ayurvedium

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 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--
blow!

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 sad 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 collapse on him

you better lose yourself in
the music
the moment
you own it
you better never let it go, yo
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 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-mortem
it only grows harder
homie grows hotter
he blows us all over
these hoes is all on him
coast to coast shows
he's know 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
these hos don't want him no mo'
he's cold prada
they moved on to the next schmo who flows
ehose nose dove and sold nada
so the soap opera is
told and unfolds
i suppose it's old, partna'
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, yo
you only get one shot
do not miss your chance to blow
this opportunity comes
once in a lifetime
yo

no more games,
i'm-change what you call rage
tear this mothafuckin' roof off like
two 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
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 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 getting even harder
tryin to feed and water my seed, plus
teeter-totter caught up between
bein' a father and a pre-madonna
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
or end up in jail or shot
success is my only mothafuckin' 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
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, yo
you only get one shot
do not miss your chance to blow
this opportunity comes
once in a lifetime
go

you can do anything you set your mind to, man

---thanks, marshall