‘New World Order’ is a conspiracy theory, but Eminem is not suggesting he is part of any Illuminati group, but he is merely sparking controversy. But if he doesn’t give up, the whole world is up for grabs. Homie grows hotter, he blows it’s all overĮminem feels as if he is losing hope on this life. This world is mine for the taking, make me kingĪ normal life is boring but superstardom’sĬlose to post-mortem, it only grows harder The soul’s escaping through this hole that is gaping Dre, he made it count and got to recording with Dre. Sometimes you only get one chance at making it great, like the moment Eminem got to meet with Dr. You do something, you do it with passion and you own the moment. These empowering lyrics say that we have to seize every opportunity we are given to better ourselves and make it count. This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo-// You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow You better lose yourself in the music, the moment The hook of the song is probably one of the most famous ones out there. Eminem knows he has a gem with “Lose Yourself.” The hook of “Lose Yourself” “Rhapsody” means an epic piece of poetry. See how he cleverly contradicts himself here. But he has a ‘mobile’ home, because, well, they lived in a trailer. His life is so stagnant, not moving anywhere but down. They were broke, in debt and to add up to all of it, his mom was a drug addict. He better go capture this moment and hope it don’t pass himĮminem knows that he will succeed eventually, but eventually was not a time frame he had the freedom to tackle. When he goes back to this mobile home, that’s when it’sīack to the lab again, yo! This whole rhapsody He knows that, but he’s broke, he’s so stagnant, he knows ‘back to the ropes’ is a wrestling reference when a player is cornered into the ropes. He would come back and win it all, just not today. His whole back’s to these ropes, it don’t matter, he’s dopeī-Rabbit is Marshall’s name from his childhood-his mom used to call him ‘rabbit.’ B-Rabbit choked on his first rap battle and it was his dreams that he choked on. Give up that easy nope, he won’t have it, he knows Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked, he’s so mad but he won’t He lost the rap battle and he has to face the harsh realities of his life now. This one line changes pretty much the entire fantasy he has been building up. Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity
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You can watch Eminem choke in the video below from the movie ‘8 Mile’. He is choking on his own words and he can hear the crowd booing. So he is pretty nervous.ĭespite freestyling, Eminem can’t even remember the verses he practiced backstage. Hence, when Eminem takes the stage, he is basically the only white rapper out there. Back when these events were unfolding rapping was predominantly owned by African Americans. He is about to rap battle-a form of freestyle rapping performed in front of a roaring crowd and the winner is decided by the vote of the audience. The clock’s run out, time’s up, over – blaow!Įminem speaks about Jimmy Smith’s condition as he is about to go on stage. He’s choking, how? Everybody’s joking now He opens his mouth, but the words won’t come out What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting He’s nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready So Eminem combines word play along with some severe hidden meaning in these seemingly funny lyrics. They were poor and spaghetti was their choice food. He lived with his drug addict mom in a trailer park. It is a direct reflection on Eminem’s life growing up. Why “mom’s spaghetti” though? For one thing it works marvelously with the rhyming scheme he has going on with words like ‘sweaty’, ‘heavy’ and ‘already.’ But this choice of food serves a special purpose too. Jimmy-B-Rabbit-Smith is preparing backstage to face off in the rap battles and his emotions are explained in these lines. Here, Eminem is describing about Jimmy Smith Jr.-the character of Eminem when he was doing rap battle in underground Detroit. There’s vomit on his sweater already: Mom’s spaghetti His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy But are you brave enough to grab them, use them and make them your weapons? And we come to verse 1: You are given those rare sparks of opportunities once in a while. These few lines encapsulate the entire essence of the song. Would you capture it or just let it slip? To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity Now put those lines into the amazing lyrical skills of Eminem and you get the following verses. “Lose Yourself” is based on Eminem’s life from growing up as a troubled kid to fighting underground rap battles and making it out of the shackles that restricted him from greatness. Lyrics Review and Song Meaning of “Lose Yourself” by Eminem