Hailey, I know you miss your mom
And I know you miss your dad when I'm gone
I'm trying to give you the life that I never had
I can see you're sad even when you smile
Even when you laugh, I can see it in your eyes
Deep inside you wanna cry 'cause you're scared, I ain't there?
Daddy's with you in your prayers
No more crying, wipe them tears
Daddy's here, no more nightmares
We gon' pull together through it
We gon' do it
Laney, uncle's crazy, ain't he?
Yeah
We're all we got in this world
When it spins, when it swirls
When it whirls, when it twirls
Two little beautiful girls
Lookin' puzzled, in a daze
I know it's confusing you
Daddy's always on the move
Mama's always on the news
I try to keep you sheltered from it
But somehow it seems
The harder that I try to do that
The more it backfires on me
All the things growing up
That daddy that he had to see
Daddy don't want you to see
But you see just as much as he did
We did not plan it to be this way
Your mother and me
Things have gotten so bad between us
I don't see us ever being together ever again
Like we used to be when we was teenagers
Then of course everything always happens for a reason
I guess it was never meant to be
That's just something we have no control over
And that's what destiny is
No more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
Maybe one day we'll wake up, these will all just be a dream
Now, hush, little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen that upper lip up little lady
I told you daddy's here to hold you through the night
I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why
We fear how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise momma's gon' be alright
It's funny
I remember back one year when daddy had no money
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
And stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from me
'Cause daddy couldn't buy 'em
I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying
'Cause daddy felt like a bum, see, daddy had a job
Job to keep the food on the table for you and mom
And at the time, every house that we lived in
Either kept getting broken into and robbed
Or shot up on the block
And your mom was saving money for you in a jar
Tryna start a piggy bank for you to go to college
Almost had a thousand dollars, 'til someone broke in and stole it
And I know it hurt so bad, it broke your momma's heart
And it seemed like everything was just starting to fall apart
Mom and dad was arguin' a lot
So momma moved back on the Chalmers in the flat one-bedroom apartment
Dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
And that's when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre
And flew you and momma out to see me
But daddy had to work
You and momma had to leave me
Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V and momma didn't like it
And you and Laney were too young to understand it
Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit
Happened all too fast for either one of us to grab it
I'm just sorry you were there, had to witness it first hand
'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
Now I'm sitting in this empty house, just reminiscing
Looking at your baby pictures
It just trips me out, to see how much you both have grown
It's almost like you're sisters now
Guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here
Laney, I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here
I like the sound of that, yeah, though it got a ring to it
Shh, momma's only gone for the moment
Now, hush little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady
I told you daddy's here to hold you through the night
I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why
We fear how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise momma's gon' be alright
And if you ask me too
Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
I'ma give you the world
I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you
I'll do anything for you to see you smile
And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
I'ma break that birdies neck
I'll go back to the jeweller who sold it to ya
And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with dad (ha-ha!)