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109 lines
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Yeah, I know sometimes, things may not always make sense to you right now
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But hey, what daddy always tell you?
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Straighten up little soldier, stiffen up that upper lip
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What you crying about?
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You got me
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Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad
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When I'm gone, but I'm trying to give you the life that I never had
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I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
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I can see it in your eyes, deep inside, you want to cry
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'Cause you're scared; I ain't there? Daddy's with you in your prayers
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No more crying, wipe them tears; daddy's here, no more nightmares
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We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
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Laney uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you girl and you better know it
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We're all we got in this world When it spins, when it swirls
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When it whirls, when it twirls two little beautiful girls
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Lookin' puzzled, in a daze. I know it's confusin' you
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Daddy's always on the move; mama's always on the news
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I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems
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The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
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All the things growing up his daddy that he had to see
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Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did
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We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
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But things have gotten so bad between us, I don't see us ever being together
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Ever again, like we used to be when we was teenagers
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But then of course everything always happens for a reason
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I guess it was never meant to be
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But it's just something we have no control over, and that's what destiny is
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But no more worries, rest your head, and go to sleep
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Maybe one day we'll wake up, and this will all just be a dream
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Now hush little baby, don't you cry
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Everything's gonna be all right
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Stiffen that upper lip up little lady, I told ya
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Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
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I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why
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We fear how we feel inside
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It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
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But I promise mama's gon' be all right
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It's funny, I remember back one year, when daddy had no money
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Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree
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And said some of 'em were from me, 'cause daddy couldn't buy 'em
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I'll never forget that Christmas; I sat up the whole night crying
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'Cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job
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But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
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And at the time, every house that we lived in either kept getting broke into and robbed or shot up on the block
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And your mom was saving money for you in a jar
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Tryma start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
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Almost had a thousand dollars, till someone broke in and stole it
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And I know it hurt so bad, it broke your mama's heart
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And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
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Mom and dad was arguin' a lot, so mama moved back
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On the Chalmers in the flat—one bedroom apartment
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And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
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And that's when daddy went to California with his CD
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And met Dr. Dre and flew you and mama out to see me
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But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me
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Then you started seeing daddy on the TV
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And mama didn't like it and you and Laney were to young to understand it
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Papa was a Rollin' Stone, momma developed a habit
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And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
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I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
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'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
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Now I'm sittin' in this empty house
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Just reminiscing lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
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To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now
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Wow, guess you pretty much are and, daddy's still here
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Laney I'm talkin' to you too: Daddy's still here
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I like the sound of that, yeah; it's got a ring to it, don't it?
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Shh, mama's only gone for the moment
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Now hush little baby, don't you cry
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Everything's gonna be all right
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Stiffen that upper lip up little lady, I told ya
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Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
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I know mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why
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We fear how we feel inside
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It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
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But I promise mama's gon' be all right
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And if you ask me, too, daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
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I'mma give you the world
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I'mma buy a diamond ring for you, I'mma sing for you
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I'll do anything for you to see you smile
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And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
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I'mma break that birdie's neck
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I'd go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
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And make him eat every karat; don't fuck with dad (haha)
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_________________
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Name Mockingbird
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Artist Eminem
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Album Curtain Call
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