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 [bad word] out 
He's chokin, how? Everybody's jokin now 
The [bad word] out, time's up, over - BLAOW! 
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 sad that he knows 
when he goes back to this mobile home, that's when it's 
back to the lab again, yo, this whole rap sheet 
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 
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow 
This [bad word] 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 [bad word] once in a lifetime 

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 
normal life is boring; but superstardom's 
close to post-mortem, 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 
Hoes don't want him no mo', 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-dum da-dum da-dah 

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 [bad word] 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 [bad word] once in a lifetime 

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage 
Tear this 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 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 God [bad word] 
food stamps don't buy diapers, and there is no movie 
There's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life 
And these times are so hard, and it's gettin even harder 
Tryin to feed and water my seed plus, teeter-totter 
Caught up between bein a father and a primadonna 
Baby momma drama screamin on her too much for me to wanna 

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 
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow 
This [bad word] 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 [bad word] on