I know things may not Always make sense to you now But hey, What always tell you? Straighten up little up that upper lip What you about? You got me
Hailie I know you miss your mom and I 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, when 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 with you in your prayers No crying, wipe them tears Daddy's here, no more We pull together through it, we gon' do it Laney uncles crazy, he? Yeah but he you girl and you better know it all we got in this world When it spins, it swirls When it whirls, when it Two little girls Lookin' puzzled, in a I know confusing you always on the move, mama's always on the news I try to you sheltered from it but somehow it seems The harder that I try to do that, the 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 way, your mother and me But have gotten so bad between us I don't see us ever together ever again Like we used to be when we were But then of course everything happens for a reason I it was never meant to be But it's something we have no control over and that's what destiny is But no more worries, rest head and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a
Now little baby, don't you cry Everything's be alright Stiffen that upper lip up lady, I told ya Daddy's here to hold ya through the I mommy's not here 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 presents up And stuck 'em 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 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 time every house we lived in Either kept broken into and robbed Or shot up on the and your mom was saving money for you in a jar Tryna start a bank for you so you could go to college Almost had a dollars till someone broke in and stole it And I know it hurt so bad it broke 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 back to the other side of 8 Mile on 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 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 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 it first hand Cause all I wanted to do was just make you proud Now I'm sitting in this house, just reminiscing Lookin' at your pictures, it just trips me out To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like sisters now Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's here I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here I the sound of that, yeah It's got a to it don't it? Shh, momma's gone 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 that mockingbird don't sing and that don't shine I'mma break birdies neck I'll go back to the who sold it to ya And make him eat every carat don't fuck dad (ha ha)