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