Lose Yourself
Eminem(??) Lyrics

Look
Pay attention

If you had
Imagine

One shot
One chance

Or one opportunity
Or one moment

To seize everything you ever wanted
To grab everything you desire

In one moment
In an instant

Would you capture it
Would you take it

Or just let it slip?
Or let it go?

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

There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's about to throw up

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

To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin'
To perform his rap but he forgets his lyrics

What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He can't remember his lyrics, and the audience is making noise

He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He tries to rap but he can't find the words

He's chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now
He's struggling, and the audience is laughing

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

Snap back to reality, ope there goes gravity
He gets back to the present moment

Ope, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He messed up

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

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

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

He's so stagnant, he knows, when he goes back to this mobile home, that's when it's
He feels stuck, he knows when he goes back home

Back to the lab again, yo, this whole rhapsody
Back to the drawing board

Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
He needs to seize this chance before it's gone

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
Focus on the task at hand

You own it, you better never let it go
You control your destiny

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This is his chance to shine and he shouldn't miss this opportunity

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime
This is a rare chance

His soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping
He's trying to let out his emotions

This world is mine for the taking
He's determined to win

Make me king, as we move toward a New World Order
He wants to be on top of the rap game

A normal life is borin', but super stardom's close to post mortem
He doesn't want a mediocre life, he wants to be a star and leave a legacy

It only grows harder, only grows hotter
It only gets more difficult and intense

He blows, it's all over, these hoes is all on him
He becomes successful and gets attention from women

Coast to coast shows, he's known as the Globetrotter
He's performing all over the world and is popular

Lonely roads, God only knows, he's grown farther from home, he's no father
He's lonely and far from home, and he doesn't have kids

He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
He's absent from his family and his daughter is a stranger to him

But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water
Be ready for a difficult moment

These hoes don't want him no mo', he's cold product
He's no longer desirable

They moved on to the next schmo who flows, he nose dove and sold nada
They found someone else and his career declined

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

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
He's serious about his music and won't tolerate disrespect

Tear this motherfuckin' roof off like two dogs caged
Take the audience's attention

I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
He's been through the worst of his career

But I kept rhymin' and stepped right in the next cypher
He persevered and kept going

Best believe somebody's payin' the Pied Piper
Those who doubted him will now pay attention

All the pain inside amplified by the
His pain is magnified

Fact that I can't get by with my nine to
He can't make ends meet with his day job

Five and I can't provide the right type of
He can't provide the right life for his family

Life for my family 'cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers
He's struggling to provide for his kids

And its no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer
His life is not a movie and there's no one to save him

This is my life and these times are so hard
He's speaking about himself and his situation

And it's getting even harder tryna feed and water my seed, plus
He's trying to take care of his family

Teeter totter, caught up between bein' a father and a prima donna
He's balancing family and his music career

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

For me to wanna stay in one spot, another day of monotony's
He's restless and doesn't want to stay in one place

Gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail I've got
He's moving slowly and feels stuck

To formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot
He needs to make a plan or he might end up in trouble

Success is my only motherfuckin' option, failure's not
He has to be successful, there's no other 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 can't live in poverty anymore

So here I go, is my shot
He's taking his chance

Feet, fail me not, this may be the only opportunity that I got
He's asking his feet to not fail him, because this may be his only chance

You can do anything you set your mind to, man
He's motivating himself and others to believe in their abilities