Mockingbird

[00:09.81] Yeah, I know sometimes

[00:13.54] Things may not always make sense to you right now

[00:16.48] But hey, what'd daddy always tell you?

[00:20.73] Straighten up, little soldier

[00:22.86] Stiffen up that upper lip

[00:25.78] What you cryin' about?

[00:28.17] You got me

[00:29.23] Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad

[00:32.15] When I'm gone, but I'm tryna give you the life that I never had

[00:34.82] I can see you're sad even when you smile, even when you laugh

[00:38.27] I can see it in your eyes, deep inside, you wanna cry

[00:40.93] 'Cause you're scared, I ain't there? Daddy's with you in your prayers

[00:43.85] No more crying, wipe them tears, daddy's here, no more nightmares

[00:46.51] We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it

[00:49.16] Lainie, uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it

[00:52.35] We're all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirls

[00:55.28] When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls

[00:57.93] Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusing you

[01:00.85] Daddy's always on the move, mama's always on the news

[01:03.78] I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow, it seems

[01:06.43] The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me

[01:09.09] All the things growin' up as daddy that he had to see

[01:11.74] Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did

[01:14.93] We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me

[01:17.59] But things have got so bad between us

[01:19.20] I don't see us ever being together ever again

[01:20.79] Like we used to be when we was teenagers

[01:24.24] But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason

[01:26.64] I guess it was never meant to be

[01:28.49] But it's just something we have no control over, and that's what destiny is

[01:31.69] But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep

[01:34.60] Maybe one day, we'll wake up, and this will all just be a dream

[01:37.53] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[01:40.44] Everything's gonna be alright

[01:42.31] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[01:46.02] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[01:48.15] I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[01:51.60] We feel how we feel inside

[01:53.74] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[01:56.42] But I promise mama's gon' be alright

[01:59.36] Huh, it's funny

[02:00.68] I remember back one year when daddy had no money

[02:02.81] Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree

[02:05.72] And said some of 'em were from me, 'cause daddy couldn't buy 'em

[02:08.64] I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying

[02:11.57] 'Cause daddy felt like a bum, see, daddy had a job

[02:14.23] But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom

[02:17.14] And at the time, every house that we lived in

[02:20.60] Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed

[02:21.40] Or shot up on the block

[02:23.25] And your mom was savin' money for you in a jar

[02:25.65] Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college

[02:28.57] Almost had a thousand dollars 'til someone broke in and stole it

[02:31.75] And I know it hurt so bad, it broke your mama's heart

[02:34.14] And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart

[02:36.80] Mom and dad was arguin' a lot

[02:39.19] So mama moved back on to Chalmers in a flat one-bedroom apartment

[02:42.91] And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara

[02:45.57] And that's when daddy went to California with his CD

[02:48.49] And met Dr. Dre, and flew you and mama out to see me

[02:51.15] But daddy had to work, you and mama had to leave me

[02:54.34] Then you started seeing daddy on the TV, and mama didn't like it

[02:57.79] And you and Lainie were too young to understand it

[03:00.18] Papa was a rolling stone, mama developed a habit

[03:02.83] And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it

[03:05.76] I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first-hand

[03:08.69] 'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud

[03:11.33] Now I'm sittin' in this empty house

[03:13.46] Just reminiscin', lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out

[03:16.92] To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now

[03:19.57] Wow, guess you pretty much are, and daddy's still here

[03:23.02] Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here

[03:25.95] I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it, don't it?

[03:28.87] Shh, mama's only gone for the moment

[03:30.99] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[03:33.65] Everything's gonna be alright

[03:35.77] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[03:38.96] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[03:41.09] I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[03:44.80] We feel how we feel inside

[03:47.19] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[03:49.85] But I promise mama's gon' be alright

[03:53.03] And if you ask me to, daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird

[03:56.49] I'ma give you the world

[03:58.62] I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you

[04:01.80] I'll do anything for you to see you smile

[04:03.94] And if that mockingbird don't sing, and that ring don't shine

[04:07.65] I'ma break that birdie's neck

[04:10.03] I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya

[04:12.98] And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with dad