2020 Academy Awards Music

[ancianita]

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In the order of their appearance...

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 its
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

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this motherfuckin' 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 stepped right in 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 nine to

Five and I can't provide the right type of
Life for my family 'cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers
And its no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer

This is my life and these times are so hard
And it's getting even harder tryna feed and water my seed, plus
Teeter-totter, caught up between bein' a father and a prima-donna
Baby mama drama, screamin' on her, too much

For me to wanna stay in one spot, another day of monotony's
Gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail I've got
To formulate a plot fore I end up in jail or shot
Success is my only motherfuckin' 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, this may be the only opportunity that I got

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

You better
Lose Yourself

[hlthe2b]

1. Yes, but am I alone in thinking Billie Eilish' version of "Yesterday" during the In Memoriam segment

was absolutely cringe-inducing? Oh, my...

[ancianita]

4. No, you're not alone. She was cringingly the weakest point of an otherwise epic AA.

[LisaM]

7. No. She slowed that song down to a crawl.

I actually don't liike live performances for the In Memoriam sequences anyway. I like when they play brief clips from their work. I don't know why they made this stupid change.

[MuseRider]

12. Agree. n/t

[murielm99]

13. She was terrible.

I don't care for her singing as it is. And who dumped that bucket of paint on her head?

[llmart]

14. No, you're not alone.

Every time I see her I can't help but think that she's trying to outdo Lady Gaga's beginning years when she would dress outrageously. However, Lady Gaga has a beautiful voice. Billlie - not so much.

[Chipper Chat]

2. Eminem brought the house down.

But cynthia erivo,s song was the best.

[ancianita]

3. True on both counts. I was dancing to Em and singing to Cynthia.

[leftieNanner]

5. Was Eminem's music from a movie?

I didn't understand why it was on the show.

[Chipper Chat]

6. He won the oscar for best song in 2003

But didnt show up..

[LisaM]

8. They had done a tribute to iconic movie songs.

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I guess it was just a representative pick.

[ancianita]

10. It won an Oscar in 2002 for Best Original Song in 8 Mile, the first hip hop song in film.

Marshall Mathers showed up unexpectedly because he can.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lose_Yourself

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem

[ancianita]

11. The movie 8 Mile.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Mile_(film)

[LisaM]

9. Her performance was great.

I thought all the nominated songs were a little meh.

[keopeli]

15. Eminem was a thug, grabbing his ### the whole time, reading a vile poem. I thought it was hideous...

That won best song in 2002? It's not even a song! I know it's popular in some circles, but that's no reason to praise a vile, repulsive clump of scat.

I thought all the performances were sub-par. Elton was the best, but he's been doing it for 60 years...pass the torch already.

Worst Oscar show musically I've ever seen. All the incredible talent in our country and this is what the Academy chose to showcase.