I sometimes things may not Always make sense to you now But hey, What always tell you? Straighten up soldier Stiffen up that lip What you crying You got me
Hailie I know you your mom and I know you miss your dad Well I'm gone but I'm trying to give you the that I never had I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you I can see it in your eyes, inside you want to cry Cause you're scared, I there? with you in your prayers No more crying, wipe tears here, no more nightmares We gon' pull together it, we gon' do it Laney crazy, ain't he? but he loves you girl and you better know it We're all we got in this it spins, when it swirls When it whirls, it twirls Two little beautiful puzzled, in a daze I it's confusing you Daddy's always on the move, mama's always on the I try to keep you sheltered from it but it seems The harder that I try to do that, the more it on me All the growing up his daddy that he had to see don't want you to see but you see just as much as he did We did not it to be this way, your mother and me But have gotten so bad between us I don't see us ever being together ever Like we used to be when we were But then of course everything happens for a reason I guess it was meant to be But it's just something we have no control over and what destiny is But no more worries, rest your head and go to one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream
Now hush baby, don't you cry gonna be alright Stiffen that upper lip up little lady, I ya Daddy's here to hold ya through the I know mommy's not here now and we don't know why We fear how we inside It may seem a crazy, pretty baby But I momma's gon' be alright
funny I remember one year when daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the Christmas up And 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from me Cause couldn't buy 'em I'll forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying Cause daddy felt like a bum, see had a job But his job was to keep the food on the for you and mom And at the every house that we lived in Either kept getting into and robbed Or up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college Almost had a thousand till someone broke in and stole it And I it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heart And it seemed like everything was just startin' to apart Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma back On the Chalmers in the flat one apartment And dad moved to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara And when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre And you and momma out to see me But had to work, you and momma had to leave me Then you seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it And you and Laney were to to understand it Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a And it all happened too fast for either one of us to it I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it hand all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud Now I'm sitting in empty house, just reminiscing Lookin' at your pictures, it just trips me out To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like sisters now Wow, guess you pretty much are and still here Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's here I like the of that, yeah It's got a to it don't it? Shh, only gone for the moment
And if you ask me too gonna buy you a mockingbird I'mma give you the buy a diamond ring for you I'mma for you do anything for you to see you smile And if that mockingbird don't sing and ring don't shine I'mma that birdies neck go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya And make him eat every carat don't with dad (ha ha)