I sometimes things may not Always make sense to you now But hey, What daddy tell you? up little soldier Stiffen up upper lip What you about? You got me
Hailie I know you miss your mom and I you miss your dad Well I'm gone but I'm trying to you the life that I never had I can see sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh I can see it in eyes, deep inside you want to cry Cause scared, I ain't there? with you in your prayers No more crying, wipe tears Daddy's here, no more We gon' pull together it, we gon' do it Laney uncles crazy, he? Yeah but he loves you and you better know it all we got in this world When it spins, it swirls When it whirls, it twirls Two little beautiful puzzled, in a daze I it's confusing you always on the move, mama's always on the news I try to keep you from it but somehow it seems The harder that I try to do that, the it backfires on me All the things growing up his that he had to see don't want you to see but you see just as much as he did We did not plan it to be this way, mother and me But things gotten so bad between us I don't see us being together ever again Like we to be when we were teenagers But then of course everything always for a reason I guess it was meant to be But it's just something we have no control over and that's what is But no more worries, rest head and go to sleep one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream
Now little baby, don't you cry Everything's be alright Stiffen that upper lip up lady, I told ya here to hold ya through the night I know mommy's not here right now and we know why We fear how we inside It may seem a crazy, pretty baby But I promise gon' be alright
It's I remember back one when daddy had no money wrapped the Christmas presents up And 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from me Cause couldn't buy 'em I'll never forget Christmas I sat up the whole night crying Cause daddy like a bum, see daddy had a job But his job was to keep the on the table for you and mom And at the every house that we lived in Either kept getting into and robbed Or shot up on the block and mom was saving money for you in a jar Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you go to college Almost had a dollars till someone broke in and stole it And I know it hurt so bad it broke momma's heart And it seemed like everything was just startin' to apart Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so moved back On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on And when daddy went to California 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 seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it And you and were to young to understand it Papa was a rollin' stone, developed a habit And it all happened too for either one of us to grab it I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first Cause all I ever wanted to do was make you proud Now I'm sitting in this 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 are and daddy's still here Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still I like the of that, yeah got a ring to it don't it? Shh, only gone for the moment
And if you ask me too gonna buy you a mockingbird I'mma you the world I'mma buy a diamond for you sing for you I'll do anything for you to see you And if mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine I'mma break that neck I'll go back to the who sold it to ya And make him eat every carat don't with dad (ha ha)