I know sometimes may not Always make to you right now But hey, What always tell you? up little soldier Stiffen up upper lip What you crying 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 life I never had I can see you're sad, 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 with you in your prayers No crying, wipe them tears here, no more nightmares We gon' pull through it, we gon' do it Laney uncles crazy, he? Yeah but he you girl and you better know it We're all we got in this When it spins, it swirls When it whirls, when it Two little girls Lookin' puzzled, in a I it's confusing you Daddy's always on the move, mama'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 growing up his that he had to see Daddy don't want you to see but you see just as as he did We did not plan it to be this way, your and me But things have 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 something we have no control over and that's destiny is But no worries, rest your head 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 Everything's be alright that upper lip up little lady, I told ya Daddy's here to ya through the night I know not here right now and we don't know why We fear how we inside It may a little crazy, pretty baby But I promise momma's gon' be
funny I remember back one year daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the presents up And stuck 'em under the and said some of 'em were from me daddy couldn't buy 'em I'll never that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying Cause felt like 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 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 go to college Almost had a thousand till someone broke in and stole it And I know it so bad it broke your momma's heart And it seemed everything was just startin' to fall apart Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma back On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom And dad moved back to the side of 8 Mile on Novara And that's when daddy went to with his CD and met Dr. Dre And you and momma out to see me But had to work, you and momma had to leave me Then you started daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it And you and Laney were to to understand it Papa was a rollin' stone, momma a habit And it all happened too fast for one of us to grab it I'm just sorry you were there and had to it first hand Cause all I ever to do was just 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 you're sisters now Wow, guess you pretty much are and still here Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's here I like the sound of that, It's got a to it don't it? Shh, only gone for the moment
And if you ask me too Daddy's buy you a mockingbird I'mma you the world I'mma buy a ring for you I'mma for you I'll do for you to see you smile And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring 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)