It could be with a song, quote, performance, action whatever!
The song "sing for the moment" i actually had to hear it a couple of times for it to hit me hard.
i listened closely to his lyrics in that song and i held his album in my hands and i began crying, his lyrics hit me so hard it was like he was directly talking to me in that song, it was crazy! I just had an emotional moment with his music. the lyrics in 'sing for a moment' are so powerful.
these lyrics in particular is what made me cry when i heard the song:
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
i can't even read whole thing cause it's making me real sad


I think thats when i realized i was a real huge em fan. i mean i was always a fan of his but never really paid much attention to him or his music as much as i do now.