Sing for the moment

[00:11.61] "Sing For The Moment"

[00:23.47] These ideas are nightmares to white parents

[00:25.34] Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings

[00:28.88] Like whatever they say has no bearing, it's so scary in a house that allows no swearing

[00:34.64] To see him walking around with his headphones blaring

[00:37.35] Alone in his own zone, cold and he don't care

[00:40.44] He's a problem child

[00:41.59] What bothers him all comes out, when he talks about

[00:44.11] His fuckin' dad walkin' out

[00:46.10] 'Cause he just hates him so bad that he blocks him out

[00:49.08] If he ever saw him again he'd probably knock him out

[00:51.86] His thoughts are whacked, he's mad so he's talkin' back

[00:54.59] Talkin' black, brainwashed from rock and rap

[00:57.58] He sags his pants, do-rags and a stocking cap

[01:00.85] His step-father hit him, so he socked him back, and broke his nose

[01:04.60] His house is a broken home, there's no control, he just let's his emotions go...

[01:09.34] (Come on!) Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing it!)

[01:12.65] Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear (Come on!)

[01:15.83] Sing it with me, it's just for today

[01:18.68] Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

[01:27.33] Entertainment is changin', intertwinin' with gangsters

[01:30.33] In the land of the killers, a sinner's mind is a sanctum

[01:33.41] Holy or unholy, only have one homie

[01:36.10] Only this gun, lonely 'cause don't anyone know me

[01:39.11] Yet everybody just feels like they can relate, I guess words are a motherfucker they can be great

[01:44.34] Or they can degrade, or even worse they can teach hate

[01:47.60] It's like these kids hang on every single statement we make

[01:50.38] Like they worship us, plus all the stores ship us platinum

[01:53.34] Now how the fuck did this metamorphosis happen

[01:56.66] From standin' on corners and porches just rappin'

[01:59.39] To havin' a fortune, no more kissin' ass

[02:01.89] But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you

[02:05.23] Fans turn on you, attorneys all want a turn at you

[02:08.39] To get their hands on every dime you have, they want you to lose your mind every time you mad

[02:13.88] So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon

[02:16.91] Any dispute won't hesitate to produce handguns

[02:20.14] That's why these prosecutors wanna convict me, strictly just to get me off of these streets quickly

[02:25.88] But all they kids be listenin' to me religiously, so I'm signin' CDs while police fingerprint me

[02:31.46] They're for the judge's daughter but his grudge is against me

[02:34.63] If I'm such a fuckin' menace, this shit doesn't make sense Pete

[02:37.95] It's all political, if my music is literal, and I'm a criminal how the fuck can I raise a little girl

[02:43.59] I couldn't, I wouldn't be fit to, you're full of shit too, Guerrera, that was a fist that hit you...

[02:49.37] (Come on!) Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing it!)

[02:52.02] Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear (Sing that shit!)

[02:55.57] Sing it with me, it's just for today

[02:57.80] Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

[03:06.10] They say music can alter moods and talk to you

[03:09.52] Well can it load a gun up for you, and cock it too

[03:12.28] Well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude

[03:15.02] Just tell the judge it was my fault and I'll get sued

[03:18.27] See what these kids do is hear about us totin' pistols

[03:21.23] And they want to get one 'cause they think the shit's cool

[03:24.26] Not knowin' we really just protectin' ourselves, we entertainers

[03:27.73] Of course the shit's affectin' our sales, you ignoramus

[03:30.73] But music is reflection of self, we just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail

[03:35.50] It's fucked up ain't it

[03:36.98] How we can come from practically nothing to being able to have any fuckin' thing that we wanted

[03:41.73] That's why we sing for these kids, who don't have a thing

[03:44.48] Except for a dream, and a fuckin' rap magazine

[03:47.23] Who post pin-up pictures on their walls all day long

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

[03:53.50] Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in their lives

[03:56.01] Till they sit and they cry at night wishin' they'd die

[03:58.78] Till they throw on a rap record and they sit, and they vibe

[04:01.97] We're nothin' to you but we're the fuckin' shit in their eyes

[04:05.01] That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it

[04:09.18] 'Cause we consider these minutes golden

[04:10.67] And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone

[04:12.95] Just let our spirits live on, through our lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can...

[04:17.17] Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing it!)

[04:19.49] Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear (Come on!)

[04:23.20] Sing it with me, it's just for today

[04:25.67] Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

[04:34.91] Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing it!)

[04:37.19] Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear (Come on!)

[04:40.97] Sing it with me, it's just for today

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