Mocking Bird
[00:19.00] Yeah
[00:22.51] I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now
[00:22.51] But hey, what daddy always tell you?
[00:23.00] Straighten up little soldier
[00:24.75] Stiffen up that upper lip
[00:25.25] What you crying about?
[00:25.50] You got me
[00:25.50] Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad
[00:25.75] When I'm gone, but I'm trying to give you the life that I never had
[00:26.75] I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
[00:28.25] I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry
[00:28.76] 'Cause you're scared, I ain't there, daddy's with you in your prayers
[00:31.26] No more crying, wipe them tears, daddy's here, no more nightmares
[00:33.50] We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
[00:35.73] Laney uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you girl and you better know it
[00:37.76] We're all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirls
[00:40.50] When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls
[00:42.48] Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusing you
[00:45.02] Daddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the news
[00:47.50] I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems
[00:49.50] The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
[00:52.00] All the things growing up, his daddy, daddy had to see
[00:54.50] Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did
[00:56.51] We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
[00:59.00] But things have gotten so bad between us, I don't see us ever being together
[01:01.75] Ever again like we used to be when we was teenagers
[01:04.25] But then of course everything always happens for a reason
[01:06.50] I guess it was never meant to be
[01:08.50] But it's just something we have no control, over and that's what destiny is
[01:10.74] But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
[01:13.24] Maybe one day we'll wake up, and this will all just be a dream
[01:15.50] Now hush little baby, don't you cry
[01:18.00] Everything's gonna be alright
[01:19.75] Stiffen that upper-lip up, little lady, I told ya
[01:22.77] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
[01:24.75] I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why
[01:26.98] We fear how we feel inside
[01:29.23] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
[01:31.75] But I promise momma's gon' be alright
[00:00.00] Huh, it's funny
[00:00.00] I remember back one year when daddy had no money
[00:00.00] Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree
[00:00.00] And said, "Some of 'em were from me, 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em"
[00:00.00] I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying
[00:00.00] 'Cause daddy felt like a bum
[00:00.00] See daddy had a job
[00:00.00] But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
[00:00.00] And at the time every house that we lived in
[00:00.00] Either kept getting broke into and robbed
[00:00.00] Or shot up on the block
[00:00.00] And your Mom was saving money for you in a jar
[00:00.00] Tryna start a piggy bank for you, so you could go to college
[00:00.00] Almost had a thousand dollars 'til someone broke in and stole it
[00:00.00] And I know it hurt so bad, it broke your momma's heart
[00:00.00] And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
[00:00.00] Mom and dad was arguin' a lot, so momma moved back
[00:00.00] On the Chalmers in the flat one-bedroom apartment
[00:00.00] And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
[00:00.00] And that's when daddy went to California with his C.D
[00:00.00] And met Dr. Dre, and flew you and momma out to see me
[00:00.00] But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me
[00:00.00] Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V
[00:00.00] And momma didn't like it, and you and Laney were to young to understand it
[00:00.00] Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit
[00:00.00] And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
[00:00.00] I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
[00:00.00] 'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
[00:00.00] Now I'm sittin' in this empty house
[00:00.00] Just reminiscing, lookin' at your baby pictures
[00:00.00] It just trips me out
[00:00.00] To see how much you both have grown
[00:00.00] It's almost like you're sisters now
[00:00.00] Wow, guess you pretty much are, and daddy's still here
[00:00.00] Laney, I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here
[00:00.00] I like the sound of that, yeah, It's got a ring to it, don't it?
[00:00.00] Shh, momma's only gone for the moment
[00:00.00] Now hush little baby, don't you cry
[00:00.00] Everything's gonna be alright
[00:00.00] Stiffen that upper-lip up, little lady, I told ya
[00:00.00] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
[00:00.00] I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why
[00:00.00] We fear how we feel inside
[00:00.00] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
[00:00.00] But I promise, momma's gon' be alright
[00:00.00] And if you ask me too
[00:00.00] Daddy's gonna buy you a Mockingbird
[00:00.00] I'ma give you the world
[00:00.00] I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you
[00:00.00] I'll do anything for you to see you smile
[00:00.00] And if that Mockingbird don't sing, and that ring don't shine
[00:00.00] I'ma break that birdies neck
[00:00.00] I'd go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
[00:00.00] And make him eat every karat, don't fuck with dad (haha)
