[00:02.57]Sing For The Moment
[00:04.57]Eminem
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[00:23.57]These ideas are nightmares for white parents
[00:26.29]Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings
[00:30.44]Like whatever they say has no bearing
[00:32.38]It's so scary in a house that allows no swearing
[00:35.13]To see him walkin' around wit his headphones blaring
[00:38.06]Alone in his own zone, cold and he don't care
[00:40.61]He's a problem child, what bothers him all comes out
[00:43.37]When he talks about his fuckin' dad walkin' out
[00:45.81]'Cuz he hates him so bad that he blocks him out
[00:49.41]But if he ever saw him again, he'd prolly knock him out
[00:52.73]His thoughts are whacked, he's mad so he's talkin' back
[00:55.88]Talkin' black, brainwashed from rock and rap
[00:58.56]He sags his pants, dew-rags and a stockin' cap
[01:02.23]His stepfather hit him so he socked him back
[01:04.90]And broke his nose, this house is a broken home
[01:07.35]There's no control, he just lets his emotions go-
[01:10.27]C`mon! Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing It!)
[01:13.81]Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (C`mon!)
[01:16.82]Sing it with me, just for today
[01:19.28]Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
[01:28.10]Entertainment is changin', intertwinin' with gangstas
[01:30.99]In the land of the killers, a sinner's mind is a sanctum
[01:33.93]Only ya unholy, only have one homey
[01:36.70]Only this gun, lonely, 'cuz don't anyone know me
[01:39.68]But everybody just feels like they can relate
[01:42.18]I guess words are a motherfucka, they can be great
[01:45.36]Or they can degrade, or even worse, they can teach hate
[01:48.38]It's like kids hang on every single statement we make
[01:51.30]Like they worship us, plus all the stores ship us platinum
[01:54.72]Now how the fuck did this metamorphosis happen?
[01:57.58]From standin' on corners and porches just rappin'
[02:00.32]To havin' a fortune, no more kissin' ass
[02:02.82]But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you
[02:06.04]Fans turn on you, attorneys all wanna turn at you
[02:09.19]To get their hands on every dime you have
[02:11.55]They want you to lose your mind every time you mad
[02:14.51]So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon
[02:17.49]Any dispute, don't hesitate to produce handguns
[02:20.94]Thats why these prosecutors wanna convict me
[02:23.77]Strictly just to get me offa these streets quickly
[02:26.60]But all their kids been listen'n to me religiously
[02:29.47]So I'm signin' CDs while police fingerprint me
[02:32.19]They're for the judge's daughter, but his grudge is against me
[02:35.14]If I'm such a fuckin' menace, this shit doesn't make sense B
[02:38.61]It's all political, if my music is literal and I'm a criminal,
[02:41.30]How the FUCK can I raise a little girl?
[02:44.60]I couldn't, I wouldn't be fit to
[02:46.81]You're full of shit too, Guerrera, THAT WAS A FIST THAT HIT YOU!
[02:49.65]C`mon! Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing It!)
[02:53.07]Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
[02:55.75]Sing it with me, just for today
[02:59.07]Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
[03:07.18]They say music can alter moods and talk to you
[03:10.19]But can it load a gun for you and cock it too?
[03:13.08]Well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude
[03:16.05]Just tell the judge it was my fault, and I'll get sued
[03:18.99]See what these kids do, is hear about us totin' pistols
[03:22.30]And they wanna get one, 'cuz they think the shit's cool
[03:25.25]Not knowin' we're really just protectin' ourselves
[03:28.03]We entertainas, of course this shit's affectin' our sales
[03:30.59]You ignoramus, but music is reflection of self
[03:33.60]We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail
[03:36.51]It's fucked up ain't it, how we can come from practically nothin'
[03:39.39]To bein' able to have any fuckin' thing that we wanted
[03:42.29]That's why we sing for these kids that don't have a thing
[03:45.34]Except for a dream and a fuckin' rap magazine
[03:48.23]Who post pin-up pictures on their walls all day long
[03:51.29]Idolize their favorite rappers and know all they songs
[03:54.02]Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in they lives
[03:57.11]So they sit and they cry at night, wishin they die
[03:59.93]Till they throw on a rap record, and they sit and they vibe
[04:02.94]We're nothin' to you, but we the fuckin' shit in they eyes
[04:05.68]That's why we sieze the moment, try to freeze it and own it
[04:08.75]Squeeze it and hold it, 'cuz we consider these minutes golden
[04:11.98]And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone
[04:13.97]Just let our spirits live on, through our lyrics that you hear in our songs
[04:17.66]And we can-
[04:18.30]Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing It!)
[04:20.85]Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (C`mon!)
[04:24.09]Sing it with me, just for today
[04:26.80]Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
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[04:35.74]Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing It!)
[04:38.52]Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (C`mon!)
[04:41.94]Sing it with me, just for today
[04:44.31]Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
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