Eminem
Lose Yourself Lyrics

Look,
Listen up,

If you had one shot, or one opportunity
If you had one moment to achieve your dreams,

To seize everything you ever wanted, one moment
To grab onto all of your aspirations in one shot,

Would you capture it or just let it slip?
Would you take advantage of it or let it pass?

Yo
Hey,

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

There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's feeling sick with worry,

He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs,
He's trying to stay composed even though he's really stressed,

But he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down,
His stress is causing him to forget his prepared lines,

The whole crowd goes so loud
The audience is making a lot of noise,

He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He tries to speak but nothing comes out,

He's choking how, everybody's joking now
He is struggling and everyone is laughing at him now,

The clock's run out, time's up, over, bloah!
He ran out of time and his chance is over,

Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
He's coming back to reality and realizing he messed up,

Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
Everyone is disappointed that he couldn't perform,

He's so mad, but he won't give up that
He's angry but won't give up his dreams,

Easy, no
Just calm down,

He won't have it, he knows his whole back's to these ropes
He won't allow himself to be defeated,

It don't matter, he's dope
He knows he's talented,

He knows that but he's broke
But he's still financially struggling,

He's so stagnant, he knows
He's not making any progress,

When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
When he's alone and reflects,

Back to the lab again, yo
He'll go back to improving his craft,

This whole rhapsody
This whole story,

He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
He better seize the opportunity before it's gone,

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

You own it, you better never let it go
You own this moment, don't let it slip away,

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
You only have one opportunity, make the most of it,

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo
Opportunities like this are extremely rare,

(You better)
(You had better),

The soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping
He's letting his emotions out,

This world is mine for the taking
He believes he can conquer the world,

Make me king, as we move toward a new world order
He wants to be the leader of a new era,

A normal life is boring, but superstardom's close to post mortem
He doesn't want to live a normal life and believes he can achieve superstardom,

It only grows harder, homie grows hotter
It becomes more difficult as he becomes more famous,

He blows. It's all over. These hoes is all on him
He's at the peak of his success, and everyone wants to be with him,

Coast to coast shows, he's known as the globetrotter
He performs all over the world,

Lonely roads, God only knows
He feels lonely, and only God knows how he feels,

He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He's traveled far away and is not present as a father,

He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
He's become distant from his family,

But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water
Be prepared for what's to come,

His hoes don't want him no more, he's cold product
Women aren't interested in him anymore,

They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
They've moved on to someone else who has similar talent,

He nose dove and sold nada
He lost his popularity and made nothing,

So the soap opera is told and unfolds
His story is just a dramatic plot that unfolds,

I suppose it's old partner but the beat goes on
It's an old story, but life goes on,

Da da dum da dum da da
(Instrumental interlude)

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
He's done playing games and he's going to redefine what it means to be angry,

Tear this motherfucking roof off like two dogs caged
He's going to explode with his emotions,

I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed
At first, he was just playing around, but things became serious,

I've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
He's been humiliated and rejected by the audience,

But I kept rhyming and stepped right into the next cypher
But he kept going and moved onto the next performance,

Best believe somebody's paying the pied piper
Someone is going to pay for not appreciating him,

All the pain inside amplified by the fact
All the pain he's feeling is made worse by the truth,

That I can't get by with my 9 to 5
He can't survive on a regular job,

And I can't provide the right type of life for my family
He can't give his family the life they deserve,

Cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers
He's unable to provide basic needs for his family even with government aid,

And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
His struggles are real and not just a movie,

And these times are so hard, and it's getting even harder
His life is extremely difficult and seems to be getting worse,

Trying to feed and water my seed, plus
He's trying to take care of his child and

Teeter totter caught up between being a father and a prima donna
He's balancing trying to be a good father while also wanting to pursue his dreams and be a star

Baby mama drama's screaming on and
His child's mother is causing drama and yelling,

Too much for me to wanna
It's too overwhelming for him to deal with,

Stay in one spot, another day of monotony
He feels stuck in life,

Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail
He's so tired and defeated that he's moving slowly like a snail,

I've got to formulate a plot or I end up in jail or shot
He needs to make a plan or he'll end up in trouble or worse,

Success is my only motherfucking option, failure's not
He has to be successful, there's no other way,

Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go
He loves his mom but he can't stay in the trailer,

I cannot grow old in Salem's lot
He doesn't want to live in poverty his whole life,

So here I go it's my shot.
This is his chance to make things better,

Feet, fail me not, this may be the only opportunity that I got
He can't fail now, this is his only chance to succeed,

You can do anything you set your mind to, man.
You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself.