Lose Yourself

Look, if you had, one shot, or one opportunity 
To seize everything you ever wanted - one moment 
Would you capture it? Or just let it slip? 
Yo 

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy 
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti 
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready 
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting 
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud 
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out 
He's chokin, how? Everybody's jokin now 
The clock's run out, time's up over, blow! 
Snap back to reality, oh there goes gravity 
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked 
He's so mad, but he won't give up that 
Easy, no 
He won't have it, he knows his whole back's at these ropes 
It don't matter, he's dope 
He knows that, but he's broke 
He's so stag that he knows 
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's 
Back to the lab again yo 
This old rhapsody 
Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him 

[Hook:] (x2) 
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment 
You own it, you better never let it go 
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow 
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo 

The soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping 
This world is mine for the taking 
Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order 
A normal life is borin, but super stardom's close to post mortem 
It only grows harder, homie grows hotter 
He blows us all over these hoes is all on him 
Coast to coast shows, he's know as the globetrotter 
Lonely roads, God only knows 
He's grown farther from home, he's no father 
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter 
But hold your nose cuz here goes the cold water 
His hoes don't want him no mo', he's cold product 
They moved on to the next schmo who flows 
He nose dove and sold nada 
So the soap opera is told and unfolds 
I suppose it's old partna', but the beat goes on 
Da da dum da dum da da 

[Hook:] (x2) 
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment 
You own it, you better never let it go 
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow 
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo 

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage 
Tear this mo******kin roof off like two dogs caged 
I was playin' in the beginning, the mood all changed 
I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage 
But I kept rhymin' and stepwritin' the next cypher 
Best believe somebody's payin' the pied piper 
All the pain inside amplified by the fact 
That I can't get by with my 9 to 5 
And I can't provide the right type of life for my family 
Cuz man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers 
And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life 
And these times are so hard, and it's getting even harder 
Tryin to feed and water my seed, plus 
Teeter totter caught up between being a father and a pre-madonna 
Baby mama drama's screamin' on and 
Too much for me to wanna 
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony's 
Gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail 
I've got to formulate a plot or I end up in jail or shot 
Success is my only m*******kin option, failure's not 
Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go 
I cannot grow old in Salem's lot 
So here I go, it's my shot. 
Feet fail me not, this maybe the only opportunity that I got 

[Hook:] (x2) 
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment 
You own it, you better never let it go 
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow 
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo