These ideas are nightmares
For 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 fxxkin' dad walkin' out
Cuz 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 wacked
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
C'mon
Sing with me (Sing )
Sing for the year (Sing I )t
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
Entertainment is changin'
Intertwinin' with gangstas
In the land of the killers
A sinner's mind is a sanctum
Holy or unholy
Only have one homie
Only this gun
Lonely cuz don't anyone know me
Yet everybodyjust feels like
They can relate
I guess words are a mothafxxxx
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
Ow how the fxxx
Did this metamorphosis happen
From standin' on corners
And porches just rappin';
To havin' a fortune
No more kissin' axx
But then these critics
Crucify you
Journalists try to burn you
Fans turn on you
Attorneys all want
A turn at you
To get their 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
Strictlyjust 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 fxxxin' menace
This shxt doesn't make sense B
It's all political
If my music is literal
And I'm a criminal
How the fxxx
Can I raise a little girl
I couldn't
I wouldn't be tfi to
You're full of shxt too
Guerrera
That was a fist that hit you
C'mon Sing with me (Sing )
Sing for the year (Sing I )t
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
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
Cuz they think the shxt's cool
Not knowin' we really
Just protectin' ourselves
We entertainers
Of course the shxt'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 fxxxed up ain't it
How we can come
From practically nothing
To being able to have
Any fxxxin' thing
That we wanted
That's why we sing
For these kids
Who don't have a thing
Except for a dream
And a fxxxin' rap magazine
Who post pin-up pictures
On they walls all day long
ldolize they favorite rappers
And know all they songs
Or for anyone who's
Ever been through shxt
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 fxxxin' sxxt
In they eyes
That's why we seize the moment
Try to freeze it and own it
Squeeze it and hold it
Cuz 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 lt)
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
Sing with me (Sing )
Sing for the year (Sing lt)
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