Sing For The Moment

[00:00.74] "Sing For The Moment"

[00:23.00] These ideas are nightmares to white parents

[00:25.89] Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earings

[00:29.58] Like whatever they say has no bearing, it's so scary in a house that allows

[00:34.00] No swearing

[00:34.57] To see him walking around with his headphones blaring

[00:37.81] Alone in his own zone, cold and he don't care

[00:40.27] He's a problem child

[00:41.66] And what bothers him all comes out, when he talks about

[00:44.31] His fuckin' dad walkin' out

[00:46.41] Cause he hates him so bad that he blocks him out

[00:49.31] If he ever saw him again he'd probably knock him out

[00:51.95] His thoughts are whacked, he's mad so he's talkin' back

[00:55.09] Talkin' black, brainwashed from rock and rap

[00:57.83] He sags his pants, do-rags and a stocking cap

[01:01.22] His step-father hit him, so he socked him back, and broke his nose

[01:04.95] His house is a broken home, there's no control, he just let's his emotions

[01:09.12] Go...

[01:09.38] {C'mon}, sing with me, {sing}, sing for the years

[01:12.43] {Sing it}, sing for the laughter, sing for the tears, {c'mon)

[01:16.29] Sing it with me, just for today, maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you

[01:21.41] Away..

[01:27.45] Entertainment is changin', intertwinin' with gangsta's

[01:30.44] In the land of the killers, a sinner's mind is a sanctum

[01:33.38] Holy or unholy, only have one homie

[01:36.31] Only this gun, lonely cause don't anyone know me

[01:39.45] Yet everybody just feels like they can relate, I guess words are a

[01:42.96] Mothafucka they can be great

[01:44.84] Or they can degrade, or even worse they can teach hate

[01:47.70] It's like these kids hang on every single statement we make

[01:50.60] Like they worship us, plus all the stores ship us platinum

[01:53.82] Now how the fuck did this metamorphosis happen

[01:56.67] From standin' on corners and porches just rappin'

[01:59.54] To havin' a fortune, no more kissin' ass

[02:02.26] But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you

[02:05.67] Fans turn on you, attorneys all want a turn at you

[02:08.33] To get they hands on every dime you have, they want you to lose your mind

[02:12.59] Every time you mad

[02:14.09] So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon

[02:17.25] Any dispute won't hesitate to produce handguns

[02:20.46] That's why these prosecutors wanna convict me, strictly just to get me off

[02:24.52] Of these streets quickly

[02:26.01] But all they kids be listenin' to me religiously so I'm signin' cd's while

[02:30.37] Police fingerprint me

[02:32.02] They're for the judge's daughter but his grudge is against me

[02:34.76] If I'm such a fuckin' menace, this shit doesn't make sense Pete

[02:38.12] It's all political, if my music is literal, and I'm a criminal how the fuck

[02:42.40] Can I raise a little girl

[02:43.80] I couldn't, I wouldn't be fit to, you're full of shit too, Guerrera, that

[02:48.13] Was a fist that hit you...

[02:49.03] {C'mon}, sing with me, {sing}, sing for the years

[02:51.94] {Sing it}, sing for the laughter, sing for the tears, {c'mon)

[02:55.79] Sing it with me, just for today, maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you

[03:01.01] Away..

[03:06.63] They say music can alter moods and talk to you

[03:09.66] Well can it load a gun up for you, and cock it too

[03:12.47] Well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude

[03:15.44] Just tell the judge it was my fault and I'll get sued

[03:18.40] See what these kids do is hear about us totin' pistols

[03:21.62] And they want to get one cause they think the shit's cool

[03:24.63] Not knowin' we really just protectin' ourselves, we entertainers

[03:28.29] Of course the shit's affectin' our sales, you ignoramus

[03:31.16] But music is reflection of self, we just explain it, and then we get our

[03:34.90] Checks in the mail

[03:35.91] It's fucked up ain't it

[03:36.96] How we can come from practically nothing to being able to have any fuckin'

[03:40.80] Thing that we wanted

[03:41.63] That's why we sing for these kids, who don't have a thing

[03:44.66] Except for a dream, and a fuckin' rap magazine

[03:47.66] Who post pin-up pictures on their walls all day long

[03:50.64] Idolize they favorite rappers and know all they songs

[03:53.70] Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in their lives

[03:56.48] Till they sit and they cry at night wishin' they'd die

[03:59.32] Till they throw on a rap record and they sit, and they vibe

[04:02.29] We're nothin' to you but we're the fuckin' shit in they eyes

[04:05.16] That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and

[04:08.55] Hold it

[04:09.27] Cause we consider these minutes golden

[04:11.43] And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone

[04:13.38] Just let our spirits live on, through our lyrics that you hear in our

[04:16.36] Songs and we can...

[04:17.59] Sing with me, {sing}, sing for the years

[04:19.86] {Sing it}, sing for the laughter, sing for the tears, {c'mon)

[04:23.60] Sing it with me, just for today, maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you

[04:28.82] Away..

[04:35.05] Sing with me, {sing}, sing for the years

[04:37.24] {Sing it}, sing for the laughter, sing for the tears, {c'mon)

[04:41.00] Sing it with me, just for today, maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you

[04:46.25] Away..