Mockingbird

[00:02.37] Yeah

[00:04.49] I know sometimes

[00:06.35] Things may not always make sense to you right now

[00:10.60] But ayy

[00:12.24] What'd Daddy always tell you?

[00:13.81] Straighten up, little soldier, stiffen up that upper lip

[00:18.87] What you cryin' about?

[00:21.01] You got me

[00:22.07] Hailie, I know you miss your Mom, and I know you miss your Dad

[00:24.99] When I'm gone, but I'm tryna 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

[00:31.10] I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you wanna cry

[00:34.05] 'Cause you're scared, I ain't there, Daddy's witchu in your prayers

[00:36.71] No more cryin', wipe them tears, Daddy's here, no more nightmares

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

[00:41.76] Lainie—Uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it

[00:45.22] We're all we got in this world when it spins, when it swirls

[00:48.16] When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls

[00:50.83] Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusin' you

[00:53.78] Daddy's always on the move, Momma's always on the news

[00:56.70] I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems

[00:59.10] The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me

[01:02.32] All the things growin' up as Daddy that he had to see

[01:04.98] Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did

[01:07.63] We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me

[01:10.55] But things have got so bad between us, I don't see us ever bein'

[01:16.66] Together ever again, like we used to be when we was teenagers

[01:18.52] But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason

[01:19.87] I guess it was never meant to be, but it's just something

[01:22.26] We have no control over, and that's what destiny is

[01:25.45] But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep

[01:27.57] Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream

[01:30.23] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[01:33.15] Everything's gonna be alright

[01:35.27] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[01:38.46] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[01:40.85] I know Mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[01:44.60] We fear how we feel inside

[01:46.73] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[01:49.65] But I promise Momma's gon' be alright

[01:52.58] Heh, it's funny

[01:53.37] I remember back one year when Daddy had no money

[01:56.02] Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree

[01:58.94] And said some of 'em were from me 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em

[02:00.81] I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night cryin'

[02:04.79] 'Cause Daddy felt like a bum—see, Daddy had a job but his job

[02:07.18] Was to keep the food on the table for you and Mom and at the time

[02:11.19] Every house that we lived in either kept gettin'

[02:13.59] Broken into and robbed or shot up on the block and your Mom

[02:15.44] Was savin' money for you in a jar

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

[02:21.55] Almost had a thousand dollars, 'til someone broke in and stole it

[02:24.74] And I know it hurts so bad it broke your Momma's heart

[02:27.40] And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart

[02:30.32] Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot, so Momma moved back

[02:33.52] On to Chalmers in the flat, one-bedroom apartment

[02:35.67] And Dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara

[02:38.85] And that's when Daddy went to California with his CD

[02:41.25] And met Dr. Dre and flew you and Momma out to see me

[02:44.17] But Daddy had to work, you and Momma had to leave me

[02:47.08] Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV, and Momma didn't like it

[02:49.22] And you and Lainie were too young to understand it

[02:52.97] 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

[02:58.82] I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it firsthand

[03:01.48] 'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud

[03:04.40] Now I'm sittin' in this empty house just reminiscin'

[03:07.06] Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out

[03:09.71] To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now

[03:12.91] Wow, guess you pretty much are, and Daddy's still here

[03:16.09] Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, Daddy's still here

[03:19.01] I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it, don't it?

[03:21.93] Shh! Momma's only gone for the moment

[03:23.79] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[03:26.71] Everything's gonna be alright

[03:28.84] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[03:31.76] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[03:34.44] I know Mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[03:38.16] We fear how we feel inside

[03:40.29] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[03:42.96] But I promise, momma's gon' be alright

[03:45.88] And if you ask me to, Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird

[03:49.62] I'ma give you the world, I'ma buy a diamond ring for you

[03:53.32] I'ma sing for you, I'll do anything for you to see you smile

[03:57.32] And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine

[04:00.76] I'ma break that birdie's neck

[04:06.08] I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya

[04:07.13] And make him eat every carat

[04:08.73] Don't fuck with Dad! (Haha)