所属专辑:Mockingbird
时长: 02:40
yeah[00:00:02]
i know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now[00:00:04]
but hey, what daddy always tell you?[00:00:10]
straighten up little soldier[00:00:13]
stiffen up that upper lip[00:00:16]
what you crying about?[00:00:19]
you got me[00:00:20]
hailie i know you miss your mom and i know you miss your dad[00:00:22]
well i'm gone but i'm trying to give you the life that i never had[00:00:24]
i can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh[00:00:28]
i can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry[00:00:31]
cuz you're scared, i ain't there?[00:00:33]
daddy's with you in your prayers[00:00:35]
no more crying, wipe them tears[00:00:36]
daddy's here, no more nightmares[00:00:37]
we gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it[00:00:39]
laney uncles crazy, aint he?[00:00:41]
yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it[00:00:43]
we're all we got in this world[00:00:45]
when it spins, when it swirls[00:00:46]
when it whirls, when it twirls[00:00:47]
two little beautiful girls[00:00:49]
lookin' puzzled, in a daze[00:00:50]
i know it's confusing you[00:00:52]
daddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the news[00:00:53]
i try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems[00:00:56]
the harder that i try to do that, the more it backfires on me[00:00:58]
all the things growing up his daddy that he had to see[00:01:01]
daddy don't want you to see but you see just as much as he did[00:01:04]
we did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me[00:01:07]
but things have gotten so bad between us[00:01:09]
i don't see us ever being together ever again[00:01:11]
like we used to be when we was teenagers[00:01:14]
but then of course everything always happens for a reason[00:01:16]
i guess it was never meant to be[00:01:19]
but it's just something we have no control[00:01:20]
over and that's what destiny is[00:01:22]
but no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep[00:01:24]
maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream[00:01:27]
now hush little baby, don't you cry[00:01:30]
everything's gonna be alright[00:01:32]
stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya[00:01:34]
daddy's here to hold ya through the night[00:01:38]
i know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why[00:01:40]
we feel how we feel inside[00:01:44]
it may seem a little crazy, pretty baby[00:01:46]
but i promise momma's gon' be alright[00:01:48]
it's funny[00:01:52]
i remember back one year when daddy had no money[00:01:52]
mommy wrapped the christmas presents up[00:01:55]
and stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from me[00:01:57]
cuz daddy couldn't buy 'em[00:01:59]
i'll never forget that christmas i sat up the whole night crying[00:02:01]
cuz daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job[00:02:03]
but his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom[00:02:06]
and at the time every house that we lived in[00:02:09]
either kept getting broke into and robbed[00:02:11]
or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar[00:02:13]
tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college[00:02:17]
almost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and stole it[00:02:20]
and i know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heart[00:02:23]
and it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart[00:02:26]
mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved back[00:02:29]
on the chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment[00:02:32]
and dad moved back to the other side of 8 mile on novara[00:02:35]
and that's when daddy went to california with his cd and met dr. dre[00:02:37]
and flew you and momma out to see me[00:02:41]
but daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me[00:02:43]
then you started seeing daddy on the t.v. and momma didn't like it[00:02:46]
and you and laney were to young to understand it[00:02:49]
papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit[00:02:52]
and it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it[00:02:55]
i'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand[00:02:57]
cuz all i ever wanted to do was just make you proud[00:03:00]
now i'm sittin in this empty house, just reminiscing[00:03:03]
lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out[00:03:06]
to see how much you both have grown,[00:03:08]
it's almost like you're sisters now[00:03:10]
wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here[00:03:11]
laney i'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here[00:03:15]
i like the sound of that, yeah[00:03:17]
it's got a ring to it don't it?[00:03:19]
shh, momma's only gone for the moment[00:03:20]
now hush little baby, don't you cry[00:03:23]
everything's gonna be alright[00:03:25]
stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya[00:03:27]
daddy's here to hold ya through the night[00:03:30]
i know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why[00:03:33]
we feel how we feel inside[00:03:37]
it may seem a little crazy, pretty baby[00:03:39]
but i promise momma's gon' be alright[00:03:41]
and if you ask me too[00:03:44]
daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird[00:03:45]
i'mma give you the world[00:03:48]
i'mma buy a diamond ring for you[00:03:50]
i'mma sing for you[00:03:52]
i'll do anything for you to see you smile[00:03:53]
and if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine[00:03:56]
i'mma break that birdies neck[00:03:59]
i'd go back to the jewler who sold it to ya[00:04:01]
and make him eat every carat don't f**k with dad (haha)[00:04:04]