Sing for the moment

[00:23.18] These ideas are, nightmares to white parents

[00:25.84] Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings

[00:29.02] Like whatever they say has no bearing

[00:31.68] It's so scary in a house that allows, no swearing

[00:34.34] To see him walking around with his headphones blaring

[00:37.52] Alone in his own zone, cold and he don't care

[00:40.18] He's a problem child, and what bothers him all comes out

[00:43.10] When he talks about, his f- dad walking out

[00:45.75] 'Cause he hates him so bad that he, blocks him out

[00:48.98] If he ever saw him again he'd probably knock him out

[00:51.96] His thoughts are wacked, he's mad so he's talking back

[00:54.60] Talking black, brainwashed from rock and rap

[00:57.79] He sags his pants, doo-rags and a stocking cap

[01:00.71] His step-father hit him so he socked him back

[01:03.64] And broke his nose, his house is a broken home

[01:06.28] There's no control, he just lets his emotions go

[01:09.47] Sing with me, sing for the year (sing it)

[01:12.40] Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (come on!)

[01:15.85] Sing it with me, just for today

[01:18.24] Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

[01:27.55] Entertainment is changing, intertwining with gangsters

[01:30.19] In the land of the killers a sinner's mind is a sanctum

[01:33.11] Holy or unholy, only have one homie

[01:36.03] Only this gun, lonely 'cause don't anyone know me

[01:38.96] Yet everybody just feels like they can relate

[01:41.61] I guess words are a mothafucka, they can be great

[01:44.55] Or they can degrade, or even worse, they can teach hate

[01:47.46] 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

[01:53.56] Now how the f- did this metamorphosis happen?

[01:56.22] From standing on corners and porches just rapping

[01:59.17] To having a fortune, no more kissing ass

[02:02.62] But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you

[02:05.30] Fans turn on you, attorneys all want a turn at you

[02:08.21] To get they hands on every dime you have

[02:11.15] They want you to lose your mind every time you mad

[02:13.79] So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon

[02:16.98] Any dispute won't hesitate to produce handguns

[02:20.44] That's why these prosecutors wanna convict me

[02:22.59] Strictly just to get me off of these streets quickly

[02:25.54] But all their kids been listening to me religiously

[02:28.49] So I'm signing CD's while police fingerprint me

[02:31.43] They're for the judge's daughter but his grudge is against me

[02:34.36] If I'm such a fucking menace this shit doesn't make sense B

[02:37.54] It's all political, if my music is literal

[02:40.46] Then I'm a criminal, how the fuck can I raise a little girl?

[02:43.13] I couldn't, I wouldn't be fit to

[02:45.78] You're full of shit too Guerrera; that was a fist that hit you

[02:49.52] Sing with me, sing for the year (sing it)

[02:52.16] Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (sing this shit!)

[02:55.35] Sing it with me, just for today

[02:58.04] Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

[03:06.80] They say music can alter moods and talk to you

[03:09.21] Well, can it load a gun up for you and cock it too?

[03:12.39] Well if it can, and the next time you assault a dude

[03:15.05] Just tell the judge it was my fault, and I'll get sued

[03:18.00] See what these kids do is hear 'bout us toting pistols

[03:20.95] And they wanna get one 'cause, they think the shit's cool

[03:24.68] Not knowing we really just protecting ourselves

[03:26.80] We entertainers, of course the shit's affecting our sales

[03:29.73] You ignoramus, but music is reflection of self

[03:32.68] We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail

[03:35.63] It's fucked up ain't it? How we can come from practically nothing

[03:38.55] To being able to have any fucking thing that we wanted

[03:41.49] That's why we, sing for these kids who don't have a thing

[03:44.14] Except for a dream and a fucking rap magazine

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

[03:50.29] Idolize their favorite rappers and know all their songs

[03:53.20] Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in they lives

[03:56.14] So they sit and they cry at night wishing they'd die

[03:59.06] 'Til they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibe

[04:01.99] We're nothing to you, but we're the fucking shit in their eyes

[04:05.17] That's why we, seize the moment try to freeze it and own it

[04:08.09] Squeeze it and hold it, 'cause we consider these minutes golden

[04:10.74] And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone

[04:13.70] Just let our spirits live on

[04:15.02] Through our lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can

[04:17.15] Sing with me, sing for the year (sing it)

[04:19.81] Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (come on!)

[04:23.01] Sing it with me, just for today

[04:25.66] Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

[04:34.72] Sing with me, sing for the year (sing it)

[04:37.38] Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (come on!)

[04:40.58] Sing it with me, just for today

[04:43.23] Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away