I know things may not Always sense to you right now But hey, What daddy always tell Straighten up little up that upper lip What you crying You got me
I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad Well I'm gone but I'm trying to give you the life that I had I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even you laugh I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you to cry Cause scared, I ain't there? with you in your prayers No crying, wipe them tears Daddy's here, no nightmares We gon' pull together through it, we do it Laney uncles crazy, he? Yeah but he loves you and you better know it all we got in this world When it spins, it swirls When it whirls, it twirls Two little beautiful Lookin' puzzled, in a I know it's you Daddy's on the move, mama's always on the news I try to you sheltered from it but somehow it seems The harder that I try to do that, the it backfires on me All the things growing up his daddy he had to see don't want you to see but you see just as much as he did We did not plan it to be this way, mother and me But things have gotten so bad us I don't see us ever being together ever Like we to be when we were teenagers But then of course everything happens for a reason I it was never meant to be But it's just we have no control over and that's what destiny is But no more worries, rest your and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up and this all just be a dream
Now hush baby, don't you cry Everything's be alright Stiffen that upper lip up little lady, I ya here to hold ya through the night I know mommy's not here right now and we don't why We fear how we inside It may seem a little crazy, pretty But I promise momma's gon' be
funny I remember back one year daddy had no money wrapped the Christmas presents up And stuck 'em under the tree and some of 'em were from me Cause couldn't buy 'em I'll never that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying Cause daddy like a bum, see daddy had a job But his job was to the food on the table for you and mom And at the every house that we lived in kept getting broken into and robbed Or up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to Almost had a dollars till someone broke in and stole it And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's And it seemed like everything was just to fall apart Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so moved back On the in the flat one bedroom apartment And dad moved to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara And that's when daddy went to with his CD and met Dr. Dre And you and momma out to see me But had to work, you and momma had to leave me Then you started seeing on the T.V. and momma didn't like it And you and Laney were to young to it Papa was a stone, momma developed a habit And it all happened too fast for one of us to grab it I'm just sorry you were and had to witness it first hand Cause all I ever to do was just make you proud Now I'm sitting in this empty house, reminiscing Lookin' at your pictures, it just trips me out To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like sisters now Wow, guess you pretty are and daddy's still here Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still I like the sound of that, got a ring to it don't it? Shh, only gone for the moment
And if you ask me too Daddy's gonna buy you a I'mma you the world I'mma buy a ring for you I'mma for you do anything for you to see you smile And if that mockingbird sing and that ring don't shine I'mma break that birdies go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya And make him eat every don't fuck with dad (ha ha)