Eminem
Lose Yourself
8 Mile (2002)

Dm  C  B♭maj7  x 2  Gm  F  b♭ a Csus2/E  e b♭ A7...  (piano)

D5  B♭/D  D5  B♭/D  guit w/ (g)  x 4

- 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                            fin: B♭6  C  dorénavant
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                        (embarque)
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

             Dm
  You better lose yourself in the music
                      B♭                          C
  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 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
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 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-dom, da-dom, dah-dah-dah-dah

  Refrain

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this motherfuckin' 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 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 bein' 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

  Refrain

Dm  B♭  C  x n  w/ You can do anything you set your mind to, man

(fade out)