Lose Yourself

This morning I learned that my 58 year old Uncle, my Mom's little brother, had drunk himself to death. We knew this would eventually happen, but hearing that booze had claimed his life, I feel a lot of really heavy, hard things. 

I feel angry about alcoholism and the destruction it was wreaked on my family and so many others. I feel sad about the darkness that my Uncle lived with, that no one could take away for him, and that he didn't have the strength to fight -- only to numb. 

And I feel, more than ever, and this is where Eminem comes in, that we all have one shot on this Earth in this body, and we better never let it go...

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 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 clocks run out, times 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 stagnant, he knows, when he goes back to this mobile home, that's when it's

Back to the lab again, yo, this whole rhapsody

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