Slowed and Reverb<br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Yeah<br />I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now<br />But hey, what daddy always tell you?<br />Straighten up little soldier<br />Stiffen up that upper lip<br />What you crying about?<br />You got me.<br /><br />Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad<br />When I'm gone but I'm trying to give you the life that I never had<br />I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh<br />I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry<br />'Cause you're scared, I ain't there?<br />Daddy's with you in your prayers<br />No more crying, wipe them tears<br />Daddy's here, no more nightmares<br />We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it<br />Lainie Uncle's crazy, ain't he?<br />Yeah, but he loves you girl and you better know it<br />We're all we got in this world<br />When it spins, when it swirls<br />When it whirls, when it twirls<br />Two little beautiful girls<br />Lookin' puzzled, in a daze<br />I know it's confusing you<br />Daddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the news<br />I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems<br />The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me<br />All the things growing up as daddy, that he had to see<br />Daddy don't want you to see but you see just as much as he did<br />We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me<br />But things have got so bad between us<br />I don't see us ever being together ever again<br />Like we used to be when we was teenagers<br />But then of course everything always happens for a reason<br />I guess it was never meant to be<br />But it's just something we have no control over and that's what destiny is<br />But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep<br />Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream<br /><br />Now hush little baby, don't you cry<br />Everything's gonna be alright<br />Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya<br />Daddy's here to hold ya through the night<br />I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why<br />We fear how we feel inside<br />It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby<br />But I promise mama's gon' be alright<br /><br />(Ha)<br />It's funny<br />I remember back one year when daddy had no money<br />Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up<br />And stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from me<br />'Cause daddy couldn't buy 'em<br />I'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying<br />'Cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job<br />But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom<br />And at the time every house that we lived in<br />Either kept getting broken into and robbed<br />Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar<br />Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college<br />Almost had a thousand dollars 'til someone broke in and stole it<br />And I know it hurts so bad it broke your mamma's heart<br />And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart<br />Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved back<br />On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment<br />And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara<br />And that's when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre<br />And flew you and momma out to see me<br />But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me<br />Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it<br />And you and Lainnie were too young to understand it<br />Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit<br />And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it<br />I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand<br />'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud<br />Now I'm sitting in this empty house, just reminiscing<br />Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out<br />To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now<br />Wow, I guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here<br />Lainnie I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here<br />I like the sound of that, yeah<br />It's got a ring to it don't it?<br />Shh, mama's only gone for the moment<br /><br />Now hush little baby, don't you cry<br />Everything's gonna be alright<br />Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya<br />Daddy's here to hold ya through the night<br />I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why<br />We fear how we feel inside<br />It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby<br />But I promise mama's gon' be alright<br /><br />And if you ask me to<br />Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird<br />I'mma give you the world<br />I'mma buy a diamond ring for you<br />I'mma sing for you<br />I'll do anything for you to see you smile<br />And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine<br />I'mma break that birdie's neck<br />I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya<br />And make him eat every carat don't fuck with dad (ha ha)<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfdzobNf4GE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfdzobNf4GE</a>