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


           Em                           C 
Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad
          D                                   Em 
Well I'm gone but I'm trying to give you the life that I never had
       Em                             C 
I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
D                           Em 
I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry
 Em                                  C 
Cause you're scared, I ain't there? Daddy's with you in your prayers
 D                                Em 
No more crying, wipe them tears, daddy's here, no more nightmares
 Em                                C 
We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it'
               D                           Em 
Laney uncles crazy, ain't he? Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it
 Em                              C 
We're all we got in this world when it spins, when it swirls
  D                       Em 
When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls
 Em                             C 
Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusing you
 D                           Em 
Daddy's always on the move, mama's always on the news
    Em                               C 
I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems
             D                         Em 
The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
          Em                          C 
All the things growing up his daddy that he had to see
       D                             Em 
Daddy don't want you to see but you see just as much as he did
        Em                               C 
We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
                 D                                Em                     Em
But things have gotten so bad between us I don't see us ever being together ever again
        C                             D 
Like we used to be when we were teenagers
             Em                                        Em                        C 
But then of course everything always happens for a reason, I guess it was never meant to be
                         D                            Em 
But it's just something we have no control over and that's what destiny is
Em                               C 
 But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
      D                                   Em 
Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream


     Em                C 
Now hush little baby, don't you cry
       D                 Em 
Everything's gonna be alright
                       Em                 C 
Stiffen that upper lip up little lady, I told ya
                 D                   Em 
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
                    Em                    C 
I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
    D                  Em 
We fear how we feel inside
                       Em           C 
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
               D                 Em 
But I promise momma's gon' be alright

It's funny
Em                             C 
I remember back one year when daddy had no money
        D                                     Em 
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree
          Em                              C 
And said some of 'em were from me, cause daddy couldn't buy 'em
      D                             Em 
I'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying
             Em                   C 
Cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job
         D                   Em 
But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
            Em         C 
And at the time every house that we lived in
                      D              Em 
Either kept getting broken into and robbed or shot up on the block
          Em             C 
And your mom was saving money for you in a jar
        D                            Em 
Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
        Em                     C 
Almost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and stole it
        D                      Em 
And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heart
        Em                               C 
And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
 D                         Em 
Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved back
         Em              C 
On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment
     D                           Em 
And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
      Em                           C 
And that's when daddy went to California with his CD
         D                Em 
And met Dr. Dre and flew you and momma out to see me
     Em                 C 
But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me
           D                  Em 
Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V. 
                  Em                  C 
And momma didn't like it and you and Laney were to young to understand it
 D                         Em 
Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit
       Em                C 
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
D                         Em 
I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
      Em                    C 
Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
 D                      Em 
Now I'm sitting in this empty house, just reminiscing
 Em                      C 
Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
            D                             Em 
To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now
Em                C                                   D 
 Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here
                   Em 
Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here
Em                         C                           D 
I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it don't it?
                   Em 
Shh, momma's only gone for the moment


     Em                C 
Now hush little baby, don't you cry
       D                 Em 
Everything's gonna be alright
                       Em                 C 
Stiffen that upper lip up little lady, I told ya
                 D                   Em 
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
                    Em                    C 
I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
    D                  Em 
We fear how we feel inside
                       Em           C 
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
               D                 Em 
But I promise momma's gon' be alright


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