Look, if you had one shot one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted 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, bloah 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 Is he? No He won't have it he knows his whole back city's ropes It don't matter he's dope He knows that but he's broke He's so stacked that he knows When he goes back to his mobile home that's when it's Back to the lab again yo This whole rap shit 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 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 You only get one shot do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo The soul's escaping through this hole that it's gaping This world is mine for the taking make me king as we move toward a new world order A normal life is borin but superstardom's close to post mortar It only grows harder only grows hotter He blows us 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 cuz here goes the cold water His 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 potna but the beat goes on Da da dum da dum da da 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 yo 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 yo No more games I'ma change what you call rage Tear this motha fuckin roof off like 2 dogs caged I was playin in the beginnin the mood all changed I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage But I kept rhymin and step writin 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 9 to 5 And I can't provide the right type of life for my family Cuz man these goddam 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 See dishonor 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 jam or not Has gotten me to the point I'm like a snail I've got to formulate a plot fore I end up in jail or shot Success is my only motha fuckin option failure's not Mom I love you but this trail has got to go I cannot grow old in Salem's lot So here I gois my shot Feet fail me not cuz maybe 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 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 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