Lose Yourself-Jon Connor

[ti:Lose Yourself] [ar:Jon Connor] [al:The People's Rapper LP] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lose Yourself - Jon Connor [00:51.96]I earn my respect I wasn't born with a connect [00:54.67]I didn't have somebody leave me an inheritance check [00:57.51]I didn't have a rich uncle out here droppin' my name [01:00.34]I didn't have an easy way for me to get in the game [01:03.35]I had to create the hype through the sh*t that I write [01:05.93]'Cuz I wouldn't follow the trends so I could blow over night [01:08.83]It ain't about ya talent it's about how long will you fight [01:11.52]For what you believe in like it's a fight for your life [01:14.37]I worked jobs that I hated restaurants cleaning tables [01:16.99]Boss is an asshole co-workers is racist [01:19.82]Swallow pride 'til I was hollow inside I had to take it [01:23.08]All the while in the back of my mind I knew I would make it [01:26.01]Beat down and degraded f**ked up and frustrated [01:28.31]Yeah sometimes it'll hurt you learning the virtue of patience [01:31.10]For all the time I was waitin' writin' rhymes in my basement [01:33.89]The gratification of not quitting it feels so amazing [01:36.68]You better lose yourself in the music the moment [01:39.45]You own it you better never let it go [01:42.09]You only get one shot do not miss your chance to blow [01:45.18]This opportunity comes once in a lifetime [01:47.88]You better lose yourself in the music the moment [01:50.47]You own it you better never let it go [01:53.25]You only get one shot do not miss your chance to blow [01:56.43]This opportunity comes once in a lifetime [01:58.98]Would you play through the pain injured in the championship game [02:01.77]'Cuz all you can think about now is how far you done came [02:05.08]Didn't stop for the snow went hard in the rain [02:07.39]Weekdays and weekends was exactly the same [02:10.18]Look they say when money come that's when most people change [02:13.14]They say losing yourself is the price of the fame [02:16.03]But they got it wrong the glitz ain't the cause of the change [02:18.88]Consistent evolution with every sacrifice that was made [02:21.45]Constantly on the stage hardly ever got paid [02:24.18]Every time you gave your all and hardly ever got praised [02:27.18]But you just go your hardest like you hardly ever get phased [02:30.02]Studio no sleep same clothes for days [02:32.79]That's when you ask yourself how bad do you want it [02:35.84]When the man in the mirror is your only opponent [02:38.87]When you got the final say on if you blow or blow it [02:41.54]When everything that you worked for come down to one moment [02:44.29]You better lose yourself in the music the moment [02:46.85]You own it you better never let it go [02:49.32]You only get one shot do not miss your chance to blow [02:52.40]This opportunity comes once in a lifetime [02:55.04]You better lose yourself in the music the moment [02:57.66]You own it you better never let it go [03:00.56]You only get one shot do not miss your chance to blow [03:03.95]This opportunity comes once in a lifetime