Lose Yourself

Dm                                                  
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy  
              Bb                        C                 
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti  
             Dm                                                  
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready  
          Bb                  C                            
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting  
          Dm                                              
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud  
      Bb                            C                      
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out  
        Dm                                                
He's choking, how? Everybody's joking now  
             Bb                   C                        
The clock's run out, times up, over, blaoh!  

       Dm                                                 
Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity  
Bb                           C                         Dm         
Oh, there goes Rabbit. He choked, he's so mad but he won't  
                                             Bb                
Give up that easy, no, he won't have it he knows  
                            C                         Dm        
His whole back's to these ropes, it don't matter he's dope  
                                                    Bb           
He knows that but he's broke, he's so stagnant he knows  
                                 C                            
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's  
Dm                                                             
Back to the lab again, yo  
                       Bb                                      
This whole rhapsody better go capture this moment  
      C                                                       
And hope it don't pass him  
                                                             
                                                            

[Refrão]
 
            Dm                                                 
You better lose yourself in the music  
                     Bb                           C             
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go  
            Dm                                              
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow  
           Bb                         C                         
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo  
             Dm                                                
You better lose yourself in the music  
                    Bb                            C             
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go  
              Dm                                               
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow  
           Bb                         C                         
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime  


      Dm                                                  
His soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping  
              Bb                        C                 
This world is mine for the taking, make me king  
      Dm                                                  
As we move toward a new world order, a normal life is boring  
              Bb                        C                 
But superstardom's close to post mortem  
      Dm                                                  
It only grows harder, homie grows hotter  
              Bb                        C                 
He blows. It's all over, these hoes is all on him  
      Dm                                                  
Coast to coast shows, he's known as the Globetrotter lonely roads  
              Bb                        C                 
God only knows he's grown farther from home, he's no father  
      Dm                                                  
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter  
              Bb                        C                 
But hold your nose cuz here goes the cold water  
      Dm                                                  
These hoes don't want him no more, he's cold product  
              Bb                        C                 
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows  
      Dm                                                  
He nose dove and sold nada, so the soap opera is told it unfolds  
              Bb                        C                 
I suppose it's old partner, but the beat goes on  
      Dm                                                  
Da da dum, da dum da da da  


[Refrão]
 
            Dm                                                 
You better lose yourself in the music  
                     Bb                           C             
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go  
            Dm                                                 
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow  
                     Bb                           C             
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo  
            Dm                                                 
You better lose yourself in the music  
                     Bb                           C             
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go  
            Dm                                                 
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow  
                     Bb                           C             
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo  



      Dm                                                  
No more games, I'ma change what you call rage  
                     Bb                           C             
Tear this motherfucking roof off like two dogs caged  
      Dm                                                  
I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed  
                     Bb                           C             
I've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage  
      Dm                                                  
But I kept rhyming and stepped, writing the next cypher  
                     Bb                           C             
Best believe somebody's paying the pied piper  
      Dm                                                  
All the pain inside amplified by the fact  
                     Bb                           C             
That I can't get by with my 9 to 5  
      Dm                                                  
And I can't provide the right type of life for my family  
                     Bb                           C             
Cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers  
      Dm                                                  
And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life  
                     Bb                           C             
And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder  
      Dm                                                  
Trying to feed and water my seed, plus teeter-totter  
                     Bb                           C             
Caught up between being a father and a prima donna  
      Dm                                                  
Baby mama drama's screaming on and too much for me to wanna  
                     Bb                           C             
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony's  
      Dm                                                  
Gotten me to the point I'm like a snail  
                     Bb                           C             
I've got to formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot  
      Dm                                                  
Success is my only motherfucking option, failure's not  
                     Bb                           C             
Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go  
      Dm                                                  
I cannot grow old in 'Salem's lot, so here I go it's my shot  
                     Bb                           C             
Feet fail me not, this may be the only opportunity that I got  



[Refrão]
 
            Dm                                                 
You better lose yourself in the music  
                     Bb                           C             
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go  
            Dm                                                 
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow  
                     Bb                           C             
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo  
            Dm                                                 
You better lose yourself in the music  
                     Bb                           C             
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go  
            Dm                                                 
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow  
                     Bb                           C             
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo  
            Dm                                                 
You better