Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad

When I'm gone, but I'm tryna 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 cryin', wipe them tears, Daddy's her, no more nightmares

We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it

Lainie, uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah

Well, 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 hard I try to do it, the more it backfires on me

All the things growin' up that Daddy, 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

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

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, 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 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 Mama's gon' be alright

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 cryin'

'Cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job

Job to keep the food on the table for you and mom

At the time every house we lived in

Either kept gettin' broken into or robbed

Or shot up on the block and your mom was savin' money for you in a jar

Tryna start a piggy bank for to 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 the Chalmers, in a 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 that

Papa was a rollin' stone, mama developed a habit

Happened all 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've grown it's almost like you're sisters now

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

Do it got a ring to 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 fear 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

And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine

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 f**k with dad (haha)