Intro ]

Yeah
I know sometimes things might 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'chu crying about?
You got me..

[ Verse 1 ]

Hailie, I know you miss your mom
And I know you miss your dad when IТm gone
But IТm trying to give you the life that I never had
I can see youТre sad
Even when you smile
Even when you laugh
I can see it in your eyes
Deep inside, you wanna cry
Cuz youТre scared
I ainТt there?
DaddyТs with you in your prayers
No more crying
Wipe them tears
DaddyТs here
No more nightmares
We gonna pull together through it
We gonТ do it
Laini, uncleТs crazy ainТt he?
Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it
WeТre all we got in this world
When it spins
When it swirls
When it whirls
When it twirls
Two little beautiful girls
Looking puzzled, in a daze
I know itТs confusing you
DaddyТs always on the move
MamaТs 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, growing up
As daddy that he had to see
Daddy donТt want you to see
But you see just as much as me (to see?)
That we did not plan it to be this way
YouТre mother and me
But things have got so bad between us
I donТt see us ever being
Together ever again
Like we used to be when was teenagers
But then of coarse
Everything always happens for a reason
I guess it was never meant to be
But itТs just something
We have no control over
And thatТs what destiny is
But no more worries
Rest your head and go to sleep
Maybe one day weТll wake up
And this will all just be a dream

[ [bad word] ]

Now hush little baby donТt you cry
Everythings gonna be alright
Stiffen that upper lip up little lady
I told ya, daddyТs here to hold ya
Through the night
I know mommyТs not here right now and we donТt know why
We feel how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise, MamaТs gonna be alright

[ Verse 2 ]

ItТs funny
I remember back one year when daddy had no money
Mommy wrapped the Christamas presents up
and stuck them under the tree
and said some of them were from me
Cos daddy couldnТt buy Сem
IТll never forget that Christmas
I sat up the whole night cryinТ
Cuz daddy felt like a bum
See dadday 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 getting broken into and robbed or shot up on the block
And your mom, was saving money
For you in a jar trying to start a piggy bank for you
So you can go to college
Almost had a thousand dollars
Till someone broke in and stole it
And I know it hurt so bad it broke your mamaТs heart
And it seemed like everything was just starting to fall apart
Mom and dads was arguing a lot
So mama moved back on the _?____ and the flat
One bedroom apartment
And dad moved back to the other side of 8 mile on Novarra
And thatТs 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 seeing daddy on the TV
And mama didnТt like it
And you and Laini 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
IТm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
Cuz all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
Now IТm sittinТ in this empty house, just reminiscinТ
Looking at your baby pictures it just trips me out
To see how much you both have grown
ItТs almost like your sisters now
Wow, I guess you pretty much are
And daddyТs still here
Laini IТm talking to you too
DaddyТs still here
I like the sound of that,