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 

Well 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 wanna cry 

Cuz 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, 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 

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 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 

Cuz daddy couldn't buy 'em 

I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying 

Cuz 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 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 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 to 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 

Cuz 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 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'd go back to the jewler who sold it to ya 

And make him eat every carat, don't **** with dad (haha)