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 chokin' how

everybody's jokin' now

the clock's run out

time's 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 this mobile home

that's when it's

Back to the lab again, yo

this whole rhapsody

better go capture

this moment and

hope it don't pass him

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 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

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 boring

but superstardom's

close to post mortem

It only grows harder

only grows hotter

he blows it's all over

these hoes is all on him

Coast to coast shows

he's known 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

'cause here goes

the cold water

these hoes don't

want him no more

he's cold product

They moved on to the

next schmoe who flows

he 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

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 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

No more games

I'm-a change

what you call rage

tear this motherfu##in'

roof off like

two dogs caged

I was playin'

in the beginning

the mood all changed

I've been chewed up

and spit out

and booed off stage

But I kept rhyming

and stepped right

into the next cypher

best believe somebody's

paying the Pied Piper

All the pain inside

amplified by the

fact that I can't get by

with my nine to five

And I can't provide

the right type of

life for my family

'cause man

these god-damn 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 gettin' even harder

Try'na feed and

water my seed plus

teeter totter caught up

between bein' a father

and a prima donna

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

motherfu##in' 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 may be the only

opportunity that I got

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 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

You can do anything

you set your mind to, man