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Eminem
Sing for the Moment

Song Information
Song Artist(s):Eminem
Song Title:Sing for the Moment
Year:2002

Album Information
Album:The Eminem Show
Track:12

Track Classification
Genre:Rock 2000s
MusicBrainz Genre:Rap

Audio
20 sec. sample

Lyrics
Original Source:LyricWiki
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 walking 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 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, do-rags and a stocking 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 taken from Aerosmith:Dream On ]
(Come on!)
Sing with me, (Sing!) sing for the year (Sing it!)
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (Come on!)
Sing it with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

[Verse 2]
Entertainment is changin', intertwinin' with gangsta's
In the land of the killers, a sinner's mind is a sanctum
Holy or unholy, 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 mothafucker, they can be great
Or they can degrade, 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' CDs 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...

(Come on!)
Sing with me, (Sing!) sing for the year (Sing it!)
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears (Sing with me!)
Sing it with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

[Verse 3]
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, then 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 nothing
To being 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 their walls all day long
Idolize they favorite rappers and know all they songs
Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in their lives
Till they sit and they cry at night, wishin' they'd die
Till 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 spirits live on,
Through our lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can...

Sing with me, (Sing!) sing for the year (Sing it!)
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears (Come on!)
Sing it with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

Sing with me, (Sing!) sing for the year (Sing it!)
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears (Come on!)
Sing it with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

Track Information
Published Time:5:39
Measured Time:5:39
Traktor Peak dB:-0.231
Traktor Perceived dB:-2.121

Mix Information
Mixmeister BPM:164.0
Traktor BPM: 82.0 (100.0%)
Mixmeister Key:F m

External Cross-Referencing
MusicBrainz PUID:0c6d0416-97cb-5022-5e37-7e25b87fa3b5

MusicBrainz MusicDNS
Song Artist:Eminem
Song Title:Sing for the Moment
First Release Year:2002

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