Lose Yourself
♪Eminem Lyrics

Look
Pay attention; listen up.

If you had
If you were given

One shot
A single chance

Or one opportunity
Just one possibility

To seize everything you ever wanted
To grab hold of your dreams

In one moment
In a single instant

Would you capture it
Would you take full advantage of it

Or just let it slip?
Or would you allow it to escape?

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
His hands are shaking, his knees are trembling, his arms are heavy with nervousness.

There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's so sick with nerves that he's already thrown up his lunch.

He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
He may be frightened, but he appears to be composed.

To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin'
To deliver powerful rhymes, but he keeps forgetting his lyrics.

What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He's forgotten what he wrote, and the audience is getting loud.

He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He tries to speak, but the words won't come out of his mouth.

He's chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now
He's choking, and everyone is laughing now.

The clocks run out, times up, over, blaow
Time's up, it's over.

Snap back to reality, ope there goes gravity
Reality sets in, and he feels like he's falling.

Ope, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He chokes, and everyone knows it.

He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy? No
He's angry, but he won't quit.

He won't have it, he knows his whole back's to these ropes
He refuses to surrender, even though he's backed into a corner.

It don't matter, he's dope, he knows that, but he's broke
He's talented, but he's poor.

He's so stagnant, he knows, when he goes back to this mobile home, that's when it's
He's stuck, and he knows that when he returns to his trailer, he'll be stuck there.

Back to the lab again, yo, this whole rhapsody
Back to the studio, this entire song

Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
He needs to take advantage of this opportunity and hope it doesn't slip away.

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You need to fully immerse yourself in the music, this moment.

You own it, you better never let it go
You have control, and you must never let it slip away.

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
You only have one chance, don't blow it.

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime
This type of opportunity comes only once in a lifetime.

His soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping
He feels like he's losing grip of his soul, and there's a hole in his life.

This world is mine for the taking
He's prepared to seize control of his destiny.

Make me king, as we move toward a New World Order
He wants to take power as the world evolves into something new.

A normal life is borin', but super stardom's close to post mortem
A mundane life is unexciting, but fame and fortune are nearly death.

It only grows harder, only grows hotter
The struggle becomes more difficult, more intense.

He blows, it's all over, these hoes is all on him
He succeeds, and the women flock to him.

Coast to coast shows, he's known as the Globetrotter
He performs all over the world, and he's famous.

Lonely roads, God only knows, he's grown farther from home, he's no father
He's traveled far from home, and he feels like he's lost his way.

He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
He returns home, but he barely knows his own child.

But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water
Things are about to get tough.

These hoes don't want him no mo', he's cold product
The women don't want him anymore, he's washed up.

They moved on to the next schmo who flows, he nose dove and sold nada
They're not interested anymore, and he's not making any money.

So the soap opera is told and unfolds, I suppose it's old partna, but the beat goes on
It's a familiar story, but the music continues.

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime
This type of opportunity comes only once in a lifetime.

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
He's had enough of playing, he's about to change everything.

Tear this motherfuckin' roof off like two dogs caged
He's going to bring the house down.

I was playin' in the beginnin', the mood all changed
He started off joking, but then the tone changed.

I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
He's been rejected numerous times.

But I kept rhymin' and stepped right in the next cypher
But he persisted and joined the next rap contest.

Best believe somebody's payin' the Pied Piper
He's so good that people will pay to hear him.

All the pain inside amplified by the
All the pain he feels becomes stronger because of the

Fact that I can't get by with my nine to
The truth that he can't earn enough money with his conventional job

Five and I can't provide the right type of
To be the kind of provider his family needs

Life for my family 'cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers
These government assistance programs aren't enough to cover the basics.

And its no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer
This isn't a film, this is real life and there's no hero.

This is my life and these times are so hard
This is his life, and these times are incredibly difficult.

And it's getting even harder tryna feed and water my seed, plus
It's becoming more challenging to provide for his child, and

Teeter totter, caught up between bein' a father and a prima donna
He's caught between the desire to be a good parent and the need to be a successful performer.

Baby mama drama, screamin' on her, too much
He's dealing with tense situations with his child's mother, and it's too much.

For me to wanna stay in one spot, another day of monotony's
He doesn't want to stay in one place, and the boring routine of everyday life

Gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail I've got
Has caused him to move so slowly that he feels like a snail.

To formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot
He needs to come up with a plan, or he'll wind up in trouble.

Success is my only motherfuckin' option, failure's not
He only has one option, to succeed. Failure is not an option.

Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go, I cannot grow old in Salem's Lot
He loves his mother, but he can't stay in the trailer park. He can't grow old there.

So here I go, is my shot
He's about to try his one chance again.

Feet, fail me not, this may be the only opportunity that I got
Don't let me down, my feet, this might be my only chance to succeed.

You can do anything you set your mind to, man
You are capable of achieving anything you set your mind to.