(Intro Spoken)
I know sometimes, things may not always make sense to you right now, but hey, what did daddy always tell you? Straigten up. Stiffen up that upper lip. What you cryin about? You got me.
(1st Verse)
Haillie I know you miss you mom, and i know u miss your dad
when im gone, but im tryin to give u the that life i never had
I can see your sad, even when you smile even when you laugh
I can see it in your eyes
deep inside you wanna cry
Cuz your scared
when i aint there
daddy's with you in your prayers
No more cryin wipe them tears
Daddy's here no more nightmares
We gon' pull together through it
we gon' do it
Laney,uncles crazy ain't he
yeah but he loves u girl and u 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 confusin you
Daddy's always on the move
Momma's always on the news
I try to keep you sheltered from it but some how it seems
the more i try to do that the more it backfires on me
all the things growin up as daddy, daddy had too see
daddy dont want u to see but u 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 bein together ever again
like we used to be when we us teenagers
but then of course everything always happens for a reason
but i guess it was just never meant to be
its just something we have no control over and thats wat 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
(Chorus)
Now hush little baby dont you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
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 feel how we feel inside
it may seem a little crazy
pretty baby, but i promise, momma's gonna be alright
(Verse 2)
It's funny, I remember back one year when daddy had no money
mommy wrapped the christmas presents up and stuck them under the tree
and said some of them were from me
cuz daddy couldnt buy em
ill never forget that christmas i sat up the whole night cryin
cuz daddy felt like a bum
see daddy had a job
but his job was to keep the food on the table for u and mom
and at the time
every house that we lived in either kept gettin broken into and robbed
or shot up on the block
and your mom
was saving money for you in a jar
trying 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 momma's heart
and it seems like everything was just startin to fall apart
mom and dad was arguin alot
so momma moved back on the charmers in the flat
one bedroom apartment
and dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile and novara
And that's wen daddy went to California with a 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
but then u started seeing daddy on the T.V
and momma didnt like it
and you and laney were to young to understand
papa was a rolllin stone, momma developed a habit
and it all happened to fast for either one of us to grab it
im just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
cuz all i ever wanted to do was to make u proud
now im sittin in this empty house
just reminiscin
lookin at ur baby pictures, it just trips me out
to see how much youve both have grown its almost like your sisters now
wow, i guess you pretty much are
but daddy's still here
laney im talkin to u too
daddy's still here
i like the sound of that, yeah
it's got a ring to it dont it
shhh, mommas only gone for the moment
(Chorus)
Now hush little baby dont yoo cry
everythings gonna be alright
stiffin that upper lip up little lady i told ya,daddys here to hold ya through the nite,i kno mommys not here right now and we dont kno why we feel how we feel inside it may seem a little crazy pretty baby but i promise mommas gon' be alrite
And if you ask me to Daddy's gonna buy you a mocking bird
im-ma give you the world
imma buy a diamond ring for you, Imma sing for u
ill do nething for you to see you smile
and if that mockingbird dont sing and that ring dont shine
imma break that birdies neck
ill go back to the jewler
who sold it to ya
and make him eat every karot dont fuck with dad! haha
