Eminem Mockingbird

[00:02.69] Yeah

[00:04.81] I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now

[00:10.12] But hey, what daddy always tell you?

[00:13.84] Straighten up little soldier

[00:16.23] Stiffen up that upper lip

[00:19.42] What you crying about?

[00:21.02] You got me

[00:22.08] Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad

[00:25.00] When I'm gone, but I'm trying to give you the life that I never had

[00:27.92] I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh

[00:31.37] I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry

[00:33.77] 'Cause you're scared, I ain't there, daddy's with you in your prayers

[00:36.96] No more crying, wipe them tears, daddy's here, no more nightmares

[00:39.87] We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it

[00:41.73] Laney uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you girl and you better know it

[00:45.45] We're all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirls

[00:48.37] When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls

[00:51.03] Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusing you

[00:53.68] Daddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the news

[00:56.61] I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems

[00:59.26] The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me

[01:02.19] All the things growing up, his daddy, daddy had to see

[01:04.84] Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did

[01:07.50] We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me

[01:10.15] But things have gotten so bad between us, I don't see us ever being together

[01:13.60] Ever again like we used to be when we was teenagers

[01:16.53] But then of course everything always happens for a reason

[01:19.99] I guess it was never meant to be

[01:21.58] But it's just something we have no control, over and that's what destiny is

[01:25.30] But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep

[01:27.42] Maybe one day we'll wake up, and this will all just be a dream

[01:30.34] Now hush little baby, don't you cry

[01:33.27] Everything's gonna be alright

[01:35.39] Stiffen that upper-lip up, little lady, I told ya

[01:38.31] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[01:40.97] I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[01:44.42] We fear how we feel inside

[01:46.81] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[01:49.47] But I promise momma's gon' be alright

[01:52.38] Huh, it's funny

[01:53.18] I remember back one year when daddy had no money

[01:55.84] Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree

[01:59.02] And said, "Some of 'em were from me, 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em"

[02:01.68] I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying

[02:04.61] 'Cause daddy felt like a bum

[02:06.20] See daddy had a job

[02:07.26] But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom

[02:10.19] And at the time every house that we lived in

[02:12.31] Either kept getting broke into and robbed

[02:14.70] Or shot up on the block

[02:15.76] And your Mom was saving money for you in a jar

[02:18.95] Tryna start a piggy bank for you, so you could go to college

[02:21.34] Almost had a thousand dollars 'til someone broke in and stole it

[02:24.80] And I know it hurt so bad, it broke your momma's heart

[02:27.19] And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart

[02:30.10] Mom and dad was arguin' a lot, so momma moved back

[02:33.56] On the Chalmers in the flat one-bedroom apartment

[02:35.95] And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara

[02:38.60] And that's when daddy went to California with his C.D

[02:41.27] And met Dr. Dre, and flew you and momma out to see me

[02:44.18] But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me

[02:46.84] Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V

[02:49.23] And momma didn't like it, and you and Laney were to young to understand it

[02:52.68] Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit

[02:56.13] And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it

[02:58.80] I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand

[03:01.45] 'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud

[03:04.11] Now I'm sittin' in this empty house

[03:06.23] Just reminiscing, lookin' at your baby pictures

[03:08.36] It just trips me out

[03:09.42] To see how much you both have grown

[03:11.27] It's almost like you're sisters now

[03:12.87] Wow, guess you pretty much are, and daddy's still here

[03:16.06] Laney, I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here

[03:18.71] I like the sound of that, yeah, It's got a ring to it, don't it?

[03:21.90] Shh, momma's only gone for the moment

[03:23.76] Now hush little baby, don't you cry

[03:26.69] Everything's gonna be alright

[03:28.81] Stiffen that upper-lip up, little lady, I told ya

[03:32.00] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[03:34.39] I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[03:38.10] We fear how we feel inside

[03:40.23] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[03:43.15] But I promise, momma's gon' be alright

[03:45.81] And if you ask me too

[03:46.87] Daddy's gonna buy you a Mockingbird

[03:49.79] I'ma give you the world

[03:51.92] I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you

[03:54.58] I'll do anything for you to see you smile

[03:57.23] And if that Mockingbird don't sing, and that ring don't shine

[04:00.68] I'ma break that birdies neck

[04:02.81] I'd go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya

[04:05.73] And make him eat every karat, don't fuck with dad (haha)