Eminem | Yeah! I know sometimes
Things may not always make sense to you right now
But hey! What 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 tryin' to 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 wit' 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
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, Mama'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 somethin' 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]
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 feel how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise Mama'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 crying
'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
Tryin' to 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 hurt so bad it broke your Mama's heart
And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot
So Mama 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 Mama out to see me
But Daddy had to work, you and Mama had to leave me
Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV
And Mama didn't like it
And you and Lainie were too young to understand it
Papa was a rolling stone, Mama 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! Mama's only gone for the moment
[Chorus]
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 feel how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise Mama's gon' be alright
[Outro]
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)
Yeah
Ik wit soms
Dingen meie no net altyd sin foar jo meitsje
Mar hey
Hokker heit fertel jo altyd?
Rjocht op, lytse soldaat
Stiif op dy boppeste lippe
Wat jo skrieme oer?
Do hast my
[Verse 1]
Hailie, ik wit dat jo jo mem misse, en ik wit dat jo jo heit misse
As ik fuort bin, mar ik besykje jo it libben te jaan dat ik noait hie
Ik kin sjen dat jo fertrietlik binne, sels as jo glimkje, sels as jo laitsje
Ik kin it yn jo eagen sjen, djip yn jo wolle skrieme
Om't jo bang binne, bin ik der net, heit fan heit 'jo yn jo gebeden
Net mear skrieme, wiskje se triennen, heit hjir, net mear nachtmerjes
Wy gong 'troch it byinoar te lûken, wy geane it
Lainie, it gek fan omke, is hy net? Ja, mar hy hâldt fan jo, famke, en jo moatte it better witte
Wy binne allegear krigen wy yn dizze wrâld doe't it spint, as it swirte
As it krûpt, as it twirl is, twa lytse moaie famkes
Sjoch 'ferrast, yn in daze, ik wit dat it jo betiizet
Daddy's altyd op 'e beweging, de Mama's altyd op it nijs
Ik besykje jo derop te beskieden, mar op ien of oare manier liket it
De hurder dat ik besykje dat te dwaan, hoe mear it backfires op my
Alle dingen groeie as heit dat hy moast sjen
Heit wol net dat jo sjogge, mar jo sjogge krekt sa folle as hy die
Wy hawwe it net planne it om dizze manier te wêzen, jo mem en my
Mar dingen binne sa min tusken ús west, ik sjoch ús noait altyd bein '
Tegearre oait wer, lykas wy eartiids wiene doe't wy teenagers wiene
Mar dan, fansels bart alles altyd om in reden
Ik tink dat it noait bedoeld wie om te wêzen
Mar it is gewoan wat hawwe wy gjin kontrôle oer, en dat is wat bestimming is
Mar net mear soargen, rêst jo holle en gean nei sliepen
Miskien sille wy ien dei wekker wurde en dit sil allegear gewoan in dream wêze
[Koar]
No haasten, lytse poppe, net skrieme net
Alles sil goed wêze
Stiif dy boppeste lip omheech, lytse dame, ik sei Ya
Heit is hjir om jo troch de nacht te hâlden
Ik wit dat Mammy hjir no net hjir is en wy witte net wêrom
Wy fiele hoe't wy jo fiele
It kin in bytsje gek, moaie poppe lykje
Mar ik beloof dat Mama's Gon 'goed is
[VERSE 2]
Heh, it is grappich
Ik herinner my ien jier werom as heit gjin jild hie
Mem wikkele de Kryst presinteart op en stuts se yn ûnder de beam
En seine dat guon fan 'e jierren fan my wiene' feroarsaakje dat Daddy net koe keapje 'em
Ik sil dy kryst noait ferjitte, ik siet de heule nacht skriemen
Feroarsaakje dat Daddy fielde as in bum-sjoch, heit in baan hie
Mar syn taak wie om it iten op 'e tafel foar jo en mem te hâlden
En op 'e tiid, elk hûs dat wy wennen yn
Itsij bleau ynbrutsen wurde ynbrutsen en berôve of op 'e blok te berôvjen
En jo mem wie jild foar jo yn in jar besparre
Tryin 'om in piggy bank te begjinnen, sadat jo nei kolleezje kinne gean
Hast hie tûzen dollar oant immen bruts yn en stiel it
En ik wit dat it sa min sear hat it bruts it hert fan jo mem
En it like dat alles gewoan begjint te begjinnen om útinoar te fallen
Mem en heit wie in protte argumint
Sa ferhuze Mama werom nei Chalmers yn 'e apparteminten fan ien sliepkeamer
En heit ferhuze werom nei de oare kant fan 8 kilometer op Novara
En dat is doe't heit nei syn CD nei Kalifornje gie
En moete Dr. Dre, en fleane jo en mama út om my te sjen
Mar Daddy moast wurkje, jo en mem moast my ferlitte
Doe begon jo te sjen Daddy op 'e TV
En Mama like it net leuk
En jo en Lainie wiene te jong om it te begripen
Papa wie in rôljende stien, mama ûntwikkele in gewoante
En it barde allegear te hurd foar ien fan ús om it te pakken
It spyt my gewoan dat jo der wiene en moasten tsjûgje fan it earste
Feroarsaakje dat alles dat ik oait woe dwaan wie gewoan jo grutsk te meitsjen
No bin ik Sittin 'yn dit leech hûs gewoan herinnerje
Sjoch op jo poppe-ôfbyldings, it rint my gewoan út
Om te sjen hoefolle jo beide binne groeid, it is hast as jo no susters binne
Wow, tink dat jo frijwat binne, en heit hjir noch
Lainie, ik praat ek oan jo, heit hjir noch
Ik hâld fan dat lûd fan dat, ja, it hat der in ring foar, doch it net?
SHH! Mama's allinich fuort foar it momint
[Koar]
No haasten, lytse poppe, net skrieme net
Alles sil goed wêze
Stiif dy boppeste lip omheech, lytse dame, ik sei Ya
Heit is hjir om jo troch de nacht te hâlden
Ik wit dat Mammy hjir no net hjir is en wy witte net wêrom
Wy fiele hoe't wy jo fiele
It kin in bytsje gek, moaie poppe lykje
Mar ik beloof dat Mama's Gon 'goed is
[Outro]
En as jo my freegje, sil Daddy jo in mockingbird keapje
Ik jou dy de wrâld
Ik keapje in diamantring foar jo, ik sjong foar jo
Ik sil alles dwaan foar jo om jo te glimkjen
En as dat bespotlikste net sjonge en dy ring net skynt
Ik bin dat de hals fan fûgels brekke
Ik sil weromgean nei de juwelier dy't it oan jo ferkocht
En lit him elke karat ite, net mei heit net neuken! (Haha)