- Mockingbird
- Yeah
- I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now
- But hey, what daddy always tell you?
- Straighten up little soldier
- Stiffen up that upper lip
- What you crying about?
- You got me
- Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad
- When Im gone but Im trying to give you the life that I never had
- I can see youre sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
- I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry
- Cuz youre scared, I aint there?
- Daddys with you in your prayers
- No more crying, wipe them tears
- Daddys here, no more nightmares
- We gon pull together through it, we gon do it
- Laney uncles crazy, aint he?
- Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it
- Were 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 its confusing you
- Daddys always on the move, mammas always on the news
- I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems
- The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
- All the things growing up his daddy that he had to see
- Daddy dont 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
- But things have gotten so bad between us
- I dont see us ever being together ever again
- Like we used to be when we was teenagers
- But then of course everything always happens for a reason
- I guess it was never meant to be
- But its just something we have no control over and thats what destiny is
- But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
- Maybe one day well wake up and this will all just be a dream
- [Chorus]
- Now hush little baby, dont you cry
- Everythings gonna be alright
- Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya
- Daddys here to hold ya through the night
- I know mommys not here right now and we dont know why
- We fear how we feel inside
- It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
- But i promise mommas gon be alright
- Its 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
- Cuz daddy couldnt buy em
- Ill never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying
- Cuz daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job
- But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
- And at the time every house that we lived in
- Either kept getting broke 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 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 mommas 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 flat one bedroom apartment
- And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
- And thats when daddy went to California with his 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
- [ti:Mockingbird]
- [00:03.14]Yeah
- [00:04.26]I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now
- [00:09.12]But hey, what daddy always tell you?
- [00:12.89]Straighten up little soldier
- [00:15.56]Stiffen up that upper lip
- [00:18.24]What you crying about?
- [00:20.73]You got me
- [00:22.53]Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad
- [00:24.77]When Im gone but Im trying to give you the life that I never had
- [00:27.85]I can see youre sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
- [00:30.22]I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry
- [00:33.76]Cuz youre scared, I aint there?
- [00:35.26]Daddys with you in your prayers
- [00:36.75]No more crying, wipe them tears
- [00:38.24]Daddys here, no more nightmares
- [00:39.49]We gon pull together through it, we gon do it
- [00:41.54]Laney uncles crazy, aint he?
- [00:43.16]Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it
- [00:44.98]Were all we got in this world
- [00:46.66]When it spins, when it swirls
- [00:48.09]When it whirls, when it twirls
- [00:49.52]Two little beautiful girls
- [00:50.83]Lookin puzzled, in a daze
- [00:52.26]I know its confusing you
- [00:53.56]Daddys always on the move, mammas always on the news
- [00:56.43]I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems
- [00:58.73]The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
- [01:00.91]All the things growing up his daddy that he had to see
- [01:03.97]Daddy dont want you to see but you see just as much as he did
- [01:07.47]We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
- [01:10.21]But things have gotten so bad between us
- [01:12.20]I dont see us ever being together ever again
- [01:14.13]Like we used to be when we was teenagers
- [01:16.30]But then of course everything always happens for a reason
- [01:18.98]I guess it was never meant to be
- [01:21.22]But its just something we have no control over and thats what destiny is
- [01:24.33]But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
- [01:26.90]Maybe one day well wake up and this will all just be a dream
- [01:29.57][Chorus]
- [01:30.13]Now hush little baby, dont you cry
- [01:32.99]Everythings gonna be alright
- [01:34.86]Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya
- [01:38.03]Daddys here to hold ya through the night
- [01:40.52]I know mommys not here right now and we dont know why
- [01:43.94]We fear how we feel inside
- [01:46.25]It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
- [01:49.17]But i promise mommas gon be alright
- [01:52.17]Its funny
- [01:53.04]I remember back one year when daddy had no money
- [01:55.35]Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
- [01:57.46]And stuck em under the tree and said some of em were from me
- [01:59.64]Cuz daddy couldnt buy em
- [02:01.51]Ill never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying
- [02:03.81]Cuz daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job
- [02:06.73]But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
- [02:09.16]And at the time every house that we lived in
- [02:12.14]Either kept getting broke into and robbed
- [02:13.51]Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar
- [02:17.95]Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
- [02:21.00]Almost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and stole it
- [02:24.11]And I know it hurt so bad it broke your mommas heart
- [02:26.47]And it seemed like everything was just startin to fall apart
- [02:29.27]Mom and dad was arguin a lot so momma moved back
- [02:32.44]On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment
- [02:35.24]And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
- [02:37.79]And thats when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre
- [02:41.42]And flew you and momma out to see me
- [02:43.78]But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me
- [02:46.40]