1-16_mockingbird

[00:04.94] Yeah, I know sometimes

[00:06.53] Things may not always make sense to you right now

[00:10.22] But hey, what'd daddy always tell you?

[00:13.91] Straighten up, little soldier

[00:16.30] Stiffen up that upper lip

[00:18.96] What you cryin' about?

[00:21.09] You got me

[00:22.15] Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad

[00:25.05] When I'm gone, but I'm tryna give you the life that I never had

[00:27.96] I can see you're sad even when you smile, even when you laugh

[00:30.89] I can see it in your eyes, deep inside, you wanna cry

[00:33.81] 'Cause you're scared, I ain't there? Daddy's with you in your prayers

[00:36.73] No more crying, wipe them tears, daddy's here, no more nightmares

[00:39.65] We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it

[00:42.04] Lainie, uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it

[00:45.20] We're all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirls

[00:48.10] When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls

[00:50.98] Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusing you

[00:53.63] Daddy's always on the move, mama's always on the news

[00:56.56] I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow, it seems

[00:58.95] The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me

[01:01.87] All the things growin' up as daddy that he had to see

[01:04.79] Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did

[01:07.72] We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me

[01:10.37] But things have got so bad between us

[01:11.70] I don't see us ever being together ever again

[01:14.62] Like we used to be when we was teenagers

[01:17.01] But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason

[01:19.37] I guess it was never meant to be

[01:21.50] But it's just something we have no control over, and that's what destiny is

[01:25.18] But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep

[01:27.56] Maybe one day, we'll wake up, and this will all just be a dream

[01:30.16] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[01:33.08] Everything's gonna be alright

[01:35.47] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[01:38.40] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[01:41.05] I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[01:44.48] We feel how we feel inside

[01:46.60] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[01:49.26] But I promise mama's gon' be alright

[01:52.18] Huh, it's funny

[01:53.50] I remember back one year when daddy had no money

[01:55.63] Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree

[01:58.82] And said some of 'em were from me, 'cause daddy couldn't buy 'em

[02:01.16] I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying

[02:04.34] 'Cause daddy felt like a bum, see, daddy had a job

[02:07.00] 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

[02:12.76] Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed

[02:14.71] Or shot up on the block

[02:16.03] And your mom was savin' money for you in a jar

[02:18.87] Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college

[02:21.26] Almost had a thousand dollars 'til someone broke in and stole it

[02:24.71] And I know it hurt so bad, it broke your mama's heart

[02:27.37] And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart

[02:29.76] Mom and dad was arguin' a lot

[02:32.41] So mama moved back on to Chalmers in a flat one-bedroom apartment

[02:35.54] And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara

[02:38.46] And that's when daddy went to California with his CD

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

[02:44.31] But daddy had to work, you and mama had to leave me

[02:46.96] Then you started seeing daddy on the TV, and mama didn't like it

[02:50.42] And you and Lainie were too young to understand it

[02:52.81] Papa was a rolling stone, mama developed a habit

[02:55.73] And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it

[02:58.39] I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first-hand

[03:01.04] 'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud

[03:03.97] Now I'm sittin' in this empty house

[03:06.35] Just reminiscin', lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out

[03:09.28] To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now

[03:12.73] Wow, guess you pretty much are, and daddy's still here

[03:15.66] Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here

[03:18.58] I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it, don't it?

[03:21.49] Shh, mama's only gone for the moment

[03:23.62] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[03:26.54] Everything's gonna be alright

[03:28.66] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[03:31.59] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[03:34.51] I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[03:38.23] We feel how we feel inside

[03:40.09] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[03:42.74] But I promise mama's gon' be alright

[03:45.66] And if you ask me to, daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird

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

[03:51.51] I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you

[03:54.17] I'll do anything for you to see you smile

[03:57.09] And if that mockingbird don't sing, and that ring don't shine

[04:00.54] I'ma break that birdie's neck

[04:02.67] I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya

[04:05.59] And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with dad