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Lyric
[00:22.06] Hailie, I know you miss your Mom, and I know you miss your Dad
[00:24.88] When I'm gone, I'm trying to give you the life that I never had
[00:27.97] I can see you're sad even when you smile, even when you laugh
[00:31.22] I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you wanna cry
[00:34.02] 'Cause you're scared, I ain't there, Daddy's with you in your prayers
[00:36.77] No more crying, wipe them tears, Daddy's here, no more nightmares
[00:39.67] We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
[00:41.74] Lainie, Uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah
[00:44.96] We're all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirls
[00:48.21] When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls
[00:51.16] Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusing you
[00:53.78] Daddy's always on the move, Mama's always on the news
[00:56.46] I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems
[00:59.05] The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
[01:02.03] All the things growing up that Daddy that he had to see
[01:05.04] Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did
[01:07.60] We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
[01:10.48] Things have gotten so bad between us
[01:12.15] I don't see us ever being together ever again
[01:14.89] Like we used to be when we was teenagers
[01:16.93] Then of course everything always happens for a reason
[01:19.58] I guess it was never meant to be, that's just something we have no control over
[01:23.41] And that's what destiny is
[01:25.36] No more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
[01:27.55] Maybe one day we'll wake up, these will all just be a dream
[01:30.26] Now, hush, little baby, don't you cry
[01:33.22] Everything's gonna be alright
[01:35.25] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told you
[01:38.33] Daddy's here to hold you through the night
[01:40.92] I know Mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why
[01:44.64] We feel how we feel inside
[01:46.60] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
[01:49.50] But I promise Mama's gon' be alright
[01:52.41] It's funny
[01:53.22] I remember back one year when Daddy had no money
[01:55.93] Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree
[01:58.69] And said some of 'em were from me 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em
[02:01.48] I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying
[02:04.47] 'Cause Daddy felt like a bum, see, daddy had a job
[02:07.45] Job to keep the food on the table for you and mom
[02:10.20] And at the time, every house that we lived in
[02:12.23] Either kept getting broken into and robbed, or shot up on the block
[02:16.14] And your mom was saving money for you in a jar
[02:18.76] Tryna start a piggy bank for you to go to college
[02:21.69] Almost had a thousand dollars, 'til someone broke in and stole it
[02:24.68] And I know it hurt so bad, it broke your momma's heart
[02:27.00] And it seemed like everything was just starting to fall apart
[02:30.19] Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot
[02:32.06] So Mama moved back on the Chalmers in the one-bedroom apartment
[02:35.95] Dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
[02:38.79] And that's when Daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre
[02:42.29] And flew you and Mama out to see me
[02:44.33] But Daddy had to work, you and Mama had to leave me
[02:46.90] Then you started seeing Daddy on the TV and Mama didn't like it
[02:50.66] And you and Lainie were too young to understand it
[02:52.89] Papa was a rollin' stone, Mama developed a habit
[02:55.77] Happened all too fast for either one of us to grab it
[02:58.29] I'm just sorry you were there, had to witness it first-hand
[03:01.34] 'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
[03:04.20] Now I'm sitting in this empty house, just reminiscing
[03:07.01] Looking at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
[03:09.79] To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now
[03:13.01] Guess you pretty much are and Daddy's still here
[03:15.92] Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, Daddy's still here
[03:18.70] I like the sound of that, yeah, though it got a ring to it
[03:21.13] Shh, Mama's only gone for the moment
[03:23.75] Now, hush little baby, don't you cry
[03:26.80] Everything's gonna be alright
[03:28.62] Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told you
[03:31.73] Daddy's here to hold you through the night
[03:34.45] I know Mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why
[03:38.02] We feel how we feel inside
[03:40.06] It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
[03:43.00] But I promise Mama's gon' be alright
[03:45.79] And if you ask me to, Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
[03:49.55] I'ma give you the world
[03:51.58] I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you
[03:54.29] I'll do anything for you to see you smile
[03:57.35] And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
[04:00.84] I'ma break that birdies neck
[04:02.94] I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
[04:05.64] And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with Dad (ha-ha!)
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