I know things may not Always make to you right now But hey, What always 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 give you the 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 you're scared, I ain't Daddy's with you in prayers No more crying, wipe tears Daddy's here, no nightmares We gon' together through it, we gon' do it uncles crazy, ain't he? Yeah but he loves you girl and you know it We're all we got in this When it spins, it swirls it whirls, when it twirls Two little girls Lookin' puzzled, in a I know it's you Daddy's always on the move, mama's always on the I try to keep you from it but somehow it seems The harder I try to do that, the more it backfires on me All the things growing up his daddy he had to see Daddy don't want you to see but you see as much as he did We did not plan it to be way, your mother and me But things gotten so bad between us I don't see us ever being ever again we used to be when we were teenagers But then of everything always happens for a reason I guess it was meant to be But it's just we have no control over and that's what destiny is But no more worries, rest your head and go to Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all be a dream
Now little baby, don't you cry Everything's be alright Stiffen upper lip up little lady, I told ya Daddy's here to ya through the night I know mommy's not here now and we don't know why We fear how we feel It may seem a crazy, pretty baby But I momma's gon' be alright
It's I remember one year when daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the Christmas up And stuck 'em the tree and said some of 'em were from me daddy couldn't buy 'em I'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole 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 getting broken 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 could go to Almost had a thousand dollars till broke in and stole it And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's And it seemed like everything was just to fall apart Mom and dad was a lot so momma moved back On the in the flat one bedroom apartment And dad moved back to the other side of 8 on Novara And that's when went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre And you and momma 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 were to young to understand 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 ever wanted to do was just you proud Now I'm sitting in this empty house, reminiscing Lookin' at your baby pictures, it trips me out To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like sisters now Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's here Laney I'm to you too, daddy's still here I like the of that, yeah It's got a ring to it it? Shh, momma's only for the moment
And if you ask me too gonna buy you a mockingbird I'mma you the world I'mma buy a ring for you sing for you I'll do for you to see you smile And if mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine I'mma that birdies neck go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya And him eat every carat don't fuck with dad (ha ha)