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Lose Yourself Lyrics

Eminem Lose Yourself
[Intro]
Look, if you had, one shot, one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted
One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip? (Yo)

[Eminem]
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's chokin', how? Everybody's jokin' now
The clocks run out, times up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he wont give up that easy no
He wont have it , he knows his whole back's to these ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stacked that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when its
Back to the lab again yo
This whole rap shit
He better go capture this moment and hope it dont pass him

{Chorus 2x}
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go (oh)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo

[Eminem]
The soul's escaping, through this hole that its gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order
A normal life is borin', but superstardom's close to post mortem
It only grows harder, only grows hotter
He blows us all over these hoes is all on him
Coast to coast shows, hes know as the globetrotter
Lonely roads, God only knows
Hes grown farther from home, hes no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose cuz here goes the cold water
These hoes dont want him no mo, hes cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose dove and sold nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose its old partna, but the beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da

{Chorus 2x}

[Eminem]
No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this motherfuckin' roof off like 2 dogs caged
I was playin' in the beginning, the mood all changed
I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept rhyming in step, writing the next cypher
Best believe somebody's payin' the pied piper
All the pain inside amplified by the
Fact that I cant get by with my Nine to
Five and I can't provide the right type of
Life for my family, cuz man, these
Goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers
And it's no movie, theres no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder
Trying to feed and water my seed, plus
Teeter-totter caught up between bein a father and a prima donna
Baby mama drama screamin' on her
Too much for me to wanna
Stay in one spot, another day in my knot
Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail
I've got to formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot
Success is my only motherfuckin' option, failure's not
Mom, I love you, but this trail has got to go
I cannot grow old in Salems lot
So here I go it's my shot
Feet fail me not, this may be the only opportunity that I got

{Chorus 2x}

[Outro]
You can do anything you set your mind to man