Eminem Sing For The Moment (featuring Aerosmith) Lyrics

These ideas are nightmares
To white parents
Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair
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 f___ing dad walking 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, 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 lets his emotions go

C'mon
Sing with me
Sing
Sing for the years
Sing it
Sing it for the laughter
Sing it for the tears
C'mon
Sing with me, just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

Entertainment is changing
Intertwining with gangstaz
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
m_________er, 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 f___ did this
Metamorphosis happen
From standing on corners
And porches just rapping
To having a fortune
No more kissing a__
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're 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 listening to me
Religiously
So I'm signing CD's while
Police fingerprint me
They're for the judge's daughter
But his grudge is against me
If I'm such a f___ing menace
This s___ doesn't make sense
It's all political- if my music is literal
And I'm a criminal how the f___
Can I raise a little girl
I couldn't, I wouldn't be fit to
You're full of s___ too
Guerrera, that was a fist that hit you

C'mon
Sing with me
Sing
Sing for the years
Sing it
Sing it for the laughter
Sing it for the tears
C'mon
Sing with me, just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

They say music can alter moods
And talk to you
Well can it load a gun up for you
And c___ it too
Well if it can, then the next time
You a__ault 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 s___'s cool
Not knowing we really just protecting ourselves
We entertainers
Of course the s___'s affecting 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 f___ed up, ain't it
How we can come from practically nothing
To being able to have any f___ing
Thing that we wanted
That's why we sing for these kids
Who don't have a thing
Except for a dream
And a f___ing rap magazine
Who post pin-up pictures
On their walls all day long
Idolize they favorite rappers
And know all their songs
Or for anyone who's ever been through
s___ in their lives
Till they sit
And they cry at night
Wishing they'd die
Till they throw on a rap record
And they sit, and they vibe
We're nothing to you
But we're the f___ing s___ 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
In our songs so we can

Sing with me
Sing
Sing for the years
Sing it
Sing it for the laughter
Sing it for the tears
C'mon
Sing with me, just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

C'mon
Sing with me
Sing
Sing for the years
Sing it
Sing it for the laughter
Sing it for the tears
C'mon
Sing with me, just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away