I know things may not Always make sense to you now But hey, daddy always tell you? Straighten up soldier Stiffen up upper lip you crying about? You got me
Hailie I know you miss 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 you smile, even when you laugh I can see it in your eyes, inside you want to cry Cause you're scared, I ain't Daddy's with you in prayers No crying, wipe them tears Daddy's here, no more We gon' together through it, we gon' do it Laney uncles crazy, he? Yeah but he you girl and you better know it We're all we got in world When it spins, when it it whirls, when it twirls Two little girls puzzled, in a daze I know it's you Daddy's always on the move, mama's always on the I try to keep you sheltered it but somehow 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 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 have gotten so bad between us I don't see us ever being together again we used to be when we were teenagers But then of course everything always happens for a I guess it was meant to be But it's just something we have no control over and that's what 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 little baby, don't you cry gonna be alright Stiffen that upper lip up lady, I told ya Daddy's to hold ya through the night I know mommy's not here right now and we don't why We fear how we feel It may seem a little crazy, baby But I promise gon' be alright
funny I remember back one year daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the presents up And stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em from me Cause couldn't buy 'em I'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night Cause felt like a bum, see daddy had a job But his job was to the food on the table for you and mom And at the time every house we lived in Either kept getting broken and robbed Or up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar Tryna a piggy bank for you so you could go to college Almost had a thousand dollars someone broke in and stole it And I know it hurt so bad it your momma's heart And it like everything 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 to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara And that's when daddy went to California his CD and met Dr. Dre And you and momma out to see me But daddy had to work, you and momma had to me you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it And you and Laney to young to understand it Papa was a stone, momma developed a habit 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 hand Cause all I ever wanted to do was just you proud Now I'm sitting in this empty house, reminiscing Lookin' at your pictures, it just trips me out To see how you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now Wow, guess you much are and daddy's still here Laney I'm talkin' to you too, still here I like the of that, yeah It's got a ring to it it? Shh, momma's only gone for the
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 him eat every carat don't fuck with dad (ha ha)