"Sing For The Moment"
[00:23.64] These ideas are nightmares to white parents
[00:26.28] Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings
[00:29.58] Like whatever they say has no bearing, it's so scary in a house that allows no swearing
[00:35.07] To see him walking around with his headphones blaring
[00:38.00] Alone in his own zone, cold and he don't care
[00:40.65] He's a problem child
[00:41.64] What bothers him all comes out, when he talks about
[00:44.39] His fuckin' dad walkin' out
[00:46.55] 'Cause he just hates him so bad that he blocks him out
[00:49.30] If he ever saw him again he'd probably knock him out
[00:52.41] His thoughts are whacked, he's mad so he's talkin' back
[00:55.27] Talkin' black, brainwashed from rock and rap
[00:58.01] He sags his pants, do-rags and a stocking cap
[01:01.29] His step-father hit him, so he socked him back, and broke his nose
[01:05.04] His house is a broken home, there's no control, he just let's his emotions go...
[01:09.81] (Come on!) Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing it!)
[01:13.16] Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear (Come on!)
[01:16.31] Sing it with me, it's just for today
[01:18.80] Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
[01:27.77] Entertainment is changin', intertwinin' with gangsters
[01:30.64] In the land of the killers, a sinner's mind is a sanctum
[01:33.67] Holy or unholy, only have one homie
[01:36.43] Only this gun, lonely 'cause don't anyone know me
[01:39.41] Yet everybody just feels like they can relate, I guess words are a motherfucker they can be great
[01:44.91] Or they can degrade, or even worse they can teach hate
[01:47.91] It's like these kids hang on every single statement we make
[01:50.66] Like they worship us, plus all the stores ship us platinum
[01:53.82] Now how the fuck did this metamorphosis happen
[01:56.81] From standin' on corners and porches just rappin'
[01:59.83] To havin' a fortune, no more kissin' ass
[02:02.45] But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you
[02:05.73] Fans turn on you, attorneys all want a turn at you
[02:08.71] To get their hands on every dime you have, they want you to lose your mind every time you mad
[02:14.22] So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon
[02:17.45] Any dispute won't hesitate to produce handguns
[02:20.61] That's why these prosecutors wanna convict me, strictly just to get me off of these streets quickly
[02:26.40] But all they kids be listenin' to me religiously, so I'm signin' CDs while police fingerprint me
[02:31.79] They're for the judge's daughter but his grudge is against me
[02:34.96] If I'm such a fuckin' menace, this shit doesn't make sense Pete
[02:38.31] It's all political, if my music is literal, and I'm a criminal how the fuck can I raise a little girl
[02:44.03] I couldn't, I wouldn't be fit to, you're full of shit too, Guerrera, that was a fist that hit you...
[02:49.95] (Come on!) Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing it!)
[02:52.71] Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear (Sing that shit!)
[02:55.89] Sing it with me, it's just for today
[02:58.36] Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
[03:06.86] They say music can alter moods and talk to you
[03:09.76] Well can it load a gun up for you, and cock it too
[03:12.49] Well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude
[03:15.50] Just tell the judge it was my fault and I'll get sued
[03:18.50] See what these kids do is hear about us totin' pistols
[03:21.72] And they want to get one 'cause they think the shit's cool
[03:24.74] Not knowin' we really just protectin' ourselves, we entertainers
[03:28.28] Of course the shit's affectin' our sales, you ignoramus
[03:31.24] But music is reflection of self, we just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail
[03:36.12] It's fucked up ain't it
[03:37.13] How we can come from practically nothing to being able to have any fuckin' thing that we wanted
[03:41.86] That's why we sing for these kids, who don't have a thing
[03:44.85] Except for a dream, and a fuckin' rap magazine
[03:47.60] Who post pin-up pictures on their walls all day long
[03:50.62] Idolize their favorite rappers and know all their songs
[03:53.62] Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in their lives
[03:56.62] Till they sit and they cry at night wishin' they'd die
[03:59.36] Till they throw on a rap record and they sit, and they vibe
[04:02.39] We're nothin' to you but we're the fuckin' shit in their eyes
[04:05.36] That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it
[04:09.36] 'Cause we consider these minutes golden
[04:11.49] 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 songs and we can...
[04:17.79] Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing it!)
[04:20.40] Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear (Come on!)
[04:23.38] Sing it with me, it's just for today
[04:26.16] Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
[04:35.42] Sing with me (Sing!), sing for the year (Sing it!)
[04:37.93] Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear (Come on!)
[04:41.18] Sing it with me, it's just for today
[04:43.80] Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
