[Intro] Yeah, I know sometimes, things may not, makes sense to you right now. hey, what'd daddy always tell you? Straighten little soldier. Stiffen that upper lip. Whatchu crying about? You got me. [Verse 1] Haley I know you miss mom, And I know you miss your dad, When I'm gone, but I'm trynna you the life that i never had I see your sad, Even when you smile, even when u laugh I can see it in your eyes, inside you wanna cry, Cause scared, I ain't there? Daddy's with you your prayers No cyrin', wipe them tears here no more nightmares We gon' pull through it, we gon' do it Laney uncles ain't he? Yeah, he loves you girl and you better know it all we got in the world When it when swirls When it whirls when twirls Two beautiful girls Lookin puzzled in a daze, I know it's you Daddy's always on the move, mama's always on the I try to keep sheltered from it, but somehow it seems, The harder that I try to do that the more back fires on me All the things growin' as daddy that he had to see Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much he did We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and things have got so bad between us I don't see us ever bein' together again Like we used to be when we teenagers But then of course everything always happens for a guess it was never meant to be But its just somethin' we have no control And that's what destiny no more worries rest your head and go to sleep one day we'll wake up, and this will all just be a dream [Chorus] hush little baby, you cry, everything's gonna be alright Stiffen that upper lip little lady, I told ya, here to hold ya, through the night I know mummy's not here right now we don't know why But we feel how we feel It may seem a little pretty baby But I mamas gon' be alright [Verse 2] Heh, it's funny I back one year when daddy had no money Mummy wrapped the Christmas up, and stuck em under the tree And said some of em were from me, Cause daddy couldn't em I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole cryin' Cause daddy felt like a bum, daddy had a job But his job was to keep the food on the table for you mom And at the time, every house that we lived in either kept gettin' broken and robbed, Or shot up on the block And your mom, was savin' money for in a jar Trynna start a piggy bank you so u could go to college Almost had a thousand dollars, til someone broke in and it And I know it hurt so bad it broke mama's heart And it seemed like everything was just startin' to apart Mom and dad was arguin' a So moved back onto Chalmers in a flat, one bedroom apartment And dad moved back to the other side 8 mile of novara And that's daddy went to California with his CD And met Dr. Dre, then flew u and mama out to me But daddy had to work, you and mama to leave me Then u started seein' daddy on the And didn't like it And and Laney were too young to understand it Pappa was a rollin' stone, developed a habit And it all happened fast, for either one of us to grab it I'm just sorry were there, and had to witness it first hand Cause all I ever wanted to do was just you proud I'm sittin' in this empty house Just reminiscing, lookin' at baby pictures, it just trips me out To see how u both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now Wow, I you pretty much are and daddy's still here Laney I'm talkin' to too, daddy's still here I like the of that, yeah it's got a ring to it don't it? Shh only gone for the moment... [Chorus] hush little baby, Don't you everything's gonna be alright Stiffen that upper lip up lady, I told ya, Daddy's here hold ya, through the night know mummy's not here right now and we don't know why we feel how we feel inside It may seem a little pretty baby But I promise mamas gon' alright [Outro] if you ask me to, daddy's gonna buy you a Mocking bird I'ma u the world I'ma buy diamond right for you, I'ma sing for you I'll do anything for you, to you smile if that mocking bird don't sing And that don't shine I'ma break birdies neck I'll go back the the jeweler, who sold it ya make him eat every karat, don't fuck with dad Haha