Lose Yourself

[Intro]
Listen, if you had a chance or an opportunity
To grab everything you ever wanted in an instant
Would you capture it or just let it slide? Yo

[Verse 1]
His palms are sweaty, his knees weak, his arms are heavy
There’s already vomit on her sweater, mom’s spaghetti
He’s nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps forgetting
What he wrote, the whole crowd going so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words don’t come out
He chokes, how? Everybody’s kidding now
Time’s up, time’s up, over—blaow!
Come back to reality, ope there is gravity, ope
Here comes Rabbit, he choked, he’s so mad but he won’t
Give it up easy, no he won’t get it, he knows
His whole back is on these ropes, whatever, he dope
He knows it but he’s broke, he’s so stagnant, he knows
When he returns to this mobile home, that’s when
Back to the lab again yo, that old rap shit it
Better capture this moment and hope it doesn’t pass, and

[Chorus]
You better get lost in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go!)
You only get one hit, don’t miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better get lost in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go!)
You only get one hit, don’t miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You’d do better…

[Verse 2]
His soul escapes through this gaping hole
This world is mine for the taking, make me king
As we move towards a new world order
A normal life is boring; but the superstar
Close to post-mortem, it’s only getting tougher
Poto gets hotter, he blows, it’s over
These hoes all on him, shows coast to coast
He is known as the Globetrotter, lonely roads
God only knows, he walked away from home, he’s not a father
He comes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose, because here goes the cold water
These hoes don’t want him no more, he a cold commodity
They moved on to the next flowing schmoe
He took a nose dive and sold nada, and therefore the soap opera
We tell, it unfolds, I imagine it’s old, partner
But the beat goes on: da-da-dom, da-dom, dah-dah, dah-dah

[Chorus]
You better get lost in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go!)
You only get one hit, don’t miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better get lost in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go!)
You only get one hit, don’t miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You’d do better…

[Verse 3]
No more games, I’ll change what you call rage
Tear that fuckin’ roof off like two dogs in a cage
I was playing at the beginning, the atmosphere changed everything
I was chewed up and spat out and booed off stage
But I kept the rhyme and entered the next digit
Better believe someone pays the Pied Piper
All the pain inside amplified by the
The fact that I can’t get by with my nine to-
Five and I can’t provide the right kind of life for my family
‘Cause man these fuckin’ food stamps don’t buy diapers
And there’s no movie, there’s no Mekhi Phifer, it’s my life
And these times are so hard, and it’s getting harder
I try to feed and water my seed, more seesaw
Caught between being a father and a prima donna
Baby mama drama, yell at her, too much for me to want
Stay in the same place, another day of monotony
Brought me to the point that I’m like a snail, I
To formulate a plot or end up in prison or shot
Success is my only fucking option – failure ain’t
Mom, I love you, but this trailer has
Go; I can’t grow old in Salem’s Lot
So here I go, this is my shot: feet, don’t miss me
This may be the only chance I’ve had

[Chorus]
You better get lost in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go!)
You only get one hit, don’t miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better get lost in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go!)
You only get one hit, don’t miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You’d do better…

[Outro]
You can do whatever you want, man