Lose Yourself
Sharks in your Mouth Lyrics

Look
Pay attention

If you had
If you were given

One shot
One chance

Or one opportunity
Or one occasion

To seize everything you ever wanted
To grab all that you've desired

In one moment
In an instant

Would you capture
Would you take hold of

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

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 so nervous he's even throwing up his food

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

To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin'
To perform well, but he's forgetting his lines

What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
The audience cheers loudly

He's chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now
He's choking and people are making fun of him

The clocks run out, times up, over, blaow!
The time has run out for him to perform

Snap back to reality, oh there goes gravity
He's coming back to the present moment

Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He failed to deliver his performance

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

He won't have it, he knows his whole back city's ropes
He's familiar with his hometown's ways and customs

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

He's so stacked that he knows,
He knows he's good

When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when its
When he returns to his trailer

Back to the lab again yo, this whole rhapsody
Back to making music

He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
He should take advantage of this opportunity before it passes him by

The souls escaping, through this hole that its gaping
He's releasing his deepest emotions through his music

This world is mine for the taking
He feels he can conquer the world

Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order
Give me power as we progress to a new era

A normal life is borin', but super stardom's close to post mortem
Being ordinary is dull, but being a celebrity can be short-lived

It only grows harder, only grows hotter
The competition and pressure increase

He blows us all over these hoes is all on him
He's successful with women

Coast to coast shows, he's known as the globetrotter
He's famous worldwide

Lonely roads, God only knows,
He's traveled alone in difficult circumstances

He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He's distanced himself from his family and has no kids

He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
He rarely sees his child and has a distant relationship with her

His hoes don't want him no mo, he's cold product
His lovers don't want him anymore and he's considered old news

They moved on to the next schmo who flows, he nose dove and sold nada
They found another artist who's more popular, and he failed to sell any records

So the soap opera is told and unfolds,
His life story has become a soap opera

I suppose it's old partna, but the beat goes on
It's nothing new, but life continues

No more games, I'm a change what you call rage
He's done playing around, he's ready to make a statement

Tear this motherfuckin' roof off like two dogs caged
He's going to give the performance of a lifetime

I was playin' in the beginnin', the mood all changed
He was joking around before, now he's serious

I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
He's faced criticism and rejection in the past

But I kept rhymin' and stepwritin' the next cipher
He kept practicing his craft and perfecting his skills

Best believe somebody's payin' the pied piper
People are taking notice of his talent

All the pain inside amplified by the
His emotional pain is growing stronger due to

Fact that I can't get by with my nine to
The fact that his day job isn't enough to support him

Five and I can't provide the right type of
He can't give his family the life they deserve

Life for my family 'cause man,
Because he's struggling financially

These God damn food stamps don't buy
Food stamps aren't enough to meet his family's needs

Diapers And its no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer
This is real life, not a movie

This is my life and these times are so hard
He's struggling and these are challenging times for him

And it's getting even harder tryin' to feed and water my seed, plus
It's becoming increasingly difficult to provide for his child

See dishonor caught up between bein' a father and a prima-donna
He's torn between being a good dad and being a famous musician

Baby mama drama screamin' on and too much
He's dealing with conflicts with his child's mother

For me to want to say in one spot, another jam or not
He doesn't want to stay in one place, he needs to keep working

Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail I've got
He's moving slowly due to his struggles

To formulate a plot fore I end up in jail or shot
He needs to come up with a plan before he ends up in trouble

Success is my only motherfuckin' option, failures not
He has no other choice but to succeed

Mom, I love you, but this trail has got to go,
He loves his mother, but he needs to pursue his dreams

I cannot grow old in Salem's lot So here I go is my shot
He can't stay in his hometown, so he's taking his chance now

Feet fail me not 'cause maybe the only opportunity that I got
He can't afford to mess up because this could be his only chance

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You need to immerse yourself in the music and the present moment

You own it, you better never let it go
If you have an opportunity, you need to grab it and never let it go

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime you better
This chance only comes around once, so you need to take it