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-
