| Song | Mockingbird - Album Version (Explicit) |
| Artist | Eminem |
| Album | Mockingbird |
| [00:02.140] [Chorus] | |
| [00:03.139] | Yeah |
| [00:05.000] | I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now |
| [00:10.599] | But hey, what daddy always tell you? |
| [00:14.259] | Straighten up little soldier |
| [00:16.670] | Stiffen up that upper lip |
| [00:19.500] | What you crying about? |
| [00:22.100] | |
| [00:22.200] | You got me |
| [00:22.630] | Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad |
| [00:25.480] | Well I'm gone but I'm trying to give you the life that I never had |
| [00:28.540] | I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh |
| [00:31.570] | I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry |
| [00:34.290] | Cuz you're scared, I ain't there? |
| [00:35.709] | Daddy's with you in your prayers |
| [00:37.990] | No more crying, wipe them tears |
| [00:38.470] | Daddy's here, no more nightmares |
| [00:39.919] | We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it |
| [00:42.500] | Laney uncles crazy, aint he? |
| [00:43.769] | Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it |
| [00:45.690] | We're all we got in this world |
| [00:47.400] | When it spins, when it swirls |
| [00:49.000] | When it whirls, when it twirls |
| [00:49.809] | Two little beautiful girls |
| [00:51.269] | Lookin' puzzled, in a daze |
| [00:52.589] | I know it's confusing you |
| [00:54.990] | Daddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the news |
| [00:56.820] | I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems |
| [00:59.500] | The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me |
| [01:02.120] | All the things growing up his daddy that he had to see |
| [01:05.300] | Daddy don't want you to see but you see just as much as he did |
| [01:07.980] | We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me |
| [01:10.490] | But things have gotten so bad between us |
| [01:12.899] | I don't see us ever being together ever again |
| [01:15.000] | Like we used to be when we was teenagers |
| [01:16.720] | But then of course everything always happens for a reason |
| [01:19.630] | I guess it was never meant to be |
| [01:21.450] | But it's just something we have no control |
| [01:23.260] | over and that's what destiny is |
| [01:25.110] | But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep |
| [01:27.619] | Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream |
| [01:30.649] | Now hush little baby, don't you cry |
| [01:30.800] | |
| [01:33.899] | Everything's gonna be alright |
| [01:35.800] | Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya |
| [01:38.570] | Daddy's here to hold ya through the night |
| [01:42.200] | I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why |
| [01:44.779] | We feel how we feel inside |
| [01:46.740] | It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby |
| [01:49.450] | But i promise momma's gon' be alright |
| [01:52.140] | |
| [01:52.589] | It's funny |
| [01:53.500] | I remember back one year when daddy had no money |
| [01:55.860] | Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up |
| [01:57.610] | And stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from me |
| [02:00.220] | Cuz daddy couldn't buy 'em |
| [02:01.619] | I'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying |
| [02:04.420] | Cuz daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job |
| [02:07.800] | But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom |
| [02:09.919] | And at the time every house that we lived in |
| [02:12.300] | Either kept getting broke into and robbed |
| [02:15.190] | Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar |
| [02:18.449] | Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college |
| [02:21.210] | Almost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and stole it |
| [02:24.460] | And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heart |
| [02:27.300] | And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart |
| [02:29.930] | Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved back |
| [02:32.909] | On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment |
| [02:35.728] | And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara |
| [02:38.259] | And that's when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre |
| [02:42.300] | And flew you and momma out to see me |
| [02:44.199] | But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me |
| [02:46.780] | Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it |
| [02:50.170] | And you and Laney were to young to understand it |
| [02:52.770] | Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit |
| [02:55.610] | And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it |
| [02:59.190] | I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand |
| [03:01.900] | Cuz all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud |
| [03:03.830] | Now I'm sittin in this empty house, just reminiscing |
| [03:06.930] | Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out |
| [03:09.199] | To see how much you both have grown, |
| [03:10.590] | it's almost like you're sisters now |
| [03:12.409] | Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here |
| [03:15.620] | Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here |
| [03:18.440] | I like the sound of that, yeah |
| [03:19.889] | It's got a ring to it don't it? |
| [03:21.490] | Shh, momma's only gone for the moment |
| [03:23.259] | |
| [03:23.629] | Now hush little baby, don't you cry |
| [03:26.490] | Everything's gonna be alright |
| [03:28.300] | Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya |
| [03:31.430] | Daddy's here to hold ya through the night |
| [03:33.970] | I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why |
| [03:37.659] | We feel how we feel inside |
| [03:39.620] | It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby |
| [03:42.790] | But i promise momma's gon' be alright |
| [03:45.789] | |
| [03:46.790] | Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird |
| [03:46.900] | And if you ask me too |
| [03:49.400] | I'mma give you the world |
| [03:50.920] | I'mma buy a diamond ring for you |
| [03:52.759] | I'mma sing for you |
| [03:53.740] | I'll do anything for you to see you smile |
| [03:56.819] | And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine |
| [04:00.110] | I'mma break that birdies neck |
| [04:02.150] | I'd go back to the jewler who sold it to ya |
| [04:04.970] | And make him eat every carat don't **** with dad （haha） |
| [04:07.669] | |
| [04:08.190] | |
| [04:09.599] | END |
