[ti:Sing For The Moment (Explicit)] [ar:Eminem] [al:The Eminem Show (Expanded Edition) (Explicit)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sing For The Moment - Eminem [00:07.94]Lyrics by:Jeff Bass/Marshall Mathers/Steven Victor Tallarico [00:15.89]Composed by:Jeff Bass/Marshall Mathers/Steven Victor Tallarico [00:23.84]These ideas are nightmares to white parents [00:26.69]Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings [00:30.29]Like whatever they say has no bearing [00:32.50]It's so scary in a house that allows no swearing [00:35.45]To see him walkin' around with his headphones blarin' [00:38.66]Alone in his own zone cold and he don't care he's [00:41.27]A problem child and what bothers him all comes out [00:43.91]When he talks about his f**kin' dad walkin' out [00:47.04]B***h [00:47.36]'Cause he hates him so bad that he blocks him out [00:50.15]If he ever saw him again he'd probably knock him out [00:52.73]His thoughts are wacked he's mad so he's talkin' back [00:55.91]Talkin' black brainwashed from rock and rap [00:58.64]He sags his pants do-rags and a stockin' cap [01:01.94]His stepfather hit him so he socked him back [01:04.51]And broke his nose his house is a broken home [01:07.34]There's no control he just lets his emotions go [01:10.42]Come on [01:11.29]Sing with me [01:12.14]Sing [01:12.56]Sing for the year [01:13.36]Sing it [01:13.96]Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear [01:16.47]Come on [01:17.12]Sing it with me it's just for today [01:19.82]Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away [01:28.28]Entertainment is changin' intertwinin' with gangsters [01:31.31]In the land of the killers a sinner's mind is a sanctum [01:34.22]Holy or unholy only have one homie [01:36.98]Only this gun lonely 'cause don't anyone know me [01:40.07]Yet everybody just feels like they can relate [01:42.79]I guess words are a motherf**ker they can be great [01:45.50]Or they can degrade or even worse they can teach hate [01:48.47]It's like these kids hang on every single statement we make [01:51.26]Like they worship us plus all the stores ship us platinum [01:54.62]Now how the f**k did this metamorphosis happen [01:57.35]From standin' on corners and porches just rappin' [02:00.47]To havin' a fortune no more kissin' a*s [02:02.93]But then these critics crucify you [02:04.88]Journalists try to burn you [02:06.54]Fans turn on you attorneys all want a turn at you [02:09.29]To get they hands on every dime you have [02:11.96]They want you to lose your mind every time you mad [02:14.69]So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon [02:18.08]Any dispute won't hesitate to produce handguns [02:21.29]That's why these prosecutors wanna convict me [02:23.75]Strictly just to get me off of these streets quickly [02:26.78]But all they kids be listenin' to me religiously [02:29.60]So I'm signin' CDs while police fingerprint me [02:32.57]They're for the judge's daughter but his grudge is against me [02:35.48]If I'm such a f**kin' menace this s**t doesn't make sense B [02:38.75]It's all political if my music is literal [02:41.48]And I'm a criminal how the f**k can I raise a little girl [02:44.57]I couldn't I wouldn't be fit to [02:46.91]You're full of s**t too Guerrera that was a fist that hit you [02:50.33]B***h [02:50.42]Come on [02:50.63]Sing with me [02:51.35]Sing [02:51.77]Sing for the year [02:53.00]Sing it [02:53.21]Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear [02:55.64]Sing that s**t [02:56.39]Sing it with me it's just for today [02:59.33]Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away [03:07.31]They say music can alter moods and talk to you [03:10.31]Well can it load a gun up for you and cock it too [03:13.25]Well if it can then the next time you assault a dude [03:16.13]Just tell the judge it was my fault and I'll get sued [03:19.01]See what these kids do is hear about us totin' pistols [03:22.46]And they wanna get one 'cause they think the s**t's cool [03:25.52]Not knowin' we really just protectin' ourselves [03:27.89]We entertainers of course the s**t's affectin' our sales [03:30.80]You ignoramus but music is reflection of self [03:33.71]We just explain it and then we get our checks in the mail [03:36.59]It's f**ked up ain't it [03:37.82]How we can come from practically nothin' [03:39.62]To bein' able to have any f**kin' thing that we wanted [03:42.44]That's why we sing for these kids who don't have a thing [03:45.47]Except for a dream and a f**kin' rap magazine [03:48.08]Ha-ha [03:48.32]Who post pin-up pictures on they walls all day long [03:51.35]Idolize they favorite rappers and know all they songs [03:54.47]Or for anyone who's ever been through s**t in they lives [03:57.02]So they sit and they cry at night wishin' they'd die [04:00.11]'Til they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibe [04:02.96]We're nothin' to you but we're the f**kin' s**t in they eyes [04:05.90]That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it [04:08.99]Squeeze it and hold it 'cause we consider these minutes golden [04:12.23]And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone [04:14.12]Just let our spirits live on [04:15.53]Through our lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can [04:18.51]Sing with me [04:19.44]Sing [04:19.78]Sing for the year [04:20.70]Sing it [04:21.12]Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear [04:23.53]Come on [04:24.41]Sing it with me it's just for today [04:26.90]Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away [04:35.99]Sing with me [04:36.71]Sing [04:36.86]Sing for the year [04:38.33]Sing it [04:38.60]Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear [04:41.12]Come on [04:41.93]Sing it with me it's just for today [04:44.51]Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away