I sometimes things may not Always make sense to you now But hey, What daddy tell you? Straighten up little Stiffen up that lip What you crying You got me
Hailie I you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad Well I'm but I'm trying to give you the life that I never had I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even you laugh I can see it in eyes, deep inside you want to cry Cause scared, I ain't there? with you in your prayers No more crying, wipe tears here, no more nightmares We gon' pull together it, we gon' do it uncles crazy, ain't he? Yeah but he loves you and you better know it all we got in this world When it spins, it swirls When it whirls, it twirls Two beautiful girls Lookin' puzzled, in a I know it's you Daddy's always on the move, always on the news I try to keep you sheltered from it but it seems The harder that I try to do that, the it backfires on me All the things up his daddy that he had to see Daddy want you to see but you see just as much as he did We did not plan it to be this way, your and me But things gotten so bad between us I don't see us being together ever again Like we used to be when we were But then of course always happens for a reason I guess it was never to be But it's just something we have no control and that's what destiny is But no worries, rest your head and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up and this all just be a dream
Now hush little baby, you cry Everything's be alright Stiffen upper lip up little lady, I told ya here to hold ya through the night I know mommy's not here right now and we don't why We fear how we inside It may a little crazy, pretty baby But I promise momma's gon' be
funny I remember back one year when had no money Mommy wrapped the Christmas up And stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em from me daddy couldn't buy 'em I'll never forget Christmas I sat up the whole night crying daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job But his job was to keep the food on the for you and mom And at the every house that we lived in Either kept getting into and robbed Or shot up on the and your mom was saving money for you in a jar Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you go to college Almost had a dollars till someone broke in and stole it And I know it hurt so bad it your momma's heart And it seemed like was just startin' to fall apart Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so moved back On the Chalmers in the flat one apartment And dad moved back to the other of 8 Mile on Novara And that's when daddy went to California his CD and met Dr. Dre And flew you and out to see me But had to work, you and momma had to leave me Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma like it And you and Laney to young to understand it was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit And it all happened too fast for one of us to grab it I'm just sorry you were and had to witness it first hand Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you Now I'm sitting in this empty house, just Lookin' at baby pictures, it just trips me out To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're now Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's here Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still I the sound of that, yeah got a ring to it don't it? Shh, momma's only for the moment
And if you ask me too gonna buy you a mockingbird I'mma you the world I'mma buy a diamond for you sing for you I'll do for you to see you smile And if mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine break that birdies neck I'll go to the jeweler who sold it to ya And make him eat every don't fuck with dad (ha ha)