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 forgetting
what he wrote down
the whole crowd goes so loud
he opens his mouth
but the words won't come out
he's choking how
everybody's joking now
the clock's run out
times up over , blah !

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 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 his mobile home
that's when it's back to the lab again
yo , this whole rhapsody
he better go capture this moment
and hope it don't pass him

You better lose yourself in the music
the moment , you own it
you better never let it go  go
you only get one shot 
do not miss your chance to blow
this opportunity comes once 
in a lifetime
(you better)
Lose yourself in the music 
the moment , you own it
you better never let it go go 
you only get one shot 
do not miss your chance to blow
this opportunity comes once in a lifetime
( you better)

the soul's escaping
trough 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 boring 
but superstardom's 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
he's know as the globetrotter
lonely roads , god only knows
he's grown father from home , he's no father
he goes home
and barely knows his own daughter
but hold your nose 'cause
here goes the cold water
his hoes don't want him no more
he's cold product
they moved on to the next schmoe who flows
his nose dove and sold nada
so the soap opera is told and unfolds
i suppose it's old partner
but the beat goes on
da da dum da dum da da

you better lose yourself in the music
the moment , you own it
you better never let it go go 
you only get one shot
do not miss your chance to blow
this opportunity comes once in a lifetime
(you better)
Lose yourself in the music
the moment , you own it 
you better never let it go go
you only get one shot
do not miss your chance to blow
this opportunity comes once in a lifetime
( you better )

No more games
i'ma chance what you call rage
tear this motherfucking roof off like two dogs caged
i was playing in the beginning
the mood all changed
i've been chewed up and spit out
and booed off stage
but i kept ryming and stepped right into the next cypher
best believe somebody's paying the pied paper
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 , cause 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
trying to feed and water my seed,plus
teeter totter caught up between
being a father and a prima donna
baby mama drama's screaming 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 and up in jail or shot
success is my only motherfucking option ,
 failure's not
Mom i love you , but this trailer's got to go
i can not grow old in salem's lot
so here i go , it's my shot
feet fail me not
this may be the only oppertunity that i got

you better lose yourself in the music
the moment , you own it 
you better never let it go go 
you only get one shot 
do not miss your chance to blow
this opportunity comes once in a lifetime 
(you better)
lose yourself in the music
the moment , you own it
you better never let it go go 
you only get one shot
do not miss your chance to blow
this opportunity comes once in a lifetime 
(you better)

you can do anything
you set your mind to man