Eminem - Sing For The Moment(2005)

[00:22.96] These ideas are, nightmares to white parents
[00:25.96] Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings
[00:29.45] Like whatever they say has no bearing
[00:31.76] It's so scary in a house that allows, no swearing
[00:34.62] To see him walking around with his headphones blaring
[00:37.69] Alone in his own zone, cold and he don't care
[00:40.74] He's a problem child, and what bothers him all comes out
[00:43.25] When he talks about, his fucking dad walking out
[00:46.34] Cause he hates him so bad that he, blocks him out
[00:49.38] If he ever saw him again he'd probably knock him out
[00:52.23] His thoughts are wacked, he's mad so he's talking back
[00:55.12] Talking black, brainwashed from rock and rap
[00:58.04] He sags his pants, doo-rags and a stocking cap
[01:00.70] His step-father hit him so he socked him back
[01:03.98] And broke his nose, his house is a broken home
[01:06.67] There's no control, he just lets his emotions go
[01:09.72] Sing with me, sing for the year (sing it)
[01:13.53] Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (Come on!)
[01:16.22] Sing it with me, just for today
[01:18.91] Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
[01:27.99] Entertainment is changing, intertwining with gangsters
[01:30.41] In the land of the killers a sinner's mind is a sanctum
[01:33.13] Holy or unholy, only have one homie
[01:36.17] Only this gun, lonely cause don't anyone know me
[01:39.45] Yet everybody just feels like they can relate
[01:41.92] I guess words are a mothafucka, they can be great
[01:44.82] Or they can degrade, or even worse, they can teach hate
[01:48.08] It's like these kids hang on every single statement we make
[01:50.99] Like they worship us, plus all the stores ship us platinum
[01:53.80] Now how the fuck did this metamorphosis happen?
[01:56.83] From standing on corners and porches just rapping
[01:59.76] To having a fortune, no more kissing ass
[02:02.66] But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you
[02:06.09] Fans turn on you, attorneys all want a turn at you
[02:08.72] To get they hands on every dime you have
[02:11.68] They want you to lose your mind every time you mad
[02:14.18] So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon
[02:17.26] Any dispute won't hesitate to produce handguns
[02:20.44] That's why these prosecutors wanna convict me
[02:22.93] Strictly just to get me off of these streets quickly
[02:26.04] But all their kids been listening to me religiously
[02:28.77] So I'm signing CD's while police fingerprint me
[02:31.96] They're for the judge's daughter but his grudge is against me
[02:34.89] If I'm such a fucking menace this shit doesn't make sense B
[02:37.78] It's all political, if my music is literal
[02:41.13] Then I'm a criminal, how the fuck can I raise a little girl?
[02:44.06] I couldn't, I wouldn't be fit to
[02:46.10] You're full of shit too Guerrera; that was a fist that hit you
[02:49.47] Sing with me, sing for the year (sing it)
[02:52.88] Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (sing this shit!)
[02:56.11] Sing it with me, just for today
[02:59.07] Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
[03:07.20] They say music can alter moods and talk to you
[03:09.55] Well, can it load a gun up for you and cock it too?
[03:12.04] Well if it can, and the next time you assault a dude
[03:15.35] Just tell the judge it was my fault, and I'll get sued
[03:18.37] See what these kids do is hear 'bout us toting pistols
[03:21.47] And they wanna get one cause, they think the shit's cool
[03:24.74] Not knowing we really just protecting ourselves
[03:27.27] We entertainers, of course the shit's affecting our sales
[03:30.27] You ignoramus, but music is reflection of self
[03:33.18] We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail
[03:36.03] It's fucked up ain't it? How we can come from practically nothing
[03:39.23] To being able to have any fucking thing that we wanted
[03:42.18] That's why we, sing for these kids who don't have a thing
[03:45.06] Except for a dream and a fucking rap magazine
[03:47.52] Who post pin-up pictures on they walls all day long
[03:50.47] Idolize their favorite rappers and know all their songs
[03:53.62] Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in they lives
[03:56.76] So they sit and they cry at night wishing they'd die
[03:59.40] 'til they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibe
[04:02.67] We're nothing to you, but we're the fucking shit in their eyes
[04:05.93] That's why we, seize the moment try to freeze it and own it
[04:08.26] Squeeze it and hold it, cause we consider these minutes golden
[04:11.66] And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone
[04:14.51] Just let our spirits live on
[04:15.79] Through our lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can
[04:17.43] Sing with me, sing for the year (sing it)
[04:19.32] Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (Come on!)
[04:21.28] Sing it with me, just for today
[04:26.42] Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
[04:35.24] Sing with me, sing for the year (sing it)
[04:37.94] Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (Come on!)
[04:40.83] Sing it with me, just for today
[04:43.80] Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
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