Lose Yourself

Kanji	N/A
Romaji	"N/A
English	"Lose Yourself"
Original Artist	Eminem
Source	Original song
Original Video URL	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFYQQPAOz7Y

Medleys that use this song

• 2525/2013
• Love's Nico2013
• Nico Device
• Iroha-karuta (Tsunagikumi)
• Nico Nico Vacation
• Medley1764 (Twelfth Movement)
• Western Collection to Help Cheer Depressed People

Lyrics

Look, if you had one shot, or 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 forgetting what he wrote down,

The whole crowd goes so loud, he opens his mouth, but the words won't come out

He's choking how, everybody's joking 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

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 his mobile home, that's when it's back to the lab again, yo

This whole rhapsody

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 (You better)

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 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

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 partner 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 (You better)

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage

Tear this motherfucking roof off like two dogs caged

I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed

I've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage

But I kept rhyming and stepped right into the next cypher

Best believe somebody's paying 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

Cause man, these goddamn 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

Trying to feed and water my seed, plus

Teeter totter caught up between being a father and a prima donna

Baby mama drama's screaming on and

Too much for me to wanna

Stay in one spot, another day of monotony

Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail

I've got to formulate a plot or I end up in jail or shot

Success is my only motherfucking 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

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...

Notes & Trivia

• "Lose Yourself" is a song by the American rap artist Eminem, released as the first single from the soundtrack to his movie 8 Mile.
• Eminem says that Lose Yourself was written on set and even during breaks during the filming of 8 Mile. Taryn Manning (actor of Eminem's ex-girlfriend "Janeane" in the movie) said in an interview with MTV, that during the filming of the movie, at any downtime given, Eminem was writing lyrics to the song and that "you could just see him formulating stuff in his head."
• Released on October 28th, 2002, it was written and produced by Eminem himself, along with Jeff Bass, one half of the production duo Bass Brothers. The song was largely written during the filming of 8 Mile, as it is loosely written from the viewpoint of the character of Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith, Jr. -- portrayed by Eminem himself.
• The song was critically acclaimed, earning Eminem five Grammy nominations at the 2004 46th Grammy Awards and the Academy Award for "Best Original Song" in 2002, making it the first ever rap song to have received this much praise.
• In 2004, it was one of only three hip-hop songs from the 21st century to have been included on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time," and was also the highest ranking at number 166.

Relevance on Niconico

• The first popular video on Niconico that was about Eminem was by the name of "Eminem Will Tell You What's Up 'Bout Wagnaria 【WORKING'!!】," a mashup of "COOLISH WALK" (the opening theme to the anime "WORKING'!!") and "Without Me," another song by Eminem, which garnered over 375,000 views as of July 29th, 2014.

Later on, a series was made called the "Eminem Will Tell You What's Up Series" based on the rap battle scene from 8 Mile, which all started with a video called "Eminem Disrespectin' All The Utaites," which is the rap battle scene, but subtitled to make it look like Eminem is better than famous Utaites on Niconico, like 96neko, Soraru, Itou Kashitarou, Reol, and more.

Fortunately, the video hasn't been taken down for slandering these notable names, but has been taken to account as just a joke and fun times. Maybe in response to all the tweets and such about how people think their voices are better than the Utaite's voices.

Luckily, the Eminem Will Tell You What's Up Series, Lose Yourself, and Eminem respectively has still been going relevant as on February 16th, 2013, a video called "Eminem Will Tell You What's Up 'Bout Super Street Fighter IV," was uploaded and has garnered over 86,700 views. It was also the main representative for Lose Yourself being selected in the main set list for Asaoka Hieton's 2525/2013.

• In the case of Niconico medleys, ever since Asaoka Hieton put Lose Yourself in the set list of 2525/2013, the song has been coming up in recent medleys, and has been (as of now) one of the many songs to come into the forefront for International-centric sources on Niconico.

Other songs that share the situation with Lose Yourself are:

-- I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston

-- My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion (most iconically known as the theme from the movie "Titanic")

-- All I Want by The Offspring (most iconically known from the arcade game "Crazy Taxi")

-- Everybody (Backstreet's Back) by The Backstreet Boys

-- Everywhere You Look by Jesse Frederick (most iconically known as the opening theme from the TV show "Full House")

-- Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye

-- 4'33" by John Cage

and more!