[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
EmD
These ideas are, nightmares to white parents
CD
whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings
EmF#
Like whatever they say has no bearing
GA
It's so scary in a house that allows, no swearing
EmD
to see him walkin around with his headphones blaring
CD
Alone in his own zone, cold and he don't care
EmF#
He's a problem child, and what bothers him all comes out
GA
when he talks about, his fuckin dad walkin out
EmD
Cause he just hates him so bad that he, blocks him out
CD
If he ever saw him again he'd probably knock him out
EmF#
His thoughts are whacked, he's mad so he's talkin back
GA
Talkin black, brainwashed from rock and rap
EmD
He sags his pants; doo rags and a stockin cap
CD
His step-father hit him so he, socked him back
EmF#
and broke his nose, his house is a broken home
GA
There's no control, he just let's his emotions go
[Chorus]
Em
C'mon! Sing with me (Sing!)
D
Sing for the year (Sing it)
CD
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (C'mon!)
EmF#
Sing it with me, just for today
CDB
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...
[Verse 2]
EmD
Entertainment is changin, intertwinin with gangsters
CD
In the land of the killers a sinner's mind is a sanctum
EmF#
Holy or unnholy, only have one homie
GA
Only this gun - lonely cause don't anyone know me
EmD
Yet everybody just feels like they can relate
CD
I guess words are a motherfucker, they can be great
EmF#
or they can degrate; or even worse, they can teach hate
GA
It's like these kids hang on every single statement we make
EmD
like they worship us, plus all the stores ship us platinum
CD
Now how the fuck did this metamorphosis happen?
EmF#
From standin on corners and porches just rappin
GA
to havin a fortune, no more kissin ass
EmD
But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you
CD
Fans turn on you, attorneys all want a turn at you
EmF#
to get they hands on every dime you have
GA
They want you to lose your mind every time you mad
EmD
So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon
CD
Any dispute won't hesitate to produce handguns
EmF#
That's why these prosecutors wanna convict me
GA
Strictly just to get me off of these streets quickly
EmD
But all they kids be listenin to me religiously
CD
So I'm signin CD's while police fingerprint me
EmF#
They're for the judge's daughter but his grudge is against me
GA
If I'm such a fuckin menace this shit doesn't make sense B!
EmD
It's all political, if my music is literal
CD
and I'm a criminal how the FUCK can I raise a little girl?
EmF#
I couldn't; I wouldn't be fit to
GA
You're full of shit too Guerrera - that was a FIST that hit you!
[Chorus]
Em
C'mon! Sing with me (Sing!)
D
Sing for the year (Sing it)
CD
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (C'mon!)
EmF#
Sing it with me, just for today
CDB
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...
[Verse 3]
EmD
They say music can alter moods and talk to you
CD
Well can it load a gun up for you and cock it too?
EmF#
Well if it can, and the next time you assault a dude
GA
Just tell the judge it was my fault, and I'll get sued
EmD
See what these kids do is hear about us totin pistols
CD
and they want to get one cause, they think the shit's cool
EmF#
Not knowin we really just protectin ourselves
GA
We entertainers, of course the shit's affectin our sales
EmD
You ignoramus, but music is reflection of self
CD
We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail
EmF#
It's fucked up ain't it? How we can come from practically nothin
GA
to bein able to have any fuckin thing that we wanted
EmD
That's why we, sing for these kids who don't have a thing
CD
except for a dream and a fuckin rap magazine
EmF#
Who post pin-up pictures on they walls all day long
GA
Idolize they favorite rappers and know all they songs
EmD
Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in they lives
CD
'Til they sit and they cry at night wishin they'd die
EmF#
'Til they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibe
GA
We're nothin to you - but we're the fuckin shit in they eyes
EmD
That's why we, seize the moment try to freeze it and own it
CD
Squeeze it and hold it, cause we consider these minutes golden
EmF#
And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone, just let our spirits
GA
live on through our lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can...
[Chorus]
Em
C'mon! Sing with me (Sing!)
D
Sing for the year (Sing it)
CD
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (C'mon!)
EmF#
Sing it with me, just for today
CDB
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...
[Chorus]
Em
Sing with me (Sing!)
D
Sing for the year (Sing it)
CD
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (C'mon!)
EmF#
Sing it with me, just for today
CDB
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...
[Outro]
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