Look, if you had one shot, 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 hos sweater already, mom's spaghetti
he's nervous, but on the serface 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 everbody'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 won't give up that is he? no
he won't have it, he knows his whole back citys ropes
it don't matter, he's dope
he knows that, but he's broke
he's so stoked 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
(HOOK)
you better lose yourelf 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 only comes once in a lifetime yo
the 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 borin'
but superstardom's close to post mortar
it only grows harder, only grows hotter
he bloes 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 mo, he's cold product
they've 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
(HOOK)
no more games, cause i'ma change what you call rage
tear this mothafuckin roof of like 2 dogs caged
i was playin in the beginnin, the mood all changed
i been chewed up spit out and booed off stage
but i kept ryhmin and stepwritin 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 foodstamps don't buy diapers
and it's no mivie, there's no mekhi phifer, this is my life
and these times are so hard, and it's gettin even harder tryin to water my seed, plus
casee 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, im like a snail
i've got to formulate a plot before i end up in jail or shot
success is my only mothafuckin 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 go is my shot
feet fail me not cuz this may be the only opportunity that i got
(HOOK)
you can do anything you set your mind to, man