| [04:09.990] |
| [00:02.140] [Chorus] | |
| [00:03.139] | Yeah |
| [00:05.000] | I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now |
| [00:10.599] | But hey, what daddy always tell you? |
| [00:14.259] | Straighten up little soldier |
| [00:16.670] | Stiffen up that upper lip |
| [00:19.500] | What you crying about? |
| [00:22.100] | |
| [00:22.200] | You got me |
| [00:22.630] | Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad |
| [00:25.480] | Well I' m gone but I' m trying to give you the life that I never had |
| [00:28.540] | I can see you' re sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh |
| [00:31.570] | I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry |
| [00:34.290] | Cuz you' re scared, I ain' t there? |
| [00:35.709] | Daddy' s with you in your prayers |
| [00:37.990] | No more crying, wipe them tears |
| [00:38.470] | Daddy' s here, no more nightmares |
| [00:39.919] | We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it |
| [00:42.500] | Laney uncles crazy, aint he? |
| [00:43.769] | Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it |
| [00:45.690] | We' re all we got in this world |
| [00:47.400] | When it spins, when it swirls |
| [00:49.000] | When it whirls, when it twirls |
| [00:49.809] | Two little beautiful girls |
| [00:51.269] | Lookin' puzzled, in a daze |
| [00:52.589] | I know it' s confusing you |
| [00:54.990] | Daddy' s always on the move, mamma' s always on the news |
| [00:56.820] | I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems |
| [00:59.500] | The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me |
| [01:02.120] | All the things growing up his daddy that he had to see |
| [01:05.300] | Daddy don' t want you to see but you see just as much as he did |
| [01:07.980] | We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me |
| [01:10.490] | But things have gotten so bad between us |
| [01:12.899] | I don' t see us ever being together ever again |
| [01:15.000] | Like we used to be when we was teenagers |
| [01:16.720] | But then of course everything always happens for a reason |
| [01:19.630] | I guess it was never meant to be |
| [01:21.450] | But it' s just something we have no control |
| [01:23.260] | over and that' s what destiny is |
| [01:25.110] | But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep |
| [01:27.619] | Maybe one day we' ll wake up and this will all just be a dream |
| [01:30.649] | Now hush little baby, don' t you cry |
| [01:30.800] | |
| [01:33.899] | Everything' s gonna be alright |
| [01:35.800] | Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya |
| [01:38.570] | Daddy' s here to hold ya through the night |
| [01:42.200] | I know mommy' s not here right now and we don' t know why |
| [01:44.779] | We feel how we feel inside |
| [01:46.740] | It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby |
| [01:49.450] | But i promise momma' s gon' be alright |
| [01:52.140] | |
| [01:52.589] | It' s funny |
| [01:53.500] | I remember back one year when daddy had no money |
| [01:55.860] | Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up |
| [01:57.610] | And stuck ' em under the tree and said some of ' em were from me |
| [02:00.220] | Cuz daddy couldn' t buy ' em |
| [02:01.619] | I' ll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying |
| [02:04.420] | Cuz daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job |
| [02:07.800] | But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom |
| [02:09.919] | And at the time every house that we lived in |
| [02:12.300] | Either kept getting broke into and robbed |
| [02:15.190] | Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar |
| [02:18.449] | Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college |
| [02:21.210] | Almost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and stole it |
| [02:24.460] | And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma' s heart |
| [02:27.300] | And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart |
| [02:29.930] | Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved back |
| [02:32.909] | On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment |
| [02:35.728] | And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara |
| [02:38.259] | And that' s when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre |
| [02:42.300] | And flew you and momma out to see me |
| [02:44.199] | But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me |
| [02:46.780] | Then you started seeing daddy on the T. V. and momma didn' t like it |
| [02:50.170] | And you and Laney were to young to understand it |
| [02:52.770] | Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit |
| [02:55.610] | And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it |
| [02:59.190] | I' m just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand |
| [03:01.900] | Cuz all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud |
| [03:03.830] | Now I' m sittin in this empty house, just reminiscing |
| [03:06.930] | Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out |
| [03:09.199] | To see how much you both have grown, |
| [03:10.590] | it' s almost like you' re sisters now |
| [03:12.409] | Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy' s still here |
| [03:15.620] | Laney I' m talkin' to you too, daddy' s still here |
| [03:18.440] | I like the sound of that, yeah |
| [03:19.889] | It' s got a ring to it don' t it? |
| [03:21.490] | Shh, momma' s only gone for the moment |
| [03:23.259] | |
| [03:23.629] | Now hush little baby, don' t you cry |
| [03:26.490] | Everything' s gonna be alright |
| [03:28.300] | Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya |
| [03:31.430] | Daddy' s here to hold ya through the night |
| [03:33.970] | I know mommy' s not here right now and we don' t know why |
| [03:37.659] | We feel how we feel inside |
| [03:39.620] | It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby |
| [03:42.790] | But i promise momma' s gon' be alright |
| [03:45.789] | |
| [03:46.790] | Daddy' s gonna buy you a mockingbird |
| [03:46.900] | And if you ask me too |
| [03:49.400] | I' mma give you the world |
| [03:50.920] | I' mma buy a diamond ring for you |
| [03:52.759] | I' mma sing for you |
| [03:53.740] | I' ll do anything for you to see you smile |
| [03:56.819] | And if that mockingbird don' t sing and that ring don' t shine |
| [04:00.110] | I' mma break that birdies neck |
| [04:02.150] | I' d go back to the jewler who sold it to ya |
| [04:04.970] | And make him eat every carat don' t with dad haha |
| [04:07.669] | |
| [04:08.190] | |
| [04:09.599] | END |
| [04:09.990] |