Yeah
I know sometimes
Things may not always make sense to you right now
But ayy
Yeah
I know sometimes
Things may not always make sense to you right now
But ayy
What'd Daddy always tell you?
Straighten up, little soldier, stiffen up that upper lip
What you cryin' about?
You got me
[Verse 1]
Hailie, I know you miss your Mom, and I know you miss your Dad
When I'm gone, but I'm tryna give you the life that I never had
I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you wanna cry
Cause you're scared, I ain't there, Daddy's witchu 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
Lainie—Uncle's crazy, ain't he? Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you 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 somehow it seems
The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
All the things growin' up as Daddy that he had to see
Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did
We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
But things have got so bad between us, I don't see us ever bein'
Together ever again, like we used to be when we was teenagers
But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason
I guess it was never meant to be, but it's just something
We have no control over, and that's what destiny is
But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream
[Chorus 1]
Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen 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 fear how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise Momma's gon' be alright
[Verse 2]
Heh, it's funny
I remember back one year when Daddy had no money
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree
And 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 cryin'
Cause Daddy felt like a bum—see, Daddy had a job but his job
Was to keep the food on the 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 the block and your Mom
Was savin' money for you in a jar
Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
Almost had a thousand dollars, 'til someone broke in and stole it
And I know it hurts so bad it broke your Momma's heart
And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot, so Momma moved back
On to Chalmers in the flat, one-bedroom apartment
And Dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
And that's when Daddy went to California with his 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
Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV, and Momma didn't like it
And you and Lainie were too young to understand it
Papa was a rolling stone, Momma developed a habit
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it firsthand
Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
Now I'm sittin' in this empty house just reminiscin'
Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now
Wow, guess you pretty much are, and Daddy's still here
Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, Daddy's still here
I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it, don't it?
Shh! Momma's only gone for the moment
[Chorus 2]
Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen 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 fear how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise, momma's gon' be alright
And if you ask me to, Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
I'ma give you the world, I'ma buy a diamond ring for you
I'ma sing for you, I'll do anything for you to see you smile
And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
I'ma break that birdie's neck
I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
And make him eat every carat
Don't fuck with Dad! (Haha)
Ndio
Najua wakati mwingine
Mambo hayawezi kuwa na maana kila wakati kwako hivi sasa
Lakini ayy
Je! Baba alikuwa akikuambia nini kila wakati?
Moja kwa moja, askari mdogo, mgumu juu ya mdomo huo wa juu
Unachokilia juu ya nini?
Umenipata
[Mstari wa 1]
Hailie, najua unakosa mama yako, na najua unamkosa baba yako
Wakati nimeenda, lakini ninajaribu kukupa maisha ambayo sikuwahi kuwa nayo
Ninaona una huzuni, hata unapotabasamu, hata unapocheka
Ninaweza kuiona machoni pako, ndani kabisa unataka kulia
