Eminem - Sing For The Moment (Official Music Video) (320K)

[00:00.26] "Sing for the Moment"

[00:22.84] These ideas are, nightmares to white parents

[00:25.50] Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings

[00:29.22] Like whatever they say has no bearing

[00:31.61] It's so scary in a house that allows, no swearing

[00:34.53] To see him walking around with his headphones blaring

[00:37.72] Alone in his own zone, cold and he don't care

[00:40.37] He's a problem child, and what bothers him all comes out

[00:43.03] When he talks about, his f- dad walking out

[00:45.95] 'Cause he hates him so bad that he, blocks him out

[00:48.87] If he ever saw him again he'd probably knock him out

[00:51.79] His thoughts are wacked, he's mad so he's talking back

[00:54.71] Talking black, brainwashed from rock and rap

[00:57.63] He sags his pants, doo-rags and a stocking cap

[01:00.56] His step-father hit him so he socked him back

[01:03.77] And broke his nose, his house is a broken home

[01:06.45] There's no control, he just lets his emotions go

[01:09.90] Sing with me, sing for the year (sing it)

[01:12.82] Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (come on!)

[01:15.75] Sing it with me, just for today

[01:18.40] Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

[01:26.90] Entertainment is changing, intertwining with gangsters

[01:30.09] In the land of the killers a sinner's mind is a sanctum

[01:33.05] Holy or unholy, only have one homie

[01:35.71] Only this gun, lonely 'cause don't anyone know me

[01:38.90] Yet everybody just feels like they can relate

[01:41.56] I guess words are a mothafucka, they can be great

[01:44.74] Or they can degrade, or even worse, they can teach hate

[01:47.40] It's like these kids hang on every single statement we make

[01:50.32] Like they worship us, plus all the stores ship us platinum

[01:53.25] Now how the f- did this metamorphosis happen?

[01:56.43] From standing on corners and porches just rapping

[01:59.36] To having a fortune, no more kissing ass

[02:02.54] But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you

[02:05.20] Fans turn on you, attorneys all want a turn at you

[02:08.38] To get they hands on every dime you have

[02:10.77] They want you to lose your mind every time you mad

[02:13.69] So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon

[02:16.88] Any dispute won't hesitate to produce handguns

[02:20.07] That's why these prosecutors wanna convict me

[02:23.26] Strictly just to get me off of these streets quickly

[02:25.65] But all their kids been listening to me religiously

[02:28.57] So I'm signing CD's while police fingerprint me

[02:31.50] They're for the judge's daughter but his grudge is against me

[02:34.42] If I'm such a fucking menace this shit doesn't make sense B

[02:37.35] It's all political, if my music is literal

[02:40.56] Then I'm a criminal, how the fuck can I raise a little girl?

[02:43.74] I couldn't, I wouldn't be fit to

[02:46.13] You're full of shit too Guerrera; that was a fist that hit you

[02:49.32] Sing with me, sing for the year (sing it)

[02:51.98] Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (sing this shit!)

[02:55.16] Sing it with me, just for today

[02:57.82] Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

[03:06.90] They say music can alter moods and talk to you

[03:09.29] Well, can it load a gun up for you and cock it too?

[03:12.48] Well if it can, and the next time you assault a dude

[03:15.15] Just tell the judge it was my fault, and I'll get sued

[03:18.07] See what these kids do is hear 'bout us toting pistols

[03:21.03] And they wanna get one 'cause, they think the shit's cool

[03:24.74] Not knowing we really just protecting ourselves

[03:27.13] We entertainers, of course the shit's affecting our sales

[03:29.79] You ignoramus, but music is reflection of self

[03:32.72] We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail

[03:35.67] It's fucked up ain't it? How we can come from practically nothing

[03:38.85] To being able to have any fucking thing that we wanted

[03:41.77] That's why we, sing for these kids who don't have a thing

[03:44.43] Except for a dream and a fucking rap magazine

[03:47.35] Who post pin-up pictures on they walls all day long

[03:50.28] Idolize their favorite rappers and know all their songs

[03:53.19] Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in they lives

[03:56.39] So they sit and they cry at night wishing they'd die

[03:59.32] 'Til they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibe

[04:01.96] We're nothing to you, but we're the fucking shit in their eyes

[04:05.15] That's why we, seize the moment try to freeze it and own it

[04:08.33] Squeeze it and hold it, 'cause we consider these minutes golden

[04:10.99] And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone

[04:13.64] Just let our spirits live on

[04:14.44] Through our lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can

[04:17.13] Sing with me, sing for the year (sing it)

[04:18.72] Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (come on!)

[04:23.24] Sing it with me, just for today

[04:25.63] Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

[04:34.67] Sing with me, sing for the year (sing it)

[04:37.32] Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (come on!)

[04:40.50] Sing it with me, just for today

[04:43.16] Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

[04:51.66] "Guitar Solo"