Lose Yourself
Dogg/Eminem/Nate Dogg Lyrics

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If you had
If you were given

One shot
One chance

Or one opportunity
Or one moment

To seize everything you ever wanted
To take hold of all your dreams

In one moment
In an instant

Would you capture it
Would you take advantage of it

Or just let it slip?
Or let it pass you by?

Yo
Hey

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
He's nervous, anxious, and trembling

There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's so nervous he's even vomited on his clothes

He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
He's trying to stay composed despite his anxiety

To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin'
To rap well, but he keeps forgetting his lyrics

What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
The audience is cheering loudly as he forgets his lyrics

He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He can't remember what he wanted to say

He's chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now
He's freezing up and everyone is laughing at him

The clocks run out, times up, over, blaow
The time limit is up and it's over

Snap back to reality, ope there goes gravity
He's coming back to reality, feeling the pressure

Ope, there goes Rabbit, he choked
Oops, he failed

He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy? No
He's upset but won't quit just like that

He won't have it, he knows his whole back's to these ropes
He's not giving up, even though he's in a difficult situation

It don't matter, he's dope, he knows that, but he's broke
He has talent but is broke

He's so stagnant, he knows, when he goes back to this mobile home, that's when it's
He's feeling stuck and knows that when he goes back home, he'll stay there

Back to the lab again, yo, this whole rhapsody
Time to go back to the studio and work on his craft

Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
He needs to seize this moment and hope it won't slip away

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
Forget everything and focus on the music, this moment

You own it, you better never let it go
You are in control, don't give up the chance

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This is your only chance, don't fail

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime
This chance may never come again

His soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping
He's releasing his emotions through his music

This world is mine for the taking
He's claiming his place in the music world

Make me king, as we move toward a New World Order
He wants to be the best in this new era

A normal life is borin', but super stardom's close to post mortem
Being normal is mundane, being a superstar is everything

It only grows harder, only grows hotter
It gets more challenging the higher you go

He blows, it's all over, these hoes is all on him
When he succeeds, everyone wants a piece of him

Coast to coast shows, he's known as the Globetrotter
He's well-known worldwide

Lonely roads, God only knows, he's grown farther from home, he's no father
He's travelling alone and far from home, and he doesn't have a father figure

He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
He's so busy that he doesn't know his own child well

But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water
Get ready for a shock

These hoes don't want him no mo', he's cold product
He's no longer wanted by the groupies

They moved on to the next schmo who flows, he nose dove and sold nada
Groupies found someone else and he's not making money

So the soap opera is told and unfolds, I suppose it's old partna, but the beat goes on
He's telling his typical rags-to-riches story, but the music continues

Da-da-dum, da-dum, da-da
The beat continues

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
No more playing nice, he's going to switch it up and be aggressive

Tear this motherfuckin' roof off like two dogs caged
He's going to rip the roof off the venue with his performance

I was playin' in the beginnin', the mood all changed
He started out joking but now he's serious

I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
He's been criticized and rejected by the audience before

But I kept rhymin' and stepped right in the next cypher
He didn't let the criticism stop him and joined the next rap battle

Best believe somebody's payin' the Pied Piper
He's so good that people are following him like the legendary piper

All the pain inside amplified by the
All the emotions he's feeling are intensified by the

Fact that I can't get by with my nine to
The reality that his ordinary 9-to-5 job isn't enough

Five and I can't provide the right type of
He can't provide the right quality of

Life for my family 'cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers
He can't provide the basic necessities for his family

And its no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer
This is reality, not a movie with a good ending

This is my life and these times are so hard
This is his life and it's really tough right now

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

Teeter totter, caught up between bein' a father and a prima donna
He's balancing his role as a father and his ego as a famous rapper

Baby mama drama, screamin' on her, too much
He's dealing with drama with the mother of his child

For me to wanna stay in one spot, another day of monotony's
He can't stay in one place anymore, it's too boring

Gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail I've got
He's so stuck that he's like a snail

To formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot
He needs to come up with a plan or risk ending up in a bad situation

Success is my only motherfuckin' option, failure's not
Succeeding is his only option, he can't fail

Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go, I cannot grow old in Salem's Lot
He loves his mom but can't live in a trailer park his entire life

So here I go, is my shot
Here's his opportunity

Feet, fail me not, this may be the only opportunity that I got
He can't mess this up, it might be his only chance

You can do anything you set your mind to, man
You can achieve anything you want if you believe and work hard