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 forgettin' 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, blaow Snap back to reality, ope, there goes gravity, ope 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 old rhapsody Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him and (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, yo (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, yo You better His soul's escapin' through this hole that is gapin' This world is mine for the takin', make me king As we move toward a new world order A normal life is borin', but superstardom's Close to postmortem, it only grows harder Homie 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, and so the soap opera Is told, it unfolds, I suppose it's old, partner But the beat goes on Da-da-dom, da-dom, dah-dah, dah-dah (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, yo (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, yo You better No more games, I'ma 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've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage But I kept rhymin' and stepped right in the next cypher Best believe somebody's payin' 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 goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers And there's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life And these times are so hard and it's gettin' even harder Tryna feed and water my seed, plus teeter-totter Caught up between being a father and a prima donna Baby mama drama, screamin' on her, 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 end up in jail or shot Success is my only motherfuckin' 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 (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, yo (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, yo You better (You can do anything you set your mind to, man)
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 forgettin' 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, blaow Snap back to reality, ope, there goes gravity, ope 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 old rhapsody Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him and (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, yo (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, yo You better His soul's escapin' through this hole that is gapin' This world is mine for the takin', make me king As we move toward a new world order A normal life is borin', but superstardom's Close to postmortem, it only grows harder Homie 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, and so the soap opera Is told, it unfolds, I suppose it's old, partner But the beat goes on Da-da-dom, da-dom, dah-dah, dah-dah (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, yo (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, yo You better No more games, I'ma 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've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage But I kept rhymin' and stepped right in the next cypher Best believe somebody's payin' 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 goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers And there's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life And these times are so hard and it's gettin' even harder Tryna feed and water my seed, plus teeter-totter Caught up between being a father and a prima donna Baby mama drama, screamin' on her, 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 end up in jail or shot Success is my only motherfuckin' 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 (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, yo (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, yo You better (You can do anything you set your mind to, man)
Eminem escreveu “Lose Yourself” diretamente no set de 8 Mile, usando um estúdio portátil e gravando cada verso em apenas uma tomada durante as pausas das filmagens.
Segundo o engenheiro de estúdio Steven King, a folha onde a letra foi escrita aparece na cena em que B‑Rabbit compõe a música enquanto está no ônibus.
A canção foi a primeira música rap a ganhar o Oscar de Melhor Canção Original, vencendo até mesmo a faixa de U2 “The Hands That Built America”.
Com 23 semanas no topo das paradas, “Lose Yourself” entrou no Guinness Book como o single rap com o maior número de semanas consecutivas em #1.
O videoclipe, dirigido por Eminem, Paul Rosenberg e Phillip G. Atwell, foi filmado em Detroit e ganhou o prêmio de Melhor Vídeo de um Filme no MTV Video Music Awards de 2003.
Além de seu sucesso nas paradas, a música chegou a ser usada na campanha presidencial de Joe Biden em 2020 e foi interpretada por Barack Obama em um comício de 2024 em Detroit.
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