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Sing For The Moment

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Sing For The Moment

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[Eminem]

These ideas are, nightmares to white parents

Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings

Like whatever they say has no bearing

It's so scary in a house that allows, no swearing

To see him walkin around with his headphones blaring

Alone in his own zone, cold and he don't care

He's a problem child, and what bothers him all comes out

When he talks about, his fuckin dad walkin out

Cause he just hates him so bad that he, blocks him out

If he ever saw him again he'd probably knock him out

His thoughts are whacked, he's mad so he's talkin back

Talkin black, brainwashed from rock and rap

He sags his pants; doo rags and a stockin cap

His step-father hit him so he, socked him back

And broke his nose, his house is a broken home

There's no control, he just let's his emotions go

[Chorus: Aerosmith - Steven Tyler (Dream On)]

C'mon! Sing with me (Sing!)

Sing for the year (Sing it)

Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (C'mon!)

Sing it with me, Just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...

[Eminem]

Entertainment is changin, intertwinin with gangsters

In the land of the killers a sinner's mind is a sanctum

Holy or unnholy, only have one homie

Only this gun - lonely cause don't anyone know me

Yet everybody just feels like they can relate

I guess words are a motherfucker, they can be great

Or they can degrate; or even worse, they can teach hate

It's like these kids hang on every single statement we make

Like they worship us, plus all the stores ship us platinum

Now how the fuck did this metamorphosis happen?

From standin on corners and porches just rappin

To havin a fortune, no more kissin ass

But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you

Fans turn on you, attorneys all want a turn at you

To get they hands on every dime you have

They want you to lose your mind every time you mad

So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon

Any dispute won't hesitate to produce handguns

That's why these prosecutors wanna convict me

Strictly just to get me off of these streets quickly

But all they kids be listenin to me religiously

So I'm signin CD's while police fingerprint me

They're for the judge's daughter but his grudge is against me

If I'm such a fuckin menace this shit doesn't make sense B!

It's all political, if my music is literal

And I'm a criminal how the FUCK can I raise a little girl?

I couldn't; I wouldn't be fit to

You're full of shit too Guerrera - that was a FIST that hit you!

[Chorus: Aerosmith - Steven Tyler (Dream On)]

C'mon! Sing with me (Sing!)

Sing for the year (Sing it)

Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (sing with me)

Sing it with me, Just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...

[Eminem]

They say music can alter moods and talk to you

Well can it load a gun up for you and cock it too?

Well if it can, and the next time you assault a dude

Just tell the judge it was my fault, and I'll get sued

See what these kids do is hear about us totin pistols

And they want to get one cause, they think the shit's cool

Not knowin we really just protectin ourselves

We entertainers, of course the shit's affectin our sales

You ignoramus, but music is reflection of self

We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail

It's fucked up ain't it? How we can come from practically nothin

To bein able to have any fuckin thing that we wanted

That's why we, sing for these kids who don't have a thing

Except for a dream and a fuckin rap magazine

Who post pin-up pictures on they walls all day long

Idolize they favorite rappers and know all they songs

Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in they lives

'Til they sit and they cry at night wishin they'd die

'Til they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibe

We're nothin to you - but we're the fuckin shit in they eyes

That's why we, seize the moment try to freeze it and own it

Squeeze it and hold it, cause we consider these minutes golden

And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone, just let our spiritslive on

Through our lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can...

[Chorus: Aerosmith - Steven Tyler (Dream On)]

Sing with me (Sing!)

Sing for the year (Sing it)

Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (C'mon!)

Sing it with me, Just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...

[Chorus: Aerosmith - Steven Tyler (Dream On)]

Sing with me (Sing!)

Sing for the year (Sing it)

Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (C'mon!)

Sing it with me, Just for today

Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...

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