[Intro] Yeah, know sometimes, may not, always makes to you right now. But hey, what'd daddy tell you? Straighten up little Stiffen up that lip. crying about? got me. [Verse 1] Haley I know you miss your mom, And I you miss your dad, When I'm gone, but I'm trynna you the life that i never had I see your sad, Even when you smile, even when laugh , can see it in your eyes, deep inside you wanna cry, you're scared, I ain't there? with you in your prayers No cyrin', wipe them tears Daddy's no more nightmares We gon' pull together through it, gon' do it Laney uncles ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you girl and you better it We're we got in the world When it when swirls When it whirls when in little beautiful girls Lookin puzzled in a daze, I it's confusin' you Daddy's always the move, mama's always on the news I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it The harder that try to do that the more it back fires on me All the growin' up, as daddy that he had to see Daddy don't want you to see, but you just as much as he did We did not plan to be this way, your mother and me But things have got bad between us I see us ever bein' together ever again Like we used to when we was teenagers But then course everything always happens for a reason I guess it was never meant be But its just somethin' we no control over, that's what destiny is Well no more worries rest head and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up, and this will all be a dream [Chorus] hush little baby, Don't you cry, everything's gonna be Stiffen that upper lip up lady, I told ya, Daddy's here to hold ya, through night I know mummy's not here right now and we know why But we feel how we feel may seem a little crazy, pretty baby But I promise mamas gon' alright [Verse 2] it's funny I remember one year when daddy had no money wrapped the Christmas presents up, and stuck em under the tree said some of em were from me, Cause daddy couldn't buy em I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night Cause daddy like a bum, see daddy had a job But his job was to keep the food on table for you and mom And at the time, every house that we lived in either kept gettin' broken into and robbed, Or shot up on block And your mom, was savin' money for you a jar Trynna start a bank for you so u could go to college had a thousand dollars, til someone broke in and stole it And I know it hurt so bad it broke you heart And it seemed like was just startin' to fall apart Mom and dad arguin' a lot So mama moved back onto Chalmers in a flat, one apartment And dad moved back to the other side of mile of novara And that's when daddy went California with his CD And met Dr. Dre, then flew u and mama to see me But had to work, you and mama had to leave me Then started seein' daddy on the TV And mama didn't like And u and Laney were too young understand it was a rollin' stone, mama developed a habit And it all happened to fast, for either one of us to grab I'm just sorry you there, and had to witness it first hand Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make proud now sittin' in this empty house Just reminiscing, at your baby pictures, it just trips me out To see how much u both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters Wow, I guess you pretty much are and still here Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's here I the sound of that, yeah it's got a ring to it don't it? Shh mamas only gone for moment... [Chorus] Now hush baby, Don't you cry, gonna be alright Stiffen that upper lip little lady, I told ya, here to hold ya, through the night I know mummy's here right now and we don't know why But we feel how we inside It may a little crazy, pretty baby I promise mamas gon' be alright [Outro] if you ask me to, daddy's gonna buy you a Mocking bird I'ma give u world I'ma a diamond right for you, I'ma sing for you I'll do for you, to see you smile And if that mocking bird don't And that ring shine break that birdies neck go back the the jeweler, who sold it to ya make him eat every karat, don't fuck with dad Haha