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    Yeah
    I know sometimes
    Things may not... always make sense to you right now
    But hey, what daddy always tell you?
    Straiten 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 want to cry
    'cause you're scared
    I ain't there, Daddy's with 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 being 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 something 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


    [CHORUS:]
    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 gonna 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
    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 getting broken into and robbed
    Or shot up on the block
    And your mom was saving money for you in a jar
    Tryin' to start a piggy bank for you so that 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 starting to fall apart
    Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so mama moved back on the Chalmers in a 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 to see daddy on the TV
    And mama didn't like it
    And you an' Lainie were too young to understand it
    Papa was a Rolling Stone, mama developed a habit
    And it all happened to fast for either one of us to grab it
    I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
    'cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
    Now I'm sittin' in this empty house
    Just reminicin lookin' at your baby pictures it just trips me out
    To see how much you both have grown it's almost like your sisters now
    Wow, guess you pretty much are
    And daddy's still here
    Lainie I'm talking 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

    [Chorus]

    And if you ask me to, daddy's gonna buy you a mocking bird
    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 mocking bird don't sing and that ring don't shine
    I'ma break that birdy's neck
    I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
    And make em eat every carat, don't fuck with dad

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    Written by INEZ FOXX | CHARLIE FOXX

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