I know things may not always make sense to you right now But hey, what daddy always tell Straighten up soldier Stiffen up that lip What you about? You got me
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 that I never had I can see sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh I can see it in your eyes, inside you want to cry Cause you're scared, I there? Daddy's with you in your No more crying, wipe them here, no more nightmares We gon' pull together it, we gon' do it Laney crazy, ain't he? Yeah but he loves you girl and you know it We're all we got in world it spins, when it swirls When it whirls, when it Two little girls Lookin' puzzled, in a I know confusing you Daddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the I try to keep you sheltered from it but it seems The harder that I try to do that, the it backfires on me All the things up his daddy that he had to see Daddy don't want you to see but you see just as as he did We did not it to be this way, your mother and me But things have gotten so bad us I don't see us ever together ever again we used to be when we were teenagers But then of course everything always happens for a I guess it was never to be But it's just something we have no control over and what destiny is But no more worries, rest your and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up and will all just be a dream
Now hush baby, don't you cry gonna be alright Stiffen that lip up little lady, I told ya Daddy's here to hold ya through the I know not here right now and we don't know why We fear how we feel It may a little crazy, pretty baby But I promise momma's be alright
It's I remember one year when daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the Christmas up And stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were me Cause couldn't buy 'em never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying Cause daddy felt a bum, see daddy had a job But his job was to keep the food on the for you and mom And at the time every house that we in Either kept getting broken and robbed Or shot up on the and your mom was saving money for you in a jar Tryna start a piggy for you so you could go to college Almost had a thousand dollars til someone in and stole it And I know it hurt so bad it broke your heart And it like everything was just startin' to fall apart Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved On the Chalmers in the one bedroom apartment And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on And that's when daddy went to with his CD and met Dr. Dre And flew you and out to see me But daddy had to work, you and momma had to me Then you started daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it And you and Laney were to young to it Papa was a rollin' stone, momma a habit And it all too fast for either one of us to grab it I'm just sorry you were and had to witness it first hand Cause all I wanted to do was just make you proud Now I'm sitting in this empty house, just Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just me out To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like sisters now Wow, guess you much are and daddy's still here Laney I'm to you too, daddy's still here I like the sound of that, got a ring to it don't it? Shh, momma's gone for the moment
And if you ask me too Daddy's buy you a mockingbird I'mma give you the buy a diamond ring for you I'mma for you I'll do for you to see you smile And if that don't sing and that ring don't shine I'mma break that birdies I'll go back to the who sold it to ya And make him eat every carat don't with dad (haha)