Lose yourself, by Eminem

23.4.2023 14.18

LookIf you had one shot, or one opportunityTo seize everything you ever wantedOne momentWould you capture it or just let it slip?Yo

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavyThere's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghettiHe's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombsBut he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loudHe opens his mouth, but the words won't come outHe's choking how, everybody's joking nowThe clock's run out, time's up, over, blaow!

Snap back to realityOh, there goes gravityOh, there goes Rabbit, he chokedHe's so mad, but he won't give up that easy, noHe won't have it, he knows his whole back's to these ropesIt don't matter, he's dopeHe knows that but he's brokeHe's so stagnant, he knows when he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it'sBack to the lab again, yoThis whole rhapsodyHe better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime

You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetimeYou better

The soul's escaping, through this hole that is gapingThis world is mine for the takingMake me king, as we move toward a new world orderA normal life is boring, but superstardom's close to post mortemIt only grows harder, homie grows hotterHe blows, it's all overThese hoes is all on himCoast to coast shows, he's known as the globetrotterLonely roads, God only knows

He's knows is grown farther from home, he's no fatherHe goes home and barely knows his own daughterBut hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold waterHis hoes don't want him no more, he's cold productThey moved on to the next schmoe who flowsHe nose dove and sold nadaSo the soap opera is told and unfoldsI suppose it's old partner but the beat goes onDa da dum, da dum da da

You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime

You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetimeYou better

No more games, I'ma change what you call rageTear this motherfucking roof off like two dogs cagedI was playing in the beginning, the mood all changedI've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stageBut I kept rhyming and stepped right into the next cypherBest believe somebody's paying the pied piperAll the pain inside amplified by the factThat I can't get by with my 9-to-5

And I can't provide the right type of life for my family'Cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapersAnd it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my lifeAnd these times are so hard, and it's getting even harderTrying to feed and water my seed, plusTeeter totter caught up between being a father and a prima donnaBaby mama drama's screaming on and

Too much for me to wanna stay in one spot, another day of monotonyHas gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail I've got to formulate a plot or I end up in jail or shotSuccess is my only motherfucking option, failure's notMom, I love you, but this trailer's got to goI cannot grow old in Salem's lotSo here I go it's my shotFeet, fail me not, this may be the only opportunity that I gotYou better

Lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime

You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetimeYou better

You can do anything you set your mind to, man

I chose this song because it’s very powerful and motivational and it gives you power and strength to keep going. The song tells you to take the rare opportunities that life gives you even if it’s scary: ” You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow this opportunity comes once in a lifetime.”

The song is about Eminem’s transition from difficult past and living in a trailer to becoming a rap superstar.