8 Mile - Lose Yourself Lyrics

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Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity 
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment 
Would you capture it or just let it slip? 

Yo, 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 forgettin 
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 clock's run out, time's up over, plow! 
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity 
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked 
He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy 
No he won't have it , he knows his whole back city's ropes 
It don't matter, he's dope 
He knows that, but he's broke 
He's so sad that he knows 
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's 
Back to the lab again yo 
This whole rap city 
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him 

::cHoUrS:: (x2) 
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 

The soul's escaping, through this hole that is 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 it's all over these hoes is all on him 
Coast to coast shows, he's know as the globe-trotter 
Lonely roads, God only knows 
He's grown farther from home, he's no father 
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter 
But hold your nose cuz here goes the cold water 
these hoes don't want him no mo, he's cold product 
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows 
He nose dove and sold nada 
So the soap opera is told it unfolds 
I suppose it's old potna, but the beat goes on 
Da da dum da dum da da dum 

::ChOuRs:: (x2) 
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 

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage 
Tear this mothafuckin roof off like 2 dogs caged 
I was playin in the beginnin, the mood all changed 
I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage 
But I kept rhymin and stepped, writin the next cypher 
Best believe somebody's payin the pied piper 
All the pain inside amplified by the fact 
That I can't get by with my 9 to 5 
And I can't provide the right type of life for my family 
Cuz man, these God damn food stamps don't buy diapers 
And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life 
And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder 
Tryin to feed and water my seed, plus teeter-totter 
Caught up between bein a father and a prima donna 
Baby mama drama's screamin on and 
Too much for me to wanna 
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony 
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 mothafuckin 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 here's my shot. 
Feet fail me not this may be the only opportunity that I got 

::cHoUrS:: (x2) 
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 

You can do anything you set your mind to, man

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lyrics submitted by Chris
lyrics corrected on 15-06-2006