I sometimes things may not Always make to you right now But hey, What daddy always you? up little soldier Stiffen up that lip What you about? You got me
Hailie I know you your mom and I know you miss your dad Well I'm gone but I'm trying to give you the life I never had I can see you're sad, even you smile, even when you laugh I can see it in your eyes, inside you want to cry Cause you're scared, I there? with you in your prayers No more crying, wipe tears Daddy's here, no more We gon' together through it, we gon' do it uncles crazy, ain't he? Yeah but he loves you and you better know it We're all we got in world When it spins, it swirls it whirls, when it twirls Two little beautiful Lookin' puzzled, in a I it's confusing you Daddy's always on the move, mama's on the news I try to keep you sheltered from it but it seems The harder that I try to do that, the more it on me All the things growing up his that he had to see Daddy don't you to see but you see just as much as he did We did not plan it to be this way, mother and me But have gotten so bad between us I don't see us ever being together ever Like we used to be we were teenagers But then of course everything always happens for a I it was never meant to be But it's just something we have no over and that's what destiny is But no more worries, rest head and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up and will all just be a dream
Now little baby, don't you cry Everything's gonna be Stiffen upper lip up little lady, I told ya Daddy's here to hold ya through the I know mommy's not here right now and we don't why We fear how we feel It may seem a crazy, pretty baby But I promise momma's be alright
It's I remember back one year daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the presents up And stuck 'em under the tree and some of 'em were from me daddy couldn't buy 'em I'll forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job But his job was to the food on the table for you and mom And at the time every house that we in Either getting broken into and robbed Or shot up on the block and mom was saving money for you in a jar start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college Almost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and it And I know it hurt so bad it your momma's heart And it seemed like everything was just to fall apart Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom And dad moved back to the other side of 8 on Novara And that's daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre And you and momma out to see me But had to work, you and momma had to leave me Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and didn't like it And you and were to young to understand it Papa was a stone, momma developed a habit And it all happened too fast for either one of us to it I'm sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand Cause all I ever wanted to do was make you proud Now I'm sitting in this empty house, reminiscing Lookin' at your baby pictures, it trips me out To see how much you have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's here Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still I like the sound of that, got a ring to it don't it? Shh, momma's only gone for the
And if you ask me too Daddy's buy you a mockingbird I'mma give you the I'mma buy a ring for you I'mma for you I'll do for you to see you smile And if that mockingbird don't sing and that don't shine break that birdies neck I'll go back to the who sold it to ya And make him eat every carat don't with dad (ha ha)