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[00:02.22]Yeah
[00:05.30]I know sometimes
[00:07.58]Things may not always make sense to you right now
[00:10.19]But hey
[00:11.64]What Daddy always tell you?
[00:13.77]Straighten up, little soldier
[00:16.40]Stiffen up that upper lip
[00:19.04]What you cryin' about?
[00:21.64]You got me
[00:22.87]Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad
[00:25.56]When I'm gone, but I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had
[00:28.28]I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
[00:31.67]I can see it in your eyes, deep inside, you wanna cry
[00:34.52]'Cause you're scared, I ain't there, Daddy's wit' you in your prayers
[00:37.33]No more cryin', wipe them tears, Daddy's here, no more nightmares
[00:40.24]We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
[00:42.67]Lainie, Uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it
[00:45.76]We're all we got in this world when it spins, when it swirls
[00:48.68]When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls
[00:51.82]Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusin' you
[00:54.46]Daddy's always on the move, Mama's always on the news
[00:57.22]I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems
[01:00.02]The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
[01:02.62]All the things growin' up as Daddy that he had to see
[01:05.43]Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did
[01:08.38]We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
[01:11.10]But things have got so bad between us, I don't see us ever bein'
[01:13.54]Together ever again, like we used to be when we was teenagers
[01:16.98]But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason
[01:19.71]I guess it was never meant to be
[01:22.23]But it's just somethin' we have no control over, and that's what destiny is
[01:25.80]But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
[01:28.79]Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream
[01:30.94]Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
[01:33.71]Everything's gonna be alright
[01:35.87]Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
[01:38.90]Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
[01:41.30]I know Mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why
[01:44.22]We feel how we feel inside
[01:46.90]It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
[01:49.14]But I promise Mama's gon' be alright
[01:52.66]Heh, it's funny
[01:54.50]I remember back one year when Daddy had no money
[01:56.38]Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree
[01:59.19]And said some of 'em were from me 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em
[02:02.47]I'll never forget that Christmas; I sat up the whole night crying
[02:04.99]'Cause Daddy felt like a bum—see, Daddy had a job
[02:07.59]But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and Mom
[02:10.38]And at the time, every house that we lived in
[02:13.21]Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed or shot up on the block
[02:16.30]And your Mom was savin' money for you in a jar
[02:19.06]Tryin' to start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
[02:22.22]Almost had a thousand dollars 'til someone broke in and stole it
[02:25.09]And I know it hurt so bad it broke your Mama's heart
[02:27.75]And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
[02:30.42]Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot
[02:33.07]So Mama moved back onto Chalmers in the flat, one-bedroom apartment
[02:35.97]And Dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
[02:39.06]And that's when Daddy went to California with his CD
[02:42.13]And met Dr. Dre, and flew you and Mama out to see me
[02:44.77]But Daddy had to work, you and Mama had to leave me
[02:47.58]Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV
[02:49.67]And Mama didn't like it
[02:51.50]And you and Lainie were too young to understand it
[02:53.82]Papa was a rolling stone, Mama developed a habit
[02:56.18]And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
[02:59.27]I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it firsthand
[03:02.22]'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
[03:04.73]Now I'm sittin' in this empty house just reminiscin'
[03:07.70]Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
[03:10.38]To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now
[03:13.06]Wow, guess you pretty much are, and Daddy's still here
[03:16.05]Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, Daddy's still here
[03:18.71]I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it, don't it?
[03:22.11]Shh, Mama's only gone for the moment
[03:24.59]Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
[03:27.31]Everything's gonna be alright
[03:29.22]Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
[03:32.35]Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
[03:35.04]I know Mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
[03:38.63]We feel how we feel inside
[03:40.79]It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
[03:43.99]But I promise Mama's gon' be alright
[03:46.16]And if you ask me to, Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
[03:49.98]I'ma give you the world
[03:51.87]I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you
[03:54.23]I'll do anything for you to see you smile
[03:57.51]And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
[04:01.47]I'ma break that birdie's neck
[04:03.19]I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
[04:08.79]And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with Dad (Haha)
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