Mockingbird

Intro

Yeah
I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now
But hey, what daddy always tell you?
Straighten up little soldier
Stiffen up that upper lip
whatchu crying about?
You got me.

Verse 1

Hailie, I know u miss ur mom
And I know u miss ur dad when Im gone
But Im tryin' to give u the life that I never had
I can see your sad
Even when you smile
Even when you laugh
I can see it in ur eyes
Deep inside you wanna cry
Cuz you're scared
I aint there,
Daddys with you in your prayers
No more cryin'
Wipe them tears
Daddys here
No more nightmares
We gonna pull together through it
We gonna do it
Lainie's uncles crazy aint he,yeah
But he loves you girl and you better know it
Were 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 its confusing you
Daddys always on the move
Mamas 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, daddy had to see
Daddy dont 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 dont see us ever being
Together ever again
Like we used to be like when we was teenagers
But then of course
Everything always happen for a reason
I guess it was never meant to be
But its just something
We have no control over
And thats what destiny is
But no more worries
Rest ur head and go to sleep
Maybe one day well wake up
And this will all just be a dream

Chorus

Now hush little baby dont u cry
Everything's gonna be all right
Stiffin' that upper lip up little lady I told ya
Daddys here to hold ya through the night
I know mommys not here right now and we dont know why
We fear how we feel inside, it may seem a little crazy
Pretty baby but I promise, Mamas gon' be alright

Verse two

Its 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,
Cuz daddy couldnt buy em
Ill never forget that Christmas
I sat up the whole night crying
cuz 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
Tryna to start a piggy bank for you
So you could go to college
Almost had a thousand dollars
Till someone broke in and stole it
And I know it hurt so bad it broke your mammas heart
And it seemed like everything was just starting to fall apart
Mom and dad was arguing a lot
So mama moved back on to Chalmers in a flat
One bedroom apartment
And dad moved back to the other side of 8 mile on Novara
And thats 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 seeing daddy on the TV
And mama didnt like it
And you and Lainnie were too young to understand
Papa was a rollin stone, mama developed a habit
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
Im just sorry you were there and had to witness it firsthand
Cuz all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
Now Im sittin in this empty house,
Just reminiscing Looking at your baby pictures it just tricks me out
To see how much you both have grown its almost like you're sisters now
Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddys still here
Lainnie Im talking to you too daddys still here
I like the sound of that, yeah
Its got a ring to it dont it
Shhh, mamas only gone for the moment

Chorus

Now hush little baby dont you cry
Everythings gonna be all right
Stiffin' that upper lip up little lady I told ya
Daddys here to hold ya through the night
I know mommys not here right now and we dont know why
We fear how we feel inside, it may seem a little crazy
Pretty baby but I promise, mamas gon' be alright

End chorus

And if you ask me to, daddys gonna buy you a mocking bird
Ima' give you the world, Ima' buy a diamond ring for you,
Ima sing for you, Ill do anything for u to see u smile
And if that Mocking Bird dont sing and that ring dont shine
Ima break that birdies neck, Ill go back to the Jeweler
Who sold it to ya
And make him eat every carat
Dont fk with dad.
haha