Sing For The Moment

[00:11.31] "Sing For The Moment"

[00:22.60] These ideas are nightmares to white parents

[00:25.04] Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings

[00:28.58] Like whatever they say has no bearing, it's so scary in a house that allows no swearing

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

[00:37.05] Alone in his own zone, cold and he don't care

[00:40.14] He's a problem child

[00:41.29] What bothers him all comes out, when he talks about

[00:43.81] His fuckin' dad walkin' out

[00:45.80] 'Cause he just hates him so bad that he blocks him out

[00:48.78] If he ever saw him again he'd probably knock him out

[00:51.56] His thoughts are whacked, he's mad so he's talkin' back

[00:54.29] Talkin' black, brainwashed from rock and rap

[00:57.28] He sags his pants, do-rags and a stocking cap

[01:00.55] His step-father hit him, so he socked him back, and broke his nose

[01:04.30] His house is a broken home, there's no control, he just let's his emotions go...

[01:09.04] (Come on!) Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing it!)

[01:12.35] Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear (Come on!)

[01:15.53] Sing it with me, it's just for today

[01:18.38] Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

[01:27.03] Entertainment is changin', intertwinin' with gangsters

[01:30.03] In the land of the killers, a sinner's mind is a sanctum

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

[01:35.80] Only this gun, lonely 'cause don't anyone know me

[01:38.81] Yet everybody just feels like they can relate, I guess words are a motherfucker they can be great

[01:44.04] Or they can degrade, or even worse they can teach hate

[01:47.30] It's like these kids hang on every single statement we make

[01:50.08] Like they worship us, plus all the stores ship us platinum

[01:53.04] Now how the fuck did this metamorphosis happen

[01:56.36] From standin' on corners and porches just rappin'

[01:59.09] To havin' a fortune, no more kissin' ass

[02:01.59] But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you

[02:04.93] Fans turn on you, attorneys all want a turn at you

[02:08.09] To get their hands on every dime you have, they want you to lose your mind every time you mad

[02:13.58] So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon

[02:16.61] Any dispute won't hesitate to produce handguns

[02:19.84] That's why these prosecutors wanna convict me, strictly just to get me off of these streets quickly

[02:25.58] But all they kids be listenin' to me religiously, so I'm signin' CDs while police fingerprint me

[02:31.16] They're for the judge's daughter but his grudge is against me

[02:34.33] If I'm such a fuckin' menace, this shit doesn't make sense Pete

[02:37.65] It's all political, if my music is literal, and I'm a criminal how the fuck can I raise a little girl

[02:43.29] I couldn't, I wouldn't be fit to, you're full of shit too, Guerrera, that was a fist that hit you...

[02:49.07] (Come on!) Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing it!)

[02:51.72] Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear (Sing that shit!)

[02:55.27] Sing it with me, it's just for today

[02:57.50] Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

[03:05.80] They say music can alter moods and talk to you

[03:09.22] Well can it load a gun up for you, and cock it too

[03:11.98] Well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude

[03:14.72] Just tell the judge it was my fault and I'll get sued

[03:17.97] See what these kids do is hear about us totin' pistols

[03:20.93] And they want to get one 'cause they think the shit's cool

[03:23.96] Not knowin' we really just protectin' ourselves, we entertainers

[03:27.43] Of course the shit's affectin' our sales, you ignoramus

[03:30.43] But music is reflection of self, we just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail

[03:35.20] It's fucked up ain't it

[03:36.68] How we can come from practically nothing to being able to have any fuckin' thing that we wanted

[03:41.43] That's why we sing for these kids, who don't have a thing

[03:44.18] Except for a dream, and a fuckin' rap magazine

[03:46.93] Who post pin-up pictures on their walls all day long

[03:49.98] Idolize their favorite rappers and know all their songs

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

[03:55.71] Till they sit and they cry at night wishin' they'd die

[03:58.48] Till they throw on a rap record and they sit, and they vibe

[04:01.67] We're nothin' to you but we're the fuckin' shit in their eyes

[04:04.71] That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it

[04:08.88] 'Cause we consider these minutes golden

[04:10.37] And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone

[04:12.65] Just let our spirits live on, through our lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can...

[04:16.87] Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing it!)

[04:19.19] Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear (Come on!)

[04:22.90] Sing it with me, it's just for today

[04:25.37] Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

[04:34.61] Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing it!)

[04:36.89] Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear (Come on!)

[04:40.67] Sing it with me, it's just for today

[04:42.86] Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away