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 slipyo his palms are sweaty knees weak arms are heavy theres vomit on his sweater already moms spaghetti hes 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 wont come out hes chokin how everybodys jokin now the clocks run out times up over blaow snap back to reality oh there goes gravity oh there goes rabbit he choked hes so mad but he wont give up that easy no he wont have it he knows his whole back citys ropes it dont matter hes dope he knows that but hes broke hes so stacked that he knows when he goes back to his mobile home thats when its back to the lab again yo this whole rhapsody he better go capture this moment and hope it dont pass himyou 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 you better    meaning  byamandah   editor    lose yourself follows the struggle of brabbit growing up in a detroitarea trailer parkplayed by em himselfin the 2002 american hip hop drama    see all   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 you betterthe souls escaping through this hole that its 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 stardoms close to post mortem it only grows harder only grows hotter he blows us all over these hoes is all on him coast to coast shows hes known as the globetrotter lonely roads god only knows hes grown farther from home hes no father he goes home and barely knows his own daughter but hold your nose cause here goes the cold water his hoes dont want him no mo hes 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 its old partna but the beat goes on da da dumb da dumb da dayou 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 you betteryou 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 you betterno more games im a change what you call rage tear this motherfuckin roof off like two 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 stepwritin the next cipher best believe somebodys payin the pied piper all the pain inside amplified by the fact that i cant get by with my nine to five and i cant provide the right type of life for my family cause man these god damn food stamps dont buy diapers and its no movie theres no mekhi phifer this is my life and these times are so hard and its getting even harder tryin to feed and water my seed plus see dishonor caught up between bein a father and a primadonna baby mama drama screamin on and too much for me to want to say in one spot another jam or not has gotten me to the point im like a snail ive got to formulate a plot fore i end up in jail or shot success is my only motherfuckin option failures not mom i love you but this trail has got to go i cannot grow old in salems lot so here i go is my shot feet fail me not cause maybe the only opportunity that i gotyou 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 you betteryou 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 you betteryou can do anything you set your mind to man