[00:12.658]Yeah
[00:15.191]I know sometimes
[00:18.002]Things may not always make sense to you right now
[00:20.999]But hey
[00:22.439]What Daddy always tell you?
[00:24.408]Straighten up, little soldier
[00:26.627]Stiffen up that upper lip
[00:28.833]What you cryin' about?
[00:30.799]You got me
[00:32.001]Hailie, I know you miss your Mom, and I know you miss your Dad
[00:34.487]When I'm gone, but I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had
[00:37.556]I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
[00:40.659]I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you wanna cry
[00:43.143]'Cause you're scared, I ain't there, Daddy's wit' you in your prayers
[00:45.895]No more cryin', wipe them tears, Daddy's here, no more nightmares
[00:48.411]We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
[00:50.707]Lainie, Uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it
[00:54.033]We're all we got in this world when it spins, when it swirls
[00:56.832]When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls
[00:59.346]Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusin' you
[01:02.098]Daddy's always on the move, Mama's always on the news
[01:04.597]I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems
[01:07.081]The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
[01:10.111]All the things growin' up as Daddy that he had to see
[01:12.596]Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did
[01:15.645]We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
[01:18.143]But things have got so bad between us, I don't see us ever bein'
[01:20.894]Together ever again, like we used to be when we was teenagers
[01:23.392]But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason
[01:26.940]I guess it was never meant to be
[01:28.409]But it's just somethin' we have no control over, and that's what destiny is
[01:31.693]But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
[01:34.220]Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream
[01:37.065]Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
[01:39.582]Everything's gonna be alright
[01:41.861]Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
[01:44.597]Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
[01:47.081]I know Mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
[01:50.644]We feel how we feel inside
[01:52.612]It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
[01:55.082]But I promise Mama's gon' be alright
[01:58.174]Heh, it's funny
[01:58.829]I remember back one year when Daddy had no money
[02:01.490]Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree
[02:03.987]And said some of 'em were from me 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em
[02:07.047]I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying
[02:09.595]'Cause Daddy felt like a bum—see, Daddy had a job
[02:12.083]But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and Mom
[02:15.096]And at the time, every house that we lived in
[02:17.628]Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed or shot up on the block
[02:20.642]And your Mom was savin' money for you in a jar
[02:23.130]Tryin' to start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
[02:25.864]Almost had a thousand dollars, 'til someone broke in and stole it
[02:28.912]And I know it hurt so bad it broke your Mama's heart
[02:31.191]And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
[02:34.006]Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot
[02:36.505]So Mama moved back on to Chalmers in the flat, one-bedroom apartment
[02:39.505]And Dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
[02:42.255]And that's when Daddy went to California with his CD
[02:44.739]And met Dr. Dre, and flew you and Mama out to see me
[02:47.241]But Daddy had to work, you and Mama had to leave me
[02:50.038]Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV
[02:52.351]And Mama didn't like it
[02:53.832]And you and Lainie were too young to understand it
[02:56.038]Papa was a rolling stone, Mama developed a habit
[02:58.273]And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
[03:01.084]I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it firsthand
[03:04.085]'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
[03:06.660]Now I'm sittin' in this empty house just reminiscin'
[03:09.943]Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
[03:11.894]To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now
[03:15.177]Wow, guess you pretty much are, and Daddy's still here
[03:17.928]Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, Daddy's still here
[03:20.677]I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it, don't it?
[03:23.427]Shh! Mama's only gone for the moment
[03:25.382]Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
[03:28.176]Everything's gonna be alright
[03:29.864]Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
[03:32.941]Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
[03:35.443]I know Mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
[03:39.033]We feel how we feel inside
[03:40.820]It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
[03:43.602]But I promise Mama's gon' be alright
[03:46.118]And if you ask me to, Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
[03:49.931]I'ma give you the world
[03:51.619]I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you
[03:54.380]I'll do anything for you to see you smile
[03:57.399]And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
[04:00.416]I'ma break that birdie's neck
[04:02.977]I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
[04:05.213]And make him eat every carat, don't **** with Dad! (Haha)