moking bird

[00:09.24] Yeah

[00:11.10] I know sometimes

[00:12.96] Things may not always make sense to you right now

[00:16.68] But hey

[00:18.27] What Daddy always tell you?

[00:20.66] Straighten up, little soldier

[00:23.05] Stiffen up that upper lip

[00:25.71] What you cryin' about?

[00:28.37] You got me

[00:29.43] Hailie, I know you miss your Mom, and I know you miss your Dad

[00:32.09] When I'm gone, but I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had

[00:34.74] I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh

[00:38.19] I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you wanna cry

[00:41.12] 'Cause you're scared, I ain't there, Daddy's wit' you in your prayers

[00:43.77] No more cryin', wipe them tears, Daddy's here, no more nightmares

[00:46.69] We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it

[00:49.35] Lainie, Uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it

[00:52.01] We're all we got in this world when it spins, when it swirls

[00:54.93] When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls

[00:57.85] Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusin' you

[01:01.04] Daddy's always on the move, Mama's always on the news

[01:03.69] I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems

[01:06.09] The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me

[01:09.27] All the things growin' up as Daddy that he had to see

[01:11.93] Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did

[01:14.59] We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me

[01:17.51] But things have got so bad between us, I don't see us ever bein'

[01:20.43] Together ever again, like we used to be when we was teenagers

[01:23.62] But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason

[01:26.27] I guess it was never meant to be

[01:28.93] But it's just somethin' we have no control over, and that's what destiny is

[01:31.85] But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep

[01:34.77] Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream

[01:37.70] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[01:40.35] Everything's gonna be alright

[01:42.48] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[01:45.40] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[01:48.05] I know Mommy's not here right now and we don't know why

[01:51.51] We feel how we feel inside

[01:54.16] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[01:56.55] But I promise Mama's gon' be alright

[01:59.74] Heh, it's funny

[02:00.54] I remember back one year when Daddy had no money

[02:02.93] Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree

[02:05.59] And said some of 'em were from me 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em

[02:08.51] I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying

[02:11.43] 'Cause Daddy felt like a bum—see, Daddy had a job

[02:14.35] But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and Mom

[02:17.01] And at the time, every house that we lived in

[02:19.66] Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed or shot up on the block

[02:22.85] And your Mom was savin' money for you in a jar

[02:25.51] Tryin' to start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college

[02:28.70] Almost had a thousand dollars 'til someone broke in and stole it

[02:31.62] And I know it hurt so bad it broke your Mama's heart

[02:34.27] And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart

[02:37.46] Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot

[02:39.85] So Mama moved back on to Chalmers in the flat, one-bedroom apartment

[02:43.04] And Dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara

[02:45.69] And that's when Daddy went to California with his CD

[02:48.35] And met Dr. Dre, and flew you and Mama out to see me

[02:51.27] But Daddy had to work, you and Mama had to leave me

[02:54.19] Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV

[02:56.19] 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

[03:05.75] I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it firsthand

[03:08.68] 'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud

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

[03:14.26] Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out

[03:16.91] To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now

[03:19.83] Wow, guess you pretty much are, and Daddy's still here

[03:23.29] Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, Daddy's still here

[03:25.94] I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it, don't it?

[03:28.60] Shh! Mama's only gone for the moment

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

[03:33.91] Everything's gonna be alright

[03:36.04] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

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

[03:41.61] I know Mommy's not here right now and we don't know why

[03:45.07] We feel how we feel inside

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

[03:50.38] But I promise Mama's gon' be alright

[03:53.04] And if you ask me to, Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird

[03:56.76] I'ma give you the world

[03:58.61] I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you

[04:01.54] I'll do anything for you to see you smile

[04:04.19] And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine

[04:07.91] I'ma break that birdie's neck

[04:10.04] I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya

[04:12.69] And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with Dad! (Haha)