Eminem

Mockingbird

Yeah
I know sometimes
Things may not always make sense to you right now
But hey
What daddy always tell you?
Straighten up, little soldier
Stiffen up that upper lip
What you crying about?
You got me

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 wanna cry
Cause 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
Lainey, uncles's crazy, ain't 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
Looking 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 got 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 you
Daddy's here to hold you 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 gon' be alright

Hah, 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
Cause daddy couldn't buy them
I'll never forget that Christmas
I said up the whole night crying
Cause 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 broken 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 can 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 starting to fall apart
Mom and dad was arguing 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 Lainey were too 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
Cause all I ever wanted to do was make you proud
Now I'm sitting in this empty house, just reminiscing
Looking 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
Lainey, I'm talking 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 you
Daddy's here to hold you 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 gon' be alright
And if you ask me to
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'ma break that birdy's neck
I'd go back to the jeweler who sold it to you
And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with dad
(Haha)