Maana unaogopa, sipo, mchawi wa baba katika sala zako
Hakuna kilio tena, futa machozi, baba yuko hapa, hakuna ndoto mbaya zaidi
Sisi 'tunaunganisha pamoja kupitia hiyo, tunafanya' tufanye
Lainie -Uncle ni wazimu, si yeye? Ndio, lakini anakupenda, msichana, na bora ujue
Sisi sote tulipata katika ulimwengu huu wakati unatoka, wakati unazunguka
Wakati inazunguka, wakati inapotoka, wasichana wawili wazuri wazuri
Lookin 'alishangaa, katika daze, najua ni confusin' wewe
Baba huwa anaenda kila wakati, mama huwa kwenye habari kila wakati
Ninajaribu kukuweka salama kutoka kwake, lakini kwa njia fulani inaonekana
Kadiri ninavyojaribu kufanya hivyo, ndivyo inavyozidi kunirudisha
Vitu vyote vinakua kama baba ambayo ilibidi aone
Baba hawataki uone, lakini unaona kama vile alivyofanya
Hatukuipanga kuwa hivi, mama yako na mimi
Lakini mambo yamekuwa mabaya sana kati yetu, sioni sisi kuwa bein '
Pamoja tena, kama tulivyokuwa zamani wakati tulipokuwa vijana
Lakini basi, kwa kweli, kila kitu hufanyika kila wakati kwa sababu
Nadhani haikuwahi kusudiwa kuwa, lakini ni kitu tu
Hatuna udhibiti, na ndivyo umilele ni
Lakini hakuna wasiwasi zaidi, pumzika kichwa chako na ulale
Labda siku moja tutaamka na hii yote tutakuwa ndoto tu
[Chorus 1]
Sasa hush, mtoto mdogo, usilia
Kila kitu kitakuwa sawa
Stiffen hiyo mdomo wa juu juu, mwanamke mdogo, nilimwambia
Baba yuko hapa kushikilia usiku kucha
Najua mama hayuko hapa sasa, na hatujui kwanini
Tunaogopa jinsi tunavyohisi ndani
Inaweza kuonekana kuwa mtoto mchanga, mzuri
Lakini naahidi gon ya Momma kuwa sawa
[Mstari wa 2]
Heh, ni ya kuchekesha
Nakumbuka mwaka mmoja wakati baba hakuwa na pesa
Mama alifunga zawadi ya Krismasi na kukwama chini ya mti
Na akasema baadhi ya 'em walikuwa kutoka kwangu' kwa sababu baba hakuweza kununua 'em
Sitasahau kamwe Krismasi hiyo, nilikaa kilio cha usiku kucha '
Sababu baba alihisi kama bum - tazama, baba alikuwa na kazi lakini kazi yake
Ilikuwa kuweka chakula kwenye meza kwako na mama na wakati huo
Kila nyumba ambayo tuliishi katika Gettin iliyohifadhiwa '
Kuvunjika ndani na kuibiwa au kupiga risasi kwenye block na mama yako
Alikuwa Savin 'pesa kwako kwenye jar
Tryna anza benki ya nguruwe kwako ili uweze kwenda chuo kikuu
Karibu alikuwa na dola elfu moja, hadi mtu alipovunja na kuiba
Na najua inaumiza sana ilivunja moyo wa mama yako
Na ilionekana kama kila kitu kilikuwa tu kuanza 'kuanguka
Mama na baba walikuwa wakipinga sana, kwa hivyo Momma alirudi nyuma
Kwenye Chalmers katika gorofa, chumba cha kulala kimoja
Na baba alirudi upande wa pili wa maili 8 kwenye Novara
Na hapo ndipo baba alipokwenda California na CD yake
Na nikakutana na Dk Dre na akakuruka na mama kwenda kuniona
Lakini baba ilibidi ufanye kazi, wewe na mama walilazimika kuniacha
Kisha ukaanza Seein 'baba kwenye Runinga, na Momma hakuipenda
Na wewe na Lainie walikuwa mchanga sana kuielewa
Papa alikuwa jiwe la kusonga, Momma aliendeleza tabia
Na yote yalitokea haraka sana kwa mmoja wetu ili kuinyakua
Samahani tu ulikuwa hapo na ilibidi ujishuhudie mwenyewe
Sababu yote ambayo nimewahi kutaka kufanya ni kukufanya ujivunie tu
Sasa mimi ni Sittin 'katika nyumba hii tupu tu Reminiscin'
Angalia picha za mtoto wako, huniondoa tu
Kuona ni kiasi gani nyinyi wawili mmekua, ni kama wewe ni dada sasa
Wow, nadhani wewe ni mzuri sana, na baba bado yuko hapa
Lainie, ninazungumza na wewe pia, baba bado yuko hapa
Ninapenda sauti ya hiyo, ndio, ina pete kwake, sivyo?
Shh! Momma amekwenda tu kwa sasa
[Chorus 2]
Sasa hush, mtoto mdogo, usilia
Kila kitu kitakuwa sawa
Stiffen hiyo mdomo wa juu juu, mwanamke mdogo, nilimwambia
Baba yuko hapa kushikilia usiku kucha
Najua mama hayuko hapa sasa, na hatujui kwanini
Tunaogopa jinsi tunavyohisi ndani
Inaweza kuonekana kuwa mtoto mchanga, mzuri
Lakini naahidi, gon ya momma kuwa sawa
Na ukiniuliza, baba atakununulia kejeli
Mimi nakupa ulimwengu, nanunua pete ya almasi kwako
Ninakuimba kwa ajili yako, nitakufanyia chochote kukuona ukitabasamu
Na ikiwa Mockingbird hiyo haiimbe na pete hiyo haing'aa
Ninavunja shingo hiyo ya birdie
Nitarudi kwa vito vya vito ambaye aliiuza kwa ya
Na kumfanya kula kila katuni
Usitoshe na baba! (Haha)