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
cryin' 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 tryin' 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 wit' you in your prayers
No more cryin', wipe them tears, Daddy's here, no more nightmares
We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
Lainie,
Uncle'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
Lookin'
puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusin' you
Daddy's always
on the move, Mama'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 growin' up as 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 bein'
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 somethin' 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'll 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 feel how we
feel inside
It may seem a
little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise
Mama's gon' be alright
Heh, 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 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em
I'll never
forget that Christmas, I sat 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
gettin' broken into and robbed or shot up on the block
And your Mom
was savin' money for you in a jar
Tryin' to
start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
Almost had a
thousand dollars 'til someone broke in and stole it
And I know it
hurt so bad it broke your Mama's heart
And it seemed
like everything was just startin' to fall apart
Mom and Dad
was arguin' a lot
So Mama moved
back on to 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 Mama out to see me
But Daddy had
to work, you and Mama had to leave me
Then you
started seein' Daddy on the TV
And Mama
didn't like it
And you and
Lainie were too young to understand it
Papa was a
rolling stone, Mama 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 firsthand
'Cause all I
ever wanted to do was just make you proud
Now I'm
sittin' in this empty house just reminiscin'
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
Lainie, 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! Mama'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 feel how we
feel inside
It may seem a
little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise
Mama'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
I'ma break
that birdie's neck
I'll go back
to the jeweler who sold it to ya
And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with Dad! (Haha)
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