Lose Yourself

[Em]His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms [D]are heavy
There's vomit[Am] on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti              [C]
H[Em]e's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready               [D]
To drop bombs[Am], but he keeps on forgetting          [C]
What he wrot[Em]e down, the whole crowd goes so loud                  [D]
H[Am]e opens his mouth, but the words won't come out             [C]
[Em]He's chokin' how, everybody's chokin' now             [D]
[Am]The clock's run out, times up, over, blaw!         [C]
[Em]Snap, back to reality, oh, there go[D]es gravity
[Am]Oh, there goes Rabbit he choked, he's so ma[C]d but he won't                                  [Em]
Give up that easy, no, he won't h[D]ave it he knows                          [Am]
His whole back's to these ropes, it don't matter[C] he's dope                                 [Em]
He knows that but he's broke, he so stagnant he[D] knows                                   [Am]
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's whe[C]n it's
[Em]Back to the lab again, yo             [C]
This whole rhapsody better go capture t[Am]his moment
And hope [C]it don't pass him (X3)

[C]Well this is the music
The mome[Am]nt, you own it, you better never let it go  [Em]                                  [D]
You only g[C]et one shot, do not miss your chance to blow       [Am]
This opport[Em]unity comes once in a lifetime, yo    X2   [D]

[Em]  [D]

[Em]His soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping [D]
[Am]This world is mine for the taking, make me kin[C]g
[Em]As we move toward a new world order[D], a normal life is boring     [Am]
[C]But superstardom's close to post mor[Em]tem
[D]It only grows harder, only grows hotter[Am]
[C]He blows it's all over, these h**s is all [Em]on him
[D]Coast to coast shows, he's known as the [Am]Globetrotter lonely roads                        [C]
God only knows he's[Em] grown farther from home, he's no father           [D]
He [Am]goes home and barely knows his own daughter[C]
[Em]But hold your nose cuz here goes the cold wate[D]r
[Am]These h**s don't want him no mo', he's cold pro[C]duct
[Em]They moved on to the next schmoe who flows             [D]
[Am]He nose dove and sold nada, so the soap opera [C]is told it unfolds                  [Em]
I suppose it's o[D]ld partna, but the beat goes on       [Am]
[C]Da da dum, da dum da da da da

[Em] [D]

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this mothaf****n' roof off like two dogs caged
I was playin' in the beginning, the mood all changed
I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept rhymin' and stepped, writin' the next cipher
Best believe somebody's payin' the pied piper
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
Cuz man, these *** 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 getting even harder
Tryin' to 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 end up in jail or shot
Success is my only mothaf****n' 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

Chords
[C]                        [x 3 2 0 1 0]
[Am]                       [x 0 2 2 1 0]
[D]                        [x x 0 3 2 3]
[Em]                       [0 2 2 0 0 0]