Yeah, I know sometimes
things may not always
make sense to you
right now
But hey, what daddy
always tell you?
Straighten up
little soldier
Stiffen up that upper lip
What you crying about?
You got me
Hailie I know you miss
your mom and I know
you miss your dad
when I'm gone
But 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 want to cry
'Cos you're scared,
I ain't there
Daddy's with you
in your prayers
No more crying,
wipe your 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 but he loves you girl
and you better know it
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,
mamma's always
on the news
Try to keep you sheltered
from it but somehow
seems the harder that
I try to do that the more
it backfires on me
All the things growing up
his 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
But 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
But then of course
everything always
happens for a reason
I guess it was never
meant to be but it's
just something we have
no control over and
that's what destiny is
But no more worries,
rest your head and go
to sleep, maybe one day
we'll wake up and this
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 ya
Daddy's here to hold
ya through the night
I know mommy's not
here right now and
we don't know why
we feel 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 'cos
daddy couldn't buy 'em
I'll never forget that
Christmas I sat up the
whole night crying
'Cos daddy felt
like a bum
See daddy had a job
but his job was to keep
the food on the table
for you and mom
And at the time
Every house that we
lived in either kept
getting broke 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 so you
could go to college
Almost had a thousand
dollars till 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
startin' to fall apart
Mom and dad was arguin'
a lot so momma moved
back on the Chalmers
in the flat
One bedroom apartment
And 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
And it all happened too
fast for either one of us
to grab it
I'm just sorry you were
there and had to
witness it first hand
'Cos all I ever wanted
to do was just
make you proud
Now I'm sittin' in this
empty house,
just reminiscing
Lookin' 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
Wow, 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
It's got a ring to it
don't 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 ya
Daddy's here to hold
ya through the night
I know mommy's not
here right now and
we don't know why
we feel 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 to
Daddy's gonna buy
you a mocking bird
I'm-a give you
the world
I'm-a buy a
diamond ring for you
I'm-a sing for you
I'll do anything for you
to see you smile
And if that mocking bird
don't sing and that
ring don't shine
I'm-a break that
birdies neck
I'd go back to the jeweller
who sold it to ya
And make him eat
every carat. Don't f**k
with dad, ha ha!