Lose Yourself Look if you hadone shotor one opportunityTo seize everythingyou ever wantedOne momentWould you capture itOr just let it slipYoHis palms are sweatyknees weakarms are heavyThere's vomit onhis sweater alreadymom's spaghettiHe's nervousbut on the surfacehe looks calm and readyTo drop bombsbut he keepson forgettingWhat he wrote downthe whole crowdgoes so loudHe opens his mouthbut the wordswon't come outHe's chokin howEverybody's jokin nowThe clock'srun out Time's upOver plowSnap back to realityOh there goes gravityOh there goes Rabbithe chokedHe's so madbut he won'tgive up that easy noHe won't have ithe knows his wholeback's to these ropesIt don't matterhe's dopeHe knows thatbut he's proHe's so stackedthat he knowsWhen he goes backto his mobile homethat's when it'sBack to thelab again yoThis whole rhapsodyBetter go capturethis moment and hopeit don't pass himYou betterlose yourselfin the music the momentYou own ityou better neverlet it goYou only get one shotdo not missyour chance to blowThis opportunity comesonce in a lifetimeYou betterlose yourselfin the music the momentYou own ityou better neverlet it goYou only get one shotdo not missyour chance to blowThis opportunity comesonce in a lifetimeThe soul's escapingthrough this holethat is gapingThis world is minefor the takingMake me Kingas we move toward aNew world orderA normal life is borinthe superstardom'sclose to post mortemIt only grows harderhomie grows hotterHe blows us all overThese hoes isall on himCoast to coast showshe's knownas the globetrotterLonely roadsGod only knowsHe's grown fartherfrom homehe's no fatherHe goes homeand barely knowshis own daughterBut hold your nose'cause here goesthe cold waterHis hoes don'twant him no morehe's cold productThey moved ontothe next schmoewho flowsHe nose doveand sold nadaSo the soap operateis told and unfoldsI supposeit's old partnerbut the beat goes onDa da dumda dumda da da dumlose yourselfin the music the momentYou own ityou better neverlet it goYou only get one shotdo not missyour chance to blowThis opportunity comesonce in a lifetimeYou betterlose yourselfin the music the momentYou own ityou better neverlet it goYou only get one shotdo not missyour chance to blowThis opportunity comesonce in a lifetimeNo more gamesI'm changewhat you call rageTear this muthafuckin'roof off liketwo dogs cagedI was playinin the beginninthe mood all changedI been chewed upand spit outand booed off stageBut I kept rhyminand stepped writinthe next cypherBest believe somebody'spayin the Pied PiperAll the pain insideamplified by the factthat I can't getby with my 9 to 5And I can't providethe right type oflife for my family'Cause man thesegoddamn food stampsdon't buy diapersAnd it's no moviethere's no Mekhi PhiferThis is my lifeAnd these times areso hard andit's gettingeven harderTryin to feedand water my seed plusTeeter totter caught upbetween bein a fatherand a primadonnaBaby Mama drama'sscreamin on andToo much for meto wannaStay in one spotanother day ofmonotony's gotten meTo the pointI'm like a snailI've got to formulatea plot or end upin jail or shotSuccess is my onlymuthafuckin' optionfailure's notMom I love youbut this trailer'sgot to goI cannot grow oldin Salem's lotSo here I goit's my shotFeet fail me notThis may be the onlyopportunity that I gotYou betterlose yourselfin the music the momentYou own ityou better neverlet it goYou only get one shotdo not missyour chance to blowThis opportunity comesonce in a lifetimeYou betterlose yourselfin the music the momentYou own ityou better neverlet it goYou only get one shotdo not missyour chance to blowThis opportunity comesonce in a lifetimeYou better