lose yourself

look

if you had one shot

or one opportunity

to seize everything you ever wanted

in 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 choking

how? everybody's joking now

the clock's run out

time's up

over

blaow!

snap back to reality

ope there goes gravity

ope

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 to these ropes

it don't matter

he's dope

he knows that but he's broke

he's so stagnant

he knows

when he goes back to this mobile home

that's when it's

back to the lab again yo

this whole rhapsody

better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

and

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

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

you better. his 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 boring; but superstardom's

close to post-mortem

it only grows harder

homie grows hotter

he blows

it's all over

these hoes is all on him

coast-to-coast shows

he's known 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

'cause here goes the cold water

these hoes don't want him no mo'

he's cold product

they moved on to the next schmoe who flows

he nose-dove and sold nada

and so the soap opera

is told

it unfolds

i suppose it's old

partner

but the beat goes on: da da dum da dum da da da da

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

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

you better. no more games

i'ma change what you call rage

tear this motherfuckin' roof off like two dogs caged

i was playin' in the beginning

the mood all changed

i've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage

but i kept rhymin' and stepped right in 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

'cause man

these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers

and there's no movie

there's no mekhi phifer

this is my life

and these times are so hard

and it's gettin' even harder

tryna feed and water my seed

plus teeter-totter

caught up between bein' a father and a prima donna

baby mama drama

screamin' on her

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 end up in jail or shot

success is my only motherfuckin' 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 may be the only opportunity that i got

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

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

you better. you can do anything you set your mind to

man