Album: Death CertificateMockingbird (Remix)(Intro Spoken)
I know sometimes, things may not always make sense to you right now, but hey, what did daddy always tell you? Straigten up LITTLE SOLDIER. Stiffen up that upper lip. What you cryin about? You got me.
(1st Verse)
Haillie I know you miss you mom, and i know u miss your dad/
when im gone, but im tryin to give u the that life i never had/
I can see your sad, even when you smile even when you laugh/
I can see it in your eyes
deep inside you wanna cry
Cuz your scared
when i aint there
daddy's with you in your prayers
No more cryin wipe them tears
Daddy's here no more nightmares
We gon' pull together through it
we gon' do it
Lanny? uncles crazy ain't he
ya but he loves u girl and u 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 the days
I know it's confusin you
Daddy's always on the move
Momma's always on the news
I try to keep you shelter you from it but some how it seems
the harder i try to do that the more it backfires on me
all the things growin up as daddy, daddy had too see
daddy dont want u to see but u 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 dont see us
ever bein together ever again
like we used to be when we us teen agers
but then of course everything always happens for a reason
i guess it was just never meant to be
its just something we have no control over and thats wat 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
(Chorus)
Now hush little baby dont 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 fear how we feel inside
it may seem a little crazy
pretty baby, but i promise, momma's. gonna be alright
(Verse 2)
It's funny, I remember back one year when daddy had no money
mommy wrapped the christmas presents up and stuck them under the tree
and said some of them were from me
cuz daddy couldnt buy em
ill never forget that christmas i sat up the whole night cryin
cuz daddy felt like a bum
see daddy had a job
but his job was to keep the food on the table for u and mom
and at the time
every house that we lived in either kept gettin broken into and robbed
or shot up on the block
and your mom
was saving money for you in a jar
trying to 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 seems like everything was just startin to fall apart
mom and dad was arguin alot
so momma moved back on the chalmers and the flat
one bedroom apartment
and dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile and novara
And that's when daddy went to California with a 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
but then u started seeing daddy on the T.V
and momma didnt like it
and you and lanny were to young to understand it
and it all happened to fast for either one of us to grab it
im just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
cuz all i ever wanted to do was to make u proud
now im sittin in this empty house
just reminiscin
lookin at ur baby pictures, it just trips me out
to see how much youve both have grown its almost like your sisters now
wow, i guess you pretty much are
but daddy's still here/
lanny im talkin to u too/
daddy's still here/
i like the sound of that, ya/
it's got a ring to it dont it/
shhh, mommas only gone for the moment/
(Chorus)
Now hush little baby dont 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 fear how we feel inside/
it may seem a little crazy/
pretty baby, but i promise, momma's. gonna be alright/
(Verse 3)
Em takke it easy/
Cuz you should have known that kim waz sleezy/
cuz shes a breezy thats easy and will do any thing to please me/
but sometimes she'll tease me/
and she said that she'll take you back/
if you got a tat of her in the middle of your back/
what type of shit is that/
some people say that im too young to know what love is/
well i love rap homie i love this/
but it's my word i gotta go im sorry i,ll catch you later/
and remember what i told you bout Kim and dont be a Hater (im gone)
Chorus)
Now hush little baby dont 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 fear how we feel inside/
it may seem a little crazy/
pretty baby, but i promise, momma's. gonna be alright/
(Outro)
And if you ask me to Daddy's gonna buy you a mocking bird/
imma give you the world/
imma buy a diamond ring for you, imma sing for u/
ill do anything for you to see you smile/
and if that mockingbird dont sing and that ring dont shine/
imma break that birdies neck/
ill go back to the jewlla/
who sold it to ya/
and make him eat every karot dont fuck with dad/ [haha]
