Mockingbird cover

[00:02.55] Yeah

[00:04.43] I know sometimes

[00:06.55] Things may not always make sense to you right now

[00:10.28] But hey

[00:11.62] What Daddy always tell you?

[00:13.73] Straighten up, little soldier

[00:16.13] Stiffen up that upper lip

[00:19.05] What you cryin' about?

[00:20.92] You got me

[00:22.23] Hailie, I know you miss your Mom, and I know you miss your Dad

[00:24.90] When I'm gone, but I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had

[00:28.08] I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh

[00:31.01] I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you wanna cry

[00:33.83] 'Cause you're scared, I ain't there, Daddy's wit' you in your prayers

[00:36.76] No more cryin', wipe them tears, Daddy's here, no more nightmares

[00:39.53] We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it

[00:41.93] Lainie, Uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it

[00:44.84] We're all we got in this world when it spins, when it swirls

[00:47.77] When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls

[00:50.69] Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusin' you

[00:53.61] Daddy's always on the move, Mama's always on the news

[00:56.27] I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems

[00:58.93] The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me

[01:01.59] All the things growin' up as Daddy that he had to see

[01:04.49] Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did

[01:07.42] We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me

[01:10.09] But things have got so bad between us, I don't see us ever bein'

[01:13.02] Together ever again, like we used to be when we was teenagers

[01:16.48] Then, of course, everything always happens for a reason

[01:19.39] I guess it was never meant to be

[01:21.27] It's just somethin' we have no control over, and that's what destiny is

[01:24.72] But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep

[01:27.38] Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream

[01:30.03] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[01:32.87] Everything's gonna be alright

[01:35.01] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[01:38.19] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[01:40.58] I know Mommy's not here right now and we don't know why

[01:44.31] We fear how we feel inside

[01:46.42] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[01:49.07] But I promise Mama's gon' be alright

[01:52.09] It's funny

[01:52.89] I remember back one year when Daddy had no money

[01:55.56] Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree

[01:57.96] And said some of 'em were from me 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em

[02:00.34] I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying

[02:03.79] 'Cause Daddy felt like a bum — see, Daddy had a job

[02:06.73] But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and Mom

[02:09.64] And at the time, every house that we lived in

[02:12.04] Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed or shot up on the block

[02:15.15] And your Mom was savin' money for you in a jar

[02:18.06] Tryin' to start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college

[02:20.71] Almost had a thousand dollars 'til someone broke in and stole it

[02:23.72] And I know it hurt so bad it broke your Mama's heart

[02:26.91] And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart

[02:29.58] Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot

[02:31.46] So Mama moved back on to Chalmers in the flat, one-bedroom apartment

[02:34.10] And Dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara

[02:38.09] That's when Daddy went to California with his CD

[02:40.47] And met Dr. Dre, and flew you and Mama out to see me

[02:43.66] But Daddy had to work, you and Mama had to leave me

[02:46.31] Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV

[02:48.60] Mama didn't like it

[02:49.93] And you and Lainie were too young to understand it

[02:52.05] Papa was a rolling stone, Mama developed a habit

[02:54.84] And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it

[02:57.91] I'm just sorry you were there, had to witness it firsthand

[03:00.68] 'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud

[03:03.33] Now I'm sittin' in this empty house just reminiscin'

[03:06.26] Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out

[03:08.91] To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now

[03:11.83] Wow, guess you pretty much are, Daddy's still here

[03:15.02] Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, Daddy's still here

[03:17.94] I like the sound of that shit, it's got a ring to it, don't it?

[03:20.87] Shh! Mama's only gone for the moment

[03:23.00] Now hush, little baby, don't you cry

[03:25.84] Everything's gonna be alright

[03:27.95] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

[03:31.14] Daddy's here to hold ya through the night

[03:33.16] I know Mommy's not here right now and we don't know why

[03:37.15] We fear how we feel inside

[03:39.22] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

[03:41.89] But I promise Mama's gon' be alright

[03:44.82] And if you ask me to, Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird

[03:48.46] I'ma give you the world

[03:50.60] I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you

[03:53.22] I'll do anything for you to see you smile

[03:56.16] And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine

[03:59.87] I'ma break that birdie's neck

[04:01.73] I'll go back to the jeweller who sold it to ya

[04:04.66] And make him eat every carat, don't mess with dad, haha