Eminem - Mockingbird (Slowed & Reverb)

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[00:10.64] Yeah, I know sometimes

[00:14.83] Things may not always make sense to you right now

[00:19.04] But hey, what'd daddy always tell you?

[00:23.09] Straighten up, little soldier

[00:25.50] Stiffen up that upper lip

[00:28.53] What you cryin' about?

[00:30.67] You got me

[00:31.98] Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad

[00:35.21] When I'm gone, but I'm tryna give you the life that I never had

[00:38.43] I can see you're sad even when you smile, even when you laugh

[00:41.71] I can see it in your eyes, deep inside, you wanna cry

[00:44.83] 'Cause you're scared, I ain't there? Daddy's with you in your prayers

[00:48.00] No more crying, wipe them tears, daddy's here, no more nightmares

[00:51.22] We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it

[00:53.33] Lainie, uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it

[00:57.32] We're all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirls

[01:00.26] When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls

[01:03.41] Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusing you

[01:06.33] Daddy's always on the move, mama's always on the news

[01:09.52] I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow, it seems

[01:12.26] The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me

[01:15.29] All the things growin' up as daddy that he had to see

[01:18.28] Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did

[01:21.54] We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me

[01:24.46] But things have got so bad between us

[01:26.10] I don't see us ever being together ever again

[01:29.46] Like we used to be when we was teenagers

[01:31.31] But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason

[01:34.32] I guess it was never meant to be

[01:36.47] But it's just something we have no control over, and that's what destiny is

[01:40.38] But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep

[01:43.04] Maybe one day, we'll wake up, and this will all just be a dream

[01:46.23] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[01:49.41] Everything's gonna be alright

[01:51.52] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[01:54.99] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[01:57.92] I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[02:01.62] We feel how we feel inside

[02:03.78] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[02:06.69] But I promise mama's gon' be alright

[02:09.90] Huh, it's funny

[02:10.97] I remember back one year when daddy had no money

[02:13.90] Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree

[02:16.84] And said some of 'em were from me, 'cause daddy couldn't buy 'em

[02:20.03] I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying

[02:23.19] 'Cause daddy felt like a bum, see, daddy had a job

[02:26.13] But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom

[02:29.32] And at the time, every house that we lived in

[02:31.76] Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed

[02:33.93] Or shot up on the block

[02:35.42] And your mom was savin' money for you in a jar

[02:38.36] Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college

[02:41.54] Almost had a thousand dollars 'til someone broke in and stole it

[02:44.98] And I know it hurt so bad, it broke your mama's heart

[02:47.96] And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart

[02:50.87] Mom and dad was arguin' a lot

[02:53.01] So mama moved back on to Chalmers in a flat one-bedroom apartment

[02:56.98] And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara

[03:00.23] And that's when daddy went to California with his CD

[03:03.03] And met Dr. Dre, and flew you and mama out to see me

[03:06.23] But daddy had to work, you and mama had to leave me

[03:09.20] Then you started seeing daddy on the TV, and mama didn't like it

[03:13.20] And you and Lainie were too young to understand it

[03:15.84] Papa was a rolling stone, mama developed a habit

[03:18.75] And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it

[03:21.95] I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first-hand

[03:24.91] 'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud

[03:27.86] Now I'm sittin' in this empty house

[03:30.03] Just reminiscin', lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out

[03:32.92] To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now

[03:37.22] Wow, guess you pretty much are, and daddy's still here

[03:40.66] Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here

[03:43.86] I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it, don't it?

[03:46.79] Shh, mama's only gone for the moment

[03:49.46] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[03:52.36] Everything's gonna be alright

[03:54.50] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[03:57.94] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[04:00.43] I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[04:04.84] We feel how we feel inside

[04:06.69] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[04:09.95] But I promise mama's gon' be alright

[04:13.14] And if you ask me to, daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird

[04:17.12] I'ma give you the world

[04:19.24] I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you

[04:22.26] I'll do anything for you to see you smile

[04:25.90] And if that mockingbird don't sing, and that ring don't shine

[04:29.61] I'ma break that birdie's neck

[04:31.46] I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya

[04:34.65] And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with dad