I know things may not make sense to you right now But hey, What always tell you? up little soldier Stiffen up upper lip What you 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 that I never had I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you to cry Cause you're scared, I ain't Daddy's with you in your No more crying, wipe them here, no more nightmares We gon' pull together through it, we do it Laney crazy, ain't he? Yeah but he loves you and you better know it all we got in this world When it spins, when it When it whirls, it twirls Two little beautiful Lookin' puzzled, in a I know confusing you Daddy's on the move, mama's always on the news I try to keep you sheltered it but somehow it seems The harder that I try to do that, the more it on me All the growing up his daddy that he had to see Daddy don't want you to see but you see just as as he did We did not plan it to be this way, mother and me But things gotten so bad between us I don't see us ever being together ever Like we used to be when we were But then of course everything always for a reason I it was never meant to be But it's just something we have no control over and what destiny is But no more worries, rest your head and go to Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a
Now hush little baby, you cry Everything's be alright Stiffen that upper lip up lady, I told ya Daddy's to hold ya through the night I know mommy's not right now and we don't know why We how we feel inside It may seem a crazy, pretty baby But I promise momma's be alright
It's I remember one year when daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the Christmas up And 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from me daddy couldn't buy 'em I'll forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying Cause daddy felt 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 that we lived in Either kept getting into and robbed Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving for you in a jar Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you 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 arguin' a lot so momma moved On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom And dad moved back to the other of 8 Mile on Novara And that's when daddy went to with his CD and met Dr. Dre And you and momma out to see me But had to work, you and momma had to leave me you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it And you and were to young to understand it Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a And it all happened too fast for one of us to grab it I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud Now I'm in this empty house, just reminiscing Lookin' at baby pictures, it just trips me out To see how much you have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now Wow, guess you pretty much are and still here Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's here I like the 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 give you the I'mma buy a diamond for you sing for you I'll do anything for you to see you And if that mockingbird sing and that ring don't shine I'mma that birdies neck I'll go back to the who sold it to ya And make him eat every carat don't with dad (ha ha)