Look, if you had, one shot, or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted - 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 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 clock's run out, time's up over, blow!
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's at these ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stag that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo
This old rhapsody
Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
[Hook:]
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/e/eminem/lose_yourself.html ]
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 super stardom's close to post mortem
It only grows harder, homie grows hotter
He blows us all over these hoes is all on him
Coast to coast shows, he's know as the globetrotter
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
His hoes don't want him no mo', he's cold product
They moved on to the next schmo who flows
He nose dove and sold nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose it's old partna', but the beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da
[Hook]
No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this mothafuckin roof off like two 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 rhymin' and stepwritin' 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 goddamn 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 being a father and a pre-madonna
Baby mama drama's screamin' on and
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 I 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, it's my shot.
Feet fail me not, this maybe the only opportunity that I got
The song was written by eminem during a break of the filming of 8 mile. He recorded it in a portable studio on the set, recording all three verses in one take. The sheet on which he wrote the song appears in 8 mile in a scene where his character is writing while riding the bus. This sheet was sold on ebay for $10,000.
The song's lyrics explicitly sum up the background info about eminem's character in 8 mile, b. Rabbit, with the first verse summing up much of the plot of the movie.
What is means is very easy to undestand!!! His rapping in the shoes of b. Rabbit, his character in the movie 8 miles. ( no that is not it )
It is talking about how he was a white trash that made it into the big time.!!!
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 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
What part is trying to say is that you can be anybody that can make it in to a sombody just don't gave up on your self
Lose Yourself lyrics
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by Unregistered on Jan 6th 2012 12:17 pm
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About taking a chance, that if you have one, you should take it.
by Unregistered on Jan 2nd 2012 4:47 am
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Ilove this song it's tottaly rocksin my ears i can fral the rap spirit of eminem
by Unregistered on Jan 2nd 2012 3:56 am
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This song is rocks i love it acn feal the spirit of eminem.
by Unregistered on Dec 31st 2011 12:53 pm
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It means it helps you for being confidence fill the power that you hold say that you never been told to do anything but yourself.
by Unregistered on Dec 29th 2011 7:46 pm
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Its encouraging. Showing u if u want to stand a chance in the music buisness u musty lose yourself in in music and let nothing else slip in our minds and u will perform amazing
by Unregistered on Dec 16th 2011 1:45 pm
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My meaning is that when you think of something to yourself that's the only thing you want to be there.
by Unregistered on Oct 9th 2011 5:09 pm
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What happened to snap back to reality ohhh there goes gravity
This song basically tell about eminem himself. He's such a strong spirit and cares so much for his children and will do whats best for them. In translation he is hoping or a once in a life time deal for his singing and rapping to provide for his family. This is his passion and he wants too do it for the rest of his life. He's worked so hard too get here and he wants too stay on top and have his family and everyone around him be supportive and happy for him.