Look, if you had one shot or one opportunityTo seize everything you ever wanted in one momentWould you capture it, or just let it slip? Yo
[Verse 1]
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavyThere's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
Look, if you had one shot or one opportunityTo seize everything you ever wanted in one momentWould you capture it, or just let it slip? Yo
[Verse 1]
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavyThere's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and readyTo drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettingWhat 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 reality, ope there goes gravity, ope
There goes Rabbit, he choked, he's so mad but he won'tGive up that easy, no, he won't have it, he knowsHis whole back's to these ropes, it don't matter, he's dope
He knows that but he's broke, he's so stagnant, he knows
When he goes back to this mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo, this old rap shit, he
Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him, and
[Chorus]
You better lose yourself in the musicThe moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go!)You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better lose yourself in the musicThe moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go!)You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yoYou better…
[Verse 2]
His soul's escaping through this hole that is gaping
This world is mine for the taking, make me kingAs we move toward a New World Order
A normal life is boring; but superstardom'sClose to post-mortem, it only grows harder
Homie grows hotter, he blows, it's all over
These hoes is all on him, coast-to-coast showsHe's known as the Globetrotter, lonely roads
God only knows, he's grown farther from home, he's no fatherHe goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose, 'cause here goes the cold waterThese hoes don't want him no mo', he's cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flowsHe nose-dove and sold nada, and so the soap operaIs told, it unfolds, I suppose it's old, partner
But the beat goes on: da-da-dom, da-dom, dah-dah, dah-dah
[Chorus]
You better lose yourself in the musicThe moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go!)You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better lose yourself in the musicThe moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go!)You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yoYou better…
[Verse 3]
No more games, I'ma change what you call rageTear this motherfuckin' roof off like two dogs cagedI was playin' in the beginning, the mood all changed
I've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stageBut I kept rhymin' and stepped right in the next cypher
Best believe somebody's payin' the Pied Piper
All the pain inside amplified by theFact that I can't get by with my nine-to-
Five and I can't provide the right type of life for my family
Cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapersAnd there's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
And these times are so hard, and it's gettin' even harderTryna feed and water my seed, plus teeter-totterCaught 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 of monotony's
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 trailer's got
To go; I cannot grow old in Salem's Lot
So here I go, it's my shot: feet, fail me notThis may be the only opportunity that I got
[Chorus]
You better lose yourself in the musicThe moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go!)You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better lose yourself in the musicThe moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go!)You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yoYou better…
[Outro]
You can do anything you set your mind to, man