Mockingbird

[ Intro ]

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 cryin' about?

You got me.

[ Verse 1 ]

Hailie, I know u miss ur mom

And I know u miss ur dad when I’m gone

But I’m tryin' to give u the life that I never had

I can see your sad

Even when you smile

Even when you laugh

I can see it in ur eyes

Deep inside you wanna cry

Cuz you're scared

I ain’t there,

Daddy’s with you in your prayers

No more cryin'

Wipe them tears

Daddy’s here

No more nightmares

We gonna pull together through it

We gonna do it

Lainie's uncle’s crazy ain’t 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

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 that

The more it backfires on me

All the things, growin' up

As daddy, daddy 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 got so bad between us

I don’t see us ever being

Together ever again

Like we used to be like when we was teenagers

But then of course

Everything always happen 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 ur head and go to sleep

Maybe one day we’ll wake up

And this will all just be a dream

[ Chorus ]

Now hush little baby don’t u cry

Everything's gonna be all right

Stiffin' that upper lip 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 fear how we feel inside, it may seem a little crazy

Pretty baby but I promise, Mama’s gon' be alright

[ Verse two ]

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 broken into and robbed or shot up on the block

And your mom, was saving money for you in a jar 

Tryna to 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 mamma’s heart

And it seemed like everything was just starting to fall apart

Mom and dad was arguing a lot

So mama moved back on to Chalmers in a 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 Mama out to see me,

But daddy had to work, you and mama had to leave me,

Then you started seeing daddy on the TV

And mama didn’t like it

And you and Lainnie were too young to understand 

Papa was a rollin stone, mama 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 firsthand

Cuz all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud

Now I’m sittin’ in this empty house, 

Just reminiscing Looking at your baby pictures it just tricks 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

Lainnie I’m talking to you too daddy’s still here

I like the sound of that, yeah

It’s got a ring to it don’t it

Shhh, mama’s only gone for the moment

[ Chorus ]

Now hush little baby don’t you cry

Everythings gonna be all right

Stiffin' that upper lip 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 fear how we feel inside, it may seem a little crazy 

Pretty baby but I promise, mama’s gon' be alright

[ End chorus]

And if you ask me to, daddy’s gonna buy you a mocking bird

Ima' give you the world, Ima' buy a diamond ring for you,

Ima sing for you, I’ll do anything for u to see u smile

And if that Mocking Bird don’t sing and that ring don’t shine

I’ma break that birdie’s neck, I’ll go back to the Jeweler 

Who sold it to ya

And make him eat every carat

Don’t fuck with dad.

haha