your trouble giving, go, go, go
I said, "I know you think you're winning"
Know you think you're winning
I know you think you're winning
COME ON!
I know that you got what it takes
To make this thing go all the way
Help me out, show some fucking pride
I am trying to fucking hard
To prove that I'm worth it
I just can't seem to get enough of you
And how we always go on and on and on
Even though we know it's wrong
Push yourself onto me, entirely
Let me know that I'm the only one you ever wanna see
I didn't ever wanna say goodbye
I never thought that i'd be by your side
It's always coming, always going
Somehow I still need you so
And I just don't think that you couldn't have been
More than a saint than a soldier to sin
And I just want to stop everything and go home
We fall so deep in lust
Lucid dreaming and endless thoughts
I fought so hard to let this all go
I just can't seem to get enough of you
And how we always go on and on and on
Even though we know it's wrong
Push yourself onto me, entirely
Let me know that I'm the only you ever wanna see
(One night)
Is all that I ask for
(to prove to myself)
That I don't need you in my life
(I yearn for your being in every way, shape, and form, one night)
One day I was on the ground
When I needed a hand
And it couldnt be found
I was so far down
That I couldnt get up, you know
One day I was one of lifes losers
Even my friends were my accusers
And in my head I was lost before I began
I had a dream
But it turned to dust
And what I thought was love
That must have been lust
I was living in style
When the walls fell in
When I played my hand
I looked like a joker
Turn around
Fate must have woke her
Cause lady luck she was
Waiting outside the door
(Chorus)
Im winning, Im winning
Im winning, oh yeah
Im winning
And Im winning
Too bad it belonged to me
It was the wrong time
And not meant to be
It took a long time
But I knew for now
I can see the day
That I believe for
Friends agree theres a need
To play the game
And to win again, let me tell ya now
Repeat Chorus
Now I had a dream
But it turned to dust
And what I thought was love
That must have been lust
I was living in style
When the walls fell in
When I played my hand
I looked like a joker
Turn around
Fate must have woke her
Cause lady luck she was
Waiting outside the door
Yes she was how, hey
What holds your hope together,
Make sure it's strong enough
When you reach the end of your tether
It's because it wasn't strong enough,
I was going to drown,
Then I started swimming
I was going down,
Then I started winning
Winning - winning
When you're on the bottom
Crawl back to the top
Something pulls you up,
and a voice you can't stop,
I was going to drown,
Then I started swimming,
I was going down
Then I started winning
Winning - winning