Lose Yourself
Eminem feat. Fabolous Lyrics

Look
Pay attention

If you had
If you were given

One shot
One chance

Or one opportunity
Only one time to succeed

To seize everything you ever wanted
To achieve all your desires

In one moment
At a single instance

Would you capture it
Will you take it

Or just let it slip?
Or let it go?

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
He is anxious and nervous

There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He is so nervous that he has vomited on his sweater

He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
Although anxious, he appears composed to others

To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin'
To perform well, but he is having memory lapses

What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He forgets lyrics, and the crowd is disappointed

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

He's chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now
He is struggling to sing/music, and the audience is laughing

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

Snap back to reality, ope there goes gravity
He comes back to the present, and things are not going well

Ope, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He is performing poorly

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

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

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

He's so stagnant, he knows, when he goes back to this mobile home, that's when it's
He knows that when he goes back to his home, he is stuck in a bad situation

Back to the lab again, yo, this whole rhapsody
He returns to the studio to work on his music

Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
He needs to take this chance and hope he doesn't lose it

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You should focus on the music and the opportunity at hand

You own it, you better never let it go
You should take ownership of the chance and not let it slip away

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
You only get one opportunity to succeed, so take it

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime
This chance is rare and may never happen again

His soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping
He is losing himself and his dreams

This world is mine for the taking
He believes he can achieve anything he wants

Make me king, as we move toward a New World Order
He desires power and wants to be a leader

A normal life is borin', but super stardom's close to post mortem
He finds normal life dull, but fame may result in early death

It only grows harder, only grows hotter
Things are getting more challenging as he becomes more popular

He blows, it's all over, these hoes is all on him
He has blown up and women are interested in him

Coast to coast shows, he's known as the Globetrotter
He travels around, performing and gaining fame across the globe

Lonely roads, God only knows, he's grown farther from home, he's no father
He is away from home, and he has no family life

He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
He is so focused on his career that he has little time for his family

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

These hoes don't want him no mo', he's cold product
The women who liked him before are no longer interested

They moved on to the next schmo who flows, he nose dove and sold nada
The women have found someone else, and he has fallen back into poverty

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, and it is now unfolding (as expected). But his music continues to play

Da-da-dum, da-dum, da-da
Musical transition

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
He is no longer playing around. He is serious about his music career

Tear this motherfuckin' roof off like two dogs caged
He is going to make a big impact with his music

I was playin' in the beginnin', the mood all changed
He started off small, but things have changed

I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
He has been rejected, criticized and humiliated and kicked out of performances

But I kept rhymin' and stepped right in the next cypher
He persisted and continued rapping

Best believe somebody's payin' the Pied Piper
People are starting to take notice of his unique style

All the pain inside amplified by the
He feels a great deal of emotions; and they are made worse by the

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

Five and I can't provide the right type of
He can't provide for his family the way he wants

Life for my family 'cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers
He is struggling to make ends meet, and food stamps are not enough even to buy diapers

And its no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer
This is real life, there is no one to save him

This is my life and these times are so hard
He is going through tough times

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

Teeter totter, caught up between bein' a father and a prima donna
He is stuck between wanting to be a good father and wanting to pursue his music career at all costs

Baby mama drama, screamin' on her, too much
He is having problems with his baby mama, and it's too much for him

For me to wanna stay in one spot, another day of monotony's
He is too restless to continue his daily routine, and monotony is taking its toll

Gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail I've got
He is moving too slowly, and it is defeating him

To formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot
He needs to come up with a plan; or he may end up in jail or dead

Success is my only motherfuckin' option, failure's not
His only choice is to succeed, he can't afford to fail

Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go, I cannot grow old in Salem's Lot
He wants to leave his trailer home and move forward in life

So here I go, is my shot
This is his moment, and he needs to take it

Feet, fail me not, this may be the only opportunity that I got
He needs to be at his best, and he can't afford to fail

You can do anything you set your mind to, man
Anyone can achieve anything if they believe in themselves