Mockingbird

[00:02.88] Yeah

[00:04.38] I know sometimes

[00:06.38] Things may not always make sense to you right now

[00:10.13] But ayy

[00:11.88] What'd Daddy always tell you?

[00:13.63] Straighten up, little soldier, stiffen up that upper lip

[00:18.63] What you cryin' about?

[00:21.14] You got me

[00:22.38] Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad

[00:25.14] When I'm gone, but I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had

[00:28.14] I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh

[00:31.38] I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you wanna cry

[00:34.14] 'Cause you're scared, I ain't there

[00:35.39] Daddy's with you in your prayers

[00:36.89] No more cryin', wipe them tears

[00:38.13] Daddy's here, no more nightmares

[00:39.63] We gon' pull together through it

[00:40.88] We gon' do it, Lainie—Uncle's crazy, ain't he?

[00:43.39] Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it

[00:45.63] We're all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirls

[00:48.14] When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls

[00:50.89] Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusin' you

[00:53.64] Daddy's always on the move, Momma's always on the news

[00:56.64] I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems

[00:59.16] The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me

[01:01.89] All the things growin' up as Daddy that he had to see

[01:04.88] Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did

[01:07.65] We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me

[01:10.38] But things have got so bad between us, I don't see us ever bein'

[01:13.39] Together ever again, like we used to be when we was teenagers

[01:16.64] But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason

[01:20.40] I guess it was never meant to be, but it's just something

[01:22.15] We have no control over, and that's what destiny is

[01:25.38] But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep

[01:27.64] Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream

[01:30.15] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[01:33.15] Everything's gonna be alright

[01:35.14] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[01:38.39] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[01:41.15] I know Mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[01:45.14] We fear how we feel inside

[01:46.65] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[01:49.39] But I promise, Momma's gon' be alright (Heh)

[01:52.38] It's funny, I remember back one year when Daddy had no money

[01:55.88] Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree

[01:58.63] And said some of 'em were from me 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em

[02:01.64] I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night cryin'

[02:04.39] 'Cause Daddy felt like a bum—see, Daddy had a job

[02:07.14] But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and Mom

[02:10.14] And at the time, every house that we lived in

[02:12.39] Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed or shot up on the block

[02:15.63] And your mom was savin' money for you in a jar

[02:18.63] Tryin' to start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college

[02:21.63] Almost had a thousand dollars, 'til someone broke in and stole it

[02:24.63] And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heart

[02:27.13] And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart

[02:30.63] Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot, so Momma moved back

[02:33.14] On to Chalmers in the flat, one bedroom apartment

[02:35.89] And Dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara

[02:38.64] And that's when Daddy went to California with his CD

[02:41.38] And met Dr. Dre and flew you and Momma out to see me

[02:44.13] But Daddy had to work, you and Momma had to leave me

[02:47.14] Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV, and Momma didn't like it

[02:50.63] And you and Lainie were too young to understand it

[02:53.13] Papa was a rolling stone, Momma developed a habit

[02:55.88] And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it

[02:58.63] I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand

[03:01.39] 'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud

[03:03.88] Now I'm sittin' in this empty house

[03:06.13] Just reminiscin', lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out

[03:09.64] To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now

[03:12.64] Wow, guess you pretty much are, and Daddy's still here

[03:16.13] Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, Daddy's still here

[03:18.64] I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it, don't it?

[03:21.88] Sshh! Momma's only gone for the moment

[03:23.89] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[03:26.64] Everything's gonna be alright

[03:28.65] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[03:31.89] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[03:34.64] I know Mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[03:37.90] We fear how we feel inside

[03:40.14] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[03:42.90] But I promise, Momma's gon' be alright

[03:45.63] And if you ask me to, Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird

[03:49.39] I'ma give you the world

[03:51.38] I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you

[03:54.38] I'll do anything for you to see you smile

[03:57.13] And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine

[04:00.63] I'ma break that birdie's neck

[04:02.88] I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya

[04:05.63] And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with Dad! (Ha-ha!)