Hailie I know you miss your mom
And I know you miss your dad
When I'm gone but I'm trying to give you
The life that I never had
I can see you're sad,
Even when you smile, even when you laugh
I can see it in your eyes,
Deep inside you want to cry
Cuz you're scared, I ain't there?
Daddy's with you in your prayers
No more crying, wipe them tears
Daddy's here, no more nightmares
We gon' pull together through it,
We gon' do it
Laney uncles crazy, aint 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,
Mamma'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 growing up his daddy
That he 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 gotten so bad between us
I don't see us ever being
Together ever again
Like we used to be when we was teenagers
But then of course everything
Always happens 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 your head and go to sleep
Maybe one day we'll wake up
And this will all just be a dream

Now hush little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen 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 momma's gon' be alright

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 broke into and robbed
Or shot up on the block and your mom
Was saving money for you in a jar
Tryna 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 seemed like everything
Was just startin' to fall apart
Mom and dad was arguin'
A lot so momma moved back
On the Chalmers in the 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 momma out to see me
But daddy had to work,
You and momma had to leave me
Then you started seeing daddy on the TV
And momma didn't like it
And you and Laney were to young to understand it
Papa was a rollin' stone,
Momma 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 first hand
Cuz all I ever wanted to do was
Just make you proud
Now I'm sittin in this empty house,
Just reminiscing
Lookin' at your baby pictures,
It just trips 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
Laney I'm talkin' to you too,
Daddy's still here
I like the sound of that, yeah
It's got a ring to it don't it?
Shh, momma's only gone for the moment

Now hush little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen 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 momma's gon' be alright

And if you ask me too
Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
I'ma give you the world
I'ma buy a diamond ring for you
I'ma sing for you
I'll do anything for you to see you smile
And if that mockingbird don't sing
And that ring don't shine
I'mma break that birdies neck
I'd go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
And make him eat every carat
Don't fuck with dad