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