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Yeah
Em C D
I know sometimes things may not always make sense
Em
to you right now
Em C
But hey, what daddy always tell you?
D Em
Straighten up little soldier
Em C
Stiffen up that upper lip
D Em
What you crying about? You got me.
Verse:
Em C
Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad
D Em
When I’m gone but I’m trying to give you the life
Em
that I never had
Em C
I can see you’re sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
D Em
I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry
Em
‘Cause you’re scared, I ain’t there?
C
Daddy’s with you in your prayers
D Em
No more crying, wipe them tears. Daddy’s here, no more nightmares
Em C
We gon’ pull together through it, we gon’ do it
D
Lainie Uncle’s crazy, ain’t he? Yeah,
Em
but he loves you girl and you better know it
Em C
We’re all we got in this world when it spins, when it swirls
D Em
When it whirls, when it twirls. Two little beautiful girls
Em C
Lookin’ puzzled, in a daze I know it’s confusing you
D Em
Daddy’s always on the move, mamma’s always on the news
Em C
I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems
D Em
The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
Em C
All the things growing up as daddy, that he had to see
D Em
Daddy don’t want you to see but you see just as much as he did
Em C
We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
D
But things have got so bad between us.
Em Em
I don’t see us ever being together ever again
C D
Like we used to be when we was teenagers
Em
But then of course everything always happens for a reason
Em C
I guess it was never meant to be
D
But it’s just something we have no control over
Em
and that’s what destiny is
Em C
But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
D Em
Maybe one day we’ll wake up and this will all just be a dream
Chorus:
Em C
Now hush little baby, don’t you cry
D Em
Everything’s gonna be alright
Em C
Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
D Em
Daddy’s here to hold ya through the night
Rm C
I know mommy’s not here right now and we don’t know why
D Em
We fear how we feel inside
Em C
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
D Em
But I promise mama’s gon’ be alright
Verse:
Em C
Ha! It’s funny I remember back one year when daddy had no money
D Em
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
Em C
And stuck ’em under the tree and said some of ’em were from me
D Em
‘Cause daddy couldn’t buy ’em
Em C
I’ll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying
D Em
‘Cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job
Em C
But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
D Em
And at the time every house that we lived in
Em C
Either kept getting broken into and robbed
D Em
Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money
Em
for you in a jar
Em C
Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
D Em
Almost had a thousand dollars ’til someone broke in and stole it
Em C
And I know it hurts so bad it broke your mamma’s heart
D Em
And it seemed like everything was just startin’ to fall apart
Em C
Mom and dad was arguin’ a lot so momma moved back
D Em
On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment
Em C
And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
D Em
And that’s when daddy went to California with his CD,
Em
and met Dr. Dre
Em C
And flew you and momma out to see me
D Em
But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me
Em C
Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V.
C
and momma didn’t like it
D Em
And you and Lainnie were too young to understand it
Em C
Papa was a rollin’ stone, momma developed a habit
D Em
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
Em C
I’m just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
D Em
‘Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
Em C
Now I’m sitting in this empty house, just reminiscing
D Em
Lookin’ at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
Em C
To see how much you both have grown,
C
it’s almost like you’re sisters now
D Em
Wow, I guess you pretty much are and daddy’s still here
Em C
Lainnie I’m talkin’ to you too, daddy’s still here
D Em
I like the sound of that, yeah
Em C
It’s got a ring to it don’t it?
D Em
Shh, mama’s only gone for the moment
Chorus:
Em C
Now hush little baby, don’t you cry
D Em
Everything’s gonna be alright
Em C
Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
D Em
Daddy’s here to hold ya through the night
Em C
I know mommy’s not here right now and we don’t know why
D Em
We fear how we feel inside
Em C
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
D Em
But I promise mama’s gon’ be alright
Em C
And if you ask me to Daddy’s gonna buy you a mockingbird
D Em
I’mma give you the world
Em C
I’mma buy a diamond ring for you I’mma sing for you
D Em
I’ll do anything for you to see you smile
Em C
And if that mockingbird don’t sing and that ring don’t shine
D Em
I’mma break that birdie’s neck
Em C
I’ll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
D Em
And make him eat every carat don’t fuck with dad (ha-ha)
