- Mockingbird
- Eminem
- Encore
- 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
- Well I'm gone but 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
- Cuz 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 uncles crazy, aint he?
- Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it
- 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, mamma's 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 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
- But 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
- But then of course everything always happens for a reason
- I guess it was never meant to be
- But it's just something we have no control
- over and that's what destiny is
- But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
- Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream
- Now hush little baby, don't you cry
- Everything's gonna be alright
- Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya
- Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
- I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
- We feel 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
- Cuz daddy couldn't buy 'em
- I'll 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 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 flat one bedroom apartment
- And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
- And that's 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
- Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it
- And you and Laney were to young to understand it
- Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit
- And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
- I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
- Cuz all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
- Now I'm sittin in this empty house, just reminiscing
- Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
- To see how much you both have grown,
- it's almost like you're sisters now
- Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here
- Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here
- I like the sound of that, yeah
- It's got a ring to it don't it?
- Shh, momma's only gone for the moment
- Now hush little baby, don't you cry
- Everything's gonna be alright
- Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya
- Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
- I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
- We feel 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'd go back to the jewler who sold it to ya
- And make him eat every carat don't fuck with dad (haha)
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- [al:Encore]
- [00:-0.50]Eminem - Mockingbird
- [00:01.64]
- [00:02.64]Yeah
- [00:04.50]I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now
- [00:10.10]But hey, what daddy always tell you?
- [00:13.76]Straighten up little soldier
- [00:16.17]Stiffen up that upper lip
- [00:19.00]What you crying about?
- [00:20.89]You got me
- [00:21.51]
- [00:22.13]Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad
- [00:24.98]Well I'm gone but I'm trying to give you the life that I never had
- [00:28.04]I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
- [00:31.07]I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry
- [00:33.79]Cuz you're scared, I ain't there?
- [00:35.21]Daddy's with you in your prayers
- [00:36.60]No more crying, wipe them tears
- [00:37.97]Daddy's here, no more nightmares
- [00:39.42]We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
- [00:41.55]Laney uncles crazy, aint he?
- [00:43.27]Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it
- [00:45.19]We're all we got in this world
- [00:46.54]When it spins, when it swirls
- [00:47.87]When it whirls, when it twirls
- [00:49.31]Two little beautiful girls
- [00:50.77]Lookin' puzzled, in a daze
- [00:52.09]I know it's confusing you
- [00:53.51]Daddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the news
- [00:56.32]I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems
- [00:58.82]The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
- [01:01.62]All the things growing up his daddy that he had to see
- [01:04.53]Daddy don't want you to see but you see just as much as he did
- [01:07.48]We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
- [01:09.99]But things have gotten so bad between us
- [01:11.59]I don't see us ever being together ever again
- [01:14.50]Like we used to be when we was teenagers
- [01:16.22]But then of course everything always happens for a reason
- [01:19.13]I guess it was never meant to be
- [01:20.95]But it's just something we have no control
- [01:22.76]over and that's what destiny is
- [01:24.61]But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
- [01:27.12]Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream
- [01:29.85]
- [01:30.15]Now hush little baby, don't you cry
- [01:32.86]Everything's gonna be alright
- [01:34.85]Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya
- [01:38.07]Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
- [01:40.54]I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
- [01:44.28]We feel how we feel inside
- [01:46.24]It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
- [01:48.95]But i promise momma's gon' be alright
- [01:51.64]
- [01:52.09]It's funny
- [01:52.55]I remember back one year when daddy had no money
- [01:55.36]Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
- [01:57.11]And stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from me
- [01:59.72]Cuz daddy couldn't buy 'em
- [02:01.12]I'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying
- [02:03.92]Cuz daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job
- [02:06.58]But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
- [02:09.42]And at the time every house that we lived in
- [02:11.80]Either kept getting broke into and robbed
- [02:13.89]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
- [02:20.71]Almost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and stole it
- [02:23.96]And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heart
- [02:26.53]And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
- [02:29.43]Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved back
- [02:32.41]On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment
- [02:35.23]And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
- [02:37.76]And that's when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre
- [02:41.80]And flew you and momma out to see me
- [02:43.52]But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me
- [02:46.28]Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it
- [02:49.67]And you and Laney were to young to understand it
- [02:52.27]Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit
- [02:55.11]And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
- [02:57.89]I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
- [03:00.59]Cuz all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
- [03:03.33]Now I'm sittin in this empty house, just reminiscing
- [03:06.43]Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
- [03:08.70]To see how much you both have grown,
- [03:10.09]it's almost like you're sisters now
- [03:11.91]Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here
- [03:15.12]Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here
- [03:17.94]I like the sound of that, yeah
- [03:19.39]It's got a ring to it don't it?
- [03:20.82]Shh, momma's only gone for the moment
- [03:22.76]
- [03:23.13]Now hush little baby, don't you cry
- [03:25.82]Everything's gonna be alright
- [03:27.80]Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya
- [03:30.93]Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
- [03:33.47]I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
- [03:37.16]We feel how we feel inside
- [03:39.12]It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
- [03:41.85]But i promise momma's gon' be alright
- [03:44.58]
- [03:44.88]And if you ask me too
- [03:45.85]Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
- [03:48.54]I'mma give you the world
- [03:50.42]I'mma buy a diamond ring for you
- [03:52.26]I'mma sing for you
- [03:53.24]I'll do anything for you to see you smile
- [03:56.32]And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
- [03:59.61]I'mma break that birdies neck
- [04:01.65]I'd go back to the jewler who sold it to ya
- [04:04.47]And make him eat every carat don't fuck with dad (haha)
- [04:07.17]