I know things may not Always make to you right now But hey, daddy always tell you? Straighten up soldier Stiffen up that lip you crying about? You got me
Hailie I 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 when you I can see it in eyes, deep inside you want to cry Cause you're scared, I ain't with you in your prayers No more crying, wipe them Daddy's here, no nightmares We gon' pull together through it, we do it Laney crazy, ain't he? Yeah but he you girl and you better know it We're all we got in this When it spins, when it it whirls, when it twirls Two beautiful girls puzzled, in a daze I know it's you always on the move, mama's always on the news I try to keep you sheltered it but somehow it seems The harder I try to do that, the more it backfires on me All the things growing up his that he had to see Daddy don't want you to see but you see just as as he did We did not plan it to be way, your mother and me But have gotten so bad between us I don't see us ever being together again Like we used to be we were teenagers But then of course everything happens for a reason I guess it was never to be But it's just something we have no over and that's what destiny is But no worries, rest your head 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 gonna be alright Stiffen that lip up little lady, I told ya Daddy's here to ya through the night I know mommy's not here right now and we know why We fear how we feel It may seem a little crazy, baby But I momma's gon' be alright
funny I remember back one when daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the Christmas up And stuck 'em under the and said some of 'em were from me Cause daddy buy 'em I'll never forget that I sat up the whole night crying Cause felt like a bum, see daddy had a job But his job was to keep the on the table for you and mom And at the time house that we lived in Either kept getting broken and robbed Or shot up on the block and mom was saving money for you in a jar start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college Almost had a thousand dollars someone broke in and stole it And I it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heart And it seemed everything was just startin' to fall apart Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so moved back On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom And dad moved back to the other side of 8 on Novara And when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre And you and momma out to see me But daddy had to work, you and had to leave me Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma like it And you and Laney were to young to it Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a And it all happened too fast for one of us to grab it I'm sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand Cause all I ever to do was just make you proud Now I'm sitting in this house, just reminiscing Lookin' at your pictures, it just trips me out To see how you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now Wow, guess you pretty much are and still here I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here I like the of that, yeah 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 buy a diamond ring for you I'mma for you I'll do anything for you to see you And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring shine I'mma that birdies neck I'll go back to the jeweler who it to ya And make him eat carat don't fuck with dad (ha ha)