[Intro] Yeah, I sometimes, things not, always makes sense to you right But hey, what'd daddy tell you? Straighten little soldier. Stiffen up that upper crying about? You me. [Verse 1] Haley I know you miss your mom, And I you miss your dad, When I'm gone, but I'm trynna give you the life that never had I can your sad, when you smile, even when u laugh , I see it in your eyes, deep inside you wanna cry, you're scared, I ain't there? Daddy's with you your prayers No more cyrin', wipe tears here no more nightmares We gon' pull together through it, gon' do it Laney uncles ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you and you better know it We're all we got in the When spins when swirls When it whirls in twirls Two little beautiful Lookin puzzled in a daze, I know confusin' you Daddy's always on the move, mama's on the news I try to keep sheltered from it, but somehow it seems, The harder that I try to do that the more it back fires on All the growin' up, as daddy that he had to see Daddy don't want you to see, but you see as much as he did We not plan it to be this way, your mother and me But things have got so bad between I don't see us bein' together ever again Like we used to be when we teenagers But then of course everything always happens for reason guess it was never meant to be its just somethin' we have no control over, And that's destiny is Well no worries rest your head and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up, and will all just be a dream [Chorus] Now hush little Don't you cry, everything's gonna alright Stiffen that lip up little lady, I told ya, Daddy's here hold ya, through the night I know mummy's not here right now we don't know why But we feel we feel inside It may seem a little pretty baby But I promise mamas gon' alright [Verse 2] it's funny I remember back year when daddy had no money Mummy wrapped the Christmas presents up, stuck em under the tree And said some of em from me, Cause daddy couldn't buy em I'll never forget Christmas, I sat up the whole night cryin' Cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a But his job was to keep the food on the for you and mom And at the time, every house we lived in either kept gettin' broken into and robbed, Or shot up on the block And your mom, was savin' money you in a jar Trynna start a bank for you so u could go to college Almost had a thousand til someone broke in and stole it And I know it hurt so bad it broke you heart And it seemed like everything was just startin' to apart Mom dad was arguin' a lot So mama moved back onto Chalmers in a flat, one bedroom And dad moved back to the other side of 8 mile novara And that's when daddy went to California his CD And met Dr. Dre, then flew u mama out to see me But daddy had to you and mama had to leave me Then u started seein' on the TV And mama didn't it u and Laney were too young to understand it Pappa was a rollin' stone, mama a habit And it all happened to fast, for either one of us grab it I'm just sorry you were there, and had to it first hand Cause all I wanted to do was just make you proud now I'm sittin' in this house Just reminiscing, lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips out To see how much u both have it's almost like you're sisters now Wow, I guess you pretty are and daddy's still here Laney talkin' to you too, daddy's still here I like the sound of that, yeah it's got a ring to it don't Shh mamas gone for the moment... [Chorus] hush little baby, Don't you cry, gonna be alright Stiffen that upper lip little lady, I told ya, Daddy's here to ya, through the night I know mummy's not here right now and we don't why But feel how we feel inside It may seem a little pretty baby But I promise gon' be alright [Outro] if you ask me to, daddy's gonna buy you a Mocking bird I'ma give u world I'ma buy a diamond right for I'ma sing for you I'll do anything for you, to you smile And if that mocking bird don't And ring don't shine I'ma break birdies neck I'll go back the jeweler, who sold it to ya And make him eat every karat, don't with dad Haha