Mockingbird

[00:03.11] Yeah

[00:04.13] I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now

[00:09.31] But hey, what daddy always tell you?

[00:18.06] Straighten up little soldier

[00:19.94] Stiffen up that upper lip

[00:22.07] What you crying about?

[00:23.66] You got me

[00:24.65] Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad

[00:26.77] When I'm gone, but I'm trying to give you the life that I never had

[00:29.16] I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh

[00:31.29] I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry

[00:33.41] 'Cause you're scared, I ain't there, daddy's with you in your prayers

[00:35.82] No more crying, wipe them tears, daddy's here, no more nightmares

[00:38.20] We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it

[00:40.06] Laney uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you girl and you better know it

[00:42.45] We're all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirls

[00:44.57] When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls

[00:46.70] Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusing you

[00:48.82] Daddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the news

[00:51.23] I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems

[00:53.35] The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me

[00:55.21] All the things growing up, his daddy, daddy had to see

[00:57.34] Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did

[00:59.73] We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me

[01:01.85] But things have gotten so bad between us, I don't see us ever being together

[01:04.24] Ever again like we used to be when we was teenagers

[01:06.65] But then of course everything always happens for a reason

[01:09.04] I guess it was never meant to be

[01:10.37] But it's just something we have no control, over and that's what destiny is

[01:12.76] But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep

[01:15.15] Maybe one day we'll wake up, and this will all just be a dream

[01:17.01] Now hush little baby, don't you cry

[01:19.40] Everything's gonna be alright

[01:20.99] Stiffen that upper-lip up, little lady, I told ya

[01:23.38] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[01:25.24] I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[01:27.90] We fear how we feel inside

[01:29.82] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[01:31.95] But I promise momma's gon' be alright

[01:34.34] Huh, it's funny

[01:35.13] I remember back one year when daddy had no money

[01:36.67] Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree

[01:38.80] And said, "Some of 'em were from me, 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em"

[01:41.19] I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying

[01:43.31] 'Cause daddy felt like a bum

[01:44.38] See daddy had a job

[01:45.44] But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom

[01:47.56] And at the time every house that we lived in

[01:49.72] Either kept getting broke into and robbed

[01:50.75] Or shot up on the block

[01:52.08] And your Mom was saving money for you in a jar

[01:54.20] Tryna start a piggy bank for you, so you could go to college

[01:56.33] Almost had a thousand dollars 'til someone broke in and stole it

[01:58.45] And I know it hurt so bad, it broke your momma's heart

[02:01.11] And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart

[02:03.00] Mom and dad was arguin' a lot, so momma moved back

[02:05.38] On the Chalmers in the flat one-bedroom apartment

[02:07.55] And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara

[02:09.68] And that's when daddy went to California with his C.D

[02:11.81] And met Dr. Dre, and flew you and momma out to see me

[02:13.93] But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me

[02:16.06] Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V

[02:17.91] And momma didn't like it, and you and Laney were to young to understand it

[02:20.57] Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit

[02:22.71] And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it

[02:25.13] I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand

[02:27.25] 'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud

[02:29.38] Now I'm sittin' in this empty house

[02:30.96] Just reminiscing, lookin' at your baby pictures

[02:32.82] It just trips me out

[02:33.62] To see how much you both have grown

[02:34.96] It's almost like you're sisters now

[02:35.75] Wow, guess you pretty much are, and daddy's still here

[02:38.19] Laney, I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here

[02:40.59] I like the sound of that, yeah, It's got a ring to it, don't it?

[02:42.71] Shh, momma's only gone for the moment

[02:44.30] Now hush little baby, don't you cry

[02:46.70] Everything's gonna be alright

[02:48.29] Stiffen that upper-lip up, little lady, I told ya

[02:50.69] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[02:52.55] I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why

[02:55.46] We fear how we feel inside

[02:57.05] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[02:59.18] But I promise, momma's gon' be alright

[03:01.31] And if you ask me too

[03:02.12] Daddy's gonna buy you a Mockingbird

[03:04.25] I'ma give you the world

[03:05.59] I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you

[03:07.98] I'll do anything for you to see you smile

[03:10.10] And if that Mockingbird don't sing, and that ring don't shine

[03:12.76] I'ma break that birdies neck

[03:14.36] I'd go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya

[03:16.75] And make him eat every karat, don't fuck with dad (haha)