Jin+Kwon+-+Lose+Yourself+by+Eminem

Lose Yourself - Eminem
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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?

Yeah, 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 that 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

x2 (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)

This soul's escaping, through this hole that it's 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, homey 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 cause here goes the cold water His 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 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 x2 (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)

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 been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage But I kept rhyming and stepwritin 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 nine to Five and I can't provide the right type of life for my family Cause man, these goddam 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 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 is my shot. Feet fail me not cause maybe the only opportunity that I got

x2 (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 can do anything you set your mind to, man

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Explanation/Details
It's a strange choice of music for this particular assignment. At least, that's what everyone thinks. This song perfectly deals with the principles of transcendentalism. The first one that this song deals with is confidence. The lyrics suggest that the main 'character' in this song is struggling to believe in himself and feel comfortable making his own decisions. In the case of Eminem, he is struggling to find confidence in his wrapping. This is exemplified with the following lyrics:

'Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked He's so mad, but he won't give up that Easy, no...'

In the lyrics above, he forgets the words that he was going to say in his wrap and chokes up. However, this does not bring down his confidence and he continues to strive for confidence so that in his next wrap-battle, he can succeed.

The next principle that this song deals with is the principle of self-reliance. It is quite similar to the idea of confidence, however it is also evident in this song. Eminem must find self-reliance in order to succeed in what he wants to do, which is to win his wrap-battles. There is nobody to help him with his wraps and he struggles to find self-belief; the belief of proving all his doubters wrong by beating even the most feared wrappers. This is self-reliance and he eventually finds it: "You can do anything you set your mind to, man." In the end, Eminem finds self-reliance and realizes that if you believe in yourself, you can succeed.