Look, if you had, one shot, or one opportunityTo seize everything you ever wanted-One momentWould you capture it, or just let it slip?Yo, His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavyThere's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghettiHe's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and readyTo drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettingWhat he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loudHe opens his mouth, but the words won't come outHe's chokin, how everybody's jokin nowThe clock's run out, time's up, over bloahSnap back to reality, Oh there goes gravityOh, there goes rabbit, he chokedHe's so mad, but he won't give up thatNo, he won't have it , he knows his whole back city ropesIt don't matter, he's dopeHe knows that, but he's brokeHe's so stacked that he knowsWhen he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it'sBack to the lab again yoThis whole rap s**tBetter go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him[Chorus:]You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo,You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime you better,His soul's escaping, through this hole that is gapingThis world is mine for the takingMake me king, as we move toward a, new world orderA normal life is borin, but superstardom's close to post mortomIt only grows harder, only grows hotterHe blows us all over these hoes is all on himCoast to coast shows, he's know as the globetrotterLonely roads, God only knowsHe's grown farther from home, he's no fatherHe goes home and barely knows his own daughterBut hold your nose cause here goes the cold waterThese ho's don't want him no mo, he's cold productThey moved on to the next schmoe who flowsHe nose dove and sold nadaSo the soap opera is told and unfoldsI suppose it’s old partner, but the beat goes onDa da dum da dum da da[Chorus:]You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it go-oYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime yoYou better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo, you betterNo more games, I'ma change what you call rageTear this m*********n roof off like 2 dogs cagedI was playin in the beginnin, the mood all changedI been chewed up and spit out and booed off stageBut I kept rhymin and stepwritin the next cypherBest believe somebody's payin the pied piperAll the pain inside amplified by the factThat I can't get by with my 9 to 5And I can't provide the right type of life for my familyCause man, these g****m food stamps don't buy diapersAnd it's no movie, there's no Makai Pheiffer, this is my lifeAnd these times are so hard and it's getting even harderTryin to feed and water my seed, plusTeeter-totter caught up between bein a father and a pre-madonnaBaby mama drama's screamin on andToo much for me to wannaStay in one spot, another day of monotonyHas gotten me to the point, I'm like a snailI've got to formulate a plot or I end up in jail or shotSuccess is my only m*********n option, failure's notMom, I love you, but this trailer's got to goI cannot grow old in Salem's lotSo here I go is my shot.Feet fail me not this may be the only opportunity that I got[Chorus:]You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime yoYou better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime you better,You can do anything you set your mind to, man