Hailey I know you miss your mom
And I know you miss your dad
Well I'm gone
I'm trying to give you the life
that I never had
I can see you're sad
Even when you smile
Even when you laugh
I can see it in your eyes
Deep inside you want to cry
Cause you're scared I ain't there
Daddy's with you in your prayers
No more crying wipe them tears
Daddy's here no more nightmares
We gon pull together through it
We gon do it
Laney uncle's crazy ain't he
Yeah
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 a daze
I know it's confusing you
Daddy's always on the move
Mama's always on the news
I try to keep you sheltered from it
But somehow it seems
The harder that I try to do with
The more it backfires on me
All the things growing up
That daddy he had to see
Daddy don't want you to see
But you see just as much as he did
We did not plan it to be this way
Your mother and me
Things have gotten so bad
between us
I don't see us ever being
together ever again
Like we used to be when
we was teenagers
Then of course everything always
happens for a reason
I guess it was never meant to be
That's just something we have
no control over
And that's what destiny is
No more worries rest your head
and go to sleep
Maybe one day we'll wake up these
Will all just be a dream
Now hush little baby
Don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen up that upper lip little lady
I told you
Daddy's here to hold you
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 gon
be alright
It's funny
I remember back one year when
daddy had no money
Mommy wrapped the Christmas
presents up
And stuck em under the tree
And said some of em were from me
Cause daddy couldn't buy em
I'll never forget that Christmas
I sat up the whole night crying
Cause daddy felt like a bum
See daddy had a job
Job to keep the food on the table
for you and mom
At the time every house we lived in
Either kept getting broken into
and robbed
Or shot up on the block
And your mom was saving money
for you in a jar
Tryna start a piggy bank for you
To go to college
Almost had a thousand dollars til
someone broke in and stole it
And I know it hurt so bad it broke your
momma's heart
And it seemed like everything was
just startin to fall apart
Mom and dad was arguin a lot
So momma moved back on the Chalmers
In the one bedroom apartment
Dad moved back to the other side of
Eight Mile on Novara
And that's when daddy went to California
With his C D and met Doctor Dre
And flew you and momma out to see me
But daddy had to work
You and momma had to leave me
Then you started seeing daddy
On the T V momma didn't like it
You and Laney were to young to
understand it
Papa was a rollin stone
Momma developed a habit
Happened all too fast for either
one of us to grab it
I'm just sorry you were there
Had to witness it first hand
Cause all I ever wanted to do was
just make you proud
Now I'm sitting in this empty house
just reminiscing
Lookin at your baby pictures
It just trips me out to see how much
You both it's almost like you're sisters now
Guess you pretty much are and
daddy's still here
Laney I'm talkin to you too
And Daddy's still here
I like the sound of that yeah
Though it got a ring to it
Shh momma's only gone for the moment
Now hush little baby don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen up that upper lip little lady
I told you
Daddy's here to hold you
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 gon be alright
And if you ask me too
Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
I'mma give you the world
I'mma buy a diamond ring for you
I'mma sing for you
I'll do anything for you to see you smile
And if that mockingbird don't sing
And that ring don't shine
I'mma break that birdies neck
I'll go back to the jeweller who sold it to ya
And make him eat every carat
don't with dad ha ha