(Intro Spoken)

I know sometimes, things may not always make sense to you right now, but hey, what did daddy always tell you? Straigten up. Stiffen up that upper lip. What you cryin about? You got me.

(1st Verse)

Haillie I know you miss you mom, and i know u miss your dad

when im gone, but im tryin to give u the that life i never had

I can see your sad, even when you smile even when you laugh

I can see it in your eyes

deep inside you wanna cry

Cuz your scared

when i aint there

daddy's with you in your prayers

No more cryin wipe them tears

Daddy's here no more nightmares

We gon' pull together through it

we gon' do it

Laney,uncles crazy ain't he

yeah but he loves u girl and u better know it

We're 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 it's confusin you

Daddy's always on the move

Momma's always on the news

I try to keep you sheltered from it but some how it seems

the more i try to do that the more it backfires on me

all the things growin up as daddy, daddy had too see

daddy dont want u to see but u see just as much as he did

we did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me

but things have gotten so bad between us

i dont see us

ever bein together ever again

like we used to be when we us teenagers

but then of course everything always happens for a reason

but i guess it was just never meant to be

its just something we have no control over and thats wat destiny is

but no more worries rest your head and go to sleep

maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream

(Chorus)

Now hush little baby dont you cry

Everything's gonna be alright

Stiffin that upper lip up little lady i told ya

daddy's here to hold ya, through the night

i know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why

we feel how we feel inside

it may seem a little crazy

pretty baby, but i promise, momma's gonna be alright

(Verse 2)

It's funny, I remember back one year when daddy had no money

mommy wrapped the christmas presents up and stuck them under the tree

and said some of them were from me

cuz daddy couldnt buy em

ill never forget that christmas i sat up the whole night cryin

cuz daddy felt like a bum

see daddy had a job

but his job was to keep the food on the table for u and mom

and at the time

every house that we lived in either kept gettin broken into and robbed

or shot up on the block

and your mom

was saving money for you in a jar

trying 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 momma's heart

and it seems like everything was just startin to fall apart

mom and dad was arguin alot

so momma moved back on the charmers in the flat

one bedroom apartment

and dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile and novara

And that's wen daddy went to California with a cd

And met Dr. Dre, and flew you and momma out to see me

But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me

but then u started seeing daddy on the T.V

and momma didnt like it

and you and laney were to young to understand

papa was a rolllin stone, momma developed a habit

and it all happened to fast for either one of us to grab it

im just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand

cuz all i ever wanted to do was to make u proud

now im sittin in this empty house

just reminiscin

lookin at ur baby pictures, it just trips me out

to see how much youve both have grown its almost like your sisters now

wow, i guess you pretty much are

but daddy's still here

laney im talkin to u too

daddy's still here

i like the sound of that, yeah

it's got a ring to it dont it

shhh, mommas only gone for the moment

(Chorus)

Now hush little baby dont yoo cry

everythings gonna be alright

stiffin that upper lip up little lady i told ya,daddys here to hold ya through the nite,i kno mommys not here right now and we dont kno why we feel how we feel inside it may seem a little crazy pretty baby but i promise mommas gon' be alrite

And if you ask me to Daddy's gonna buy you a mocking bird

im-ma give you the world

imma buy a diamond ring for you, Imma sing for u

ill do nething for you to see you smile

and if that mockingbird dont sing and that ring dont shine

imma break that birdies neck

ill go back to the jewler

who sold it to ya

and make him eat every karot dont fuck with dad! haha