I sometimes things may not make sense to you right now But hey, What daddy always tell Straighten up soldier Stiffen up that lip What you about? You got me
Hailie I know you your mom and I know you miss your dad Well I'm gone but I'm trying to give you the life I never had I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you I can see it in eyes, deep inside you want to cry Cause scared, I ain't there? with you in your prayers No crying, wipe them tears Daddy's here, no nightmares We gon' pull through it, we gon' do it Laney crazy, ain't he? Yeah but he loves you and you better know it We're all we got in world it spins, when it swirls When it whirls, when it Two beautiful girls Lookin' puzzled, in a I know it's you Daddy's on the move, mama's always on the news I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it The that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me All the things growing up his that he had to see Daddy want you to see but you see just as much as he did We did not plan it to be way, your mother and me But things gotten so bad between us I don't see us ever being together ever we used to be when we were teenagers But then of everything always happens for a reason I guess it was meant to be But it's just something we have no control over and that's destiny is But no worries, rest your head and go to sleep one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream
Now hush little baby, you cry Everything's be alright Stiffen that lip up little lady, I told ya Daddy's here to hold ya the night I know mommy's not right now and we don't know why We fear how we feel It may seem a little crazy, baby But I promise gon' be alright
It's I back one year when daddy had no money wrapped the Christmas presents up And stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em from me daddy couldn't buy 'em I'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the night crying Cause daddy felt a bum, see daddy had a job But his job was to keep the food on the for you and mom And at the time every house we lived in Either kept getting broken and robbed Or shot up on the and your mom was saving money for you in a jar Tryna start a bank for you so you could go to college Almost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and it And I know it so bad it broke your momma's heart And it seemed like was just startin' to fall apart Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved On the Chalmers in the one bedroom apartment And dad moved back to the side of 8 Mile on Novara And that's daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre And you and momma out to see me But daddy had to work, you and had to leave me Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma like it And you and Laney were to young to it was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit And it all too fast for either one of us to grab it I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it hand all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud Now I'm sitting in this house, just reminiscing Lookin' at baby pictures, it just trips me out To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like sisters now Wow, guess you pretty are and daddy's still here Laney I'm to you too, daddy's still here I like the of that, yeah got a ring to it don't it? Shh, only gone for the moment
And if you ask me too Daddy's gonna buy you a I'mma give you the buy a diamond ring for you I'mma for you do anything for you to see you smile And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't I'mma that birdies neck I'll go to the jeweler who sold it to ya And make him eat every carat fuck with dad (ha ha)