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