Eminem - Mocking Bird 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 crying a out? You got me !ailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad When I"m gone ut I"m trying to gi#e you the life that I ne#er had I can see you"re sad, e#en when you smile, e#en when you laugh I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry $u% you"re scared, I ain"t there? &addy"s with you in your prayers 'o more crying, wipe them tears &addy"s here, no more nightmares We gon" pull together through it, we gon" do it (aney uncles cra%y, aint he? Yeah ut he lo#es you girl and you etter know it We"re all we got in this world When it spins, when it swirls When it whirls, when it twirls )wo little eautiful girls (ookin" pu%%led, in a da%e I know it"s confusing you &addy"s always on the mo#e, mamma"s always on the news I try to keep you sheltered from it ut somehow it seems )he harder that I try to do that, the more it ackfires on me *ll the things growing up his daddy that he had to see &addy don"t want you to see ut you see +ust as much as he did We did not plan it to e this way, your mother and me But things ha#e gotten so ad etween us I don"t see us e#er eing together e#er again (ike we used to e when we was teenagers But then of course e#erything always happens for a reason I guess it was ne#er meant to e But it"s +ust something we ha#e no control o#er and that"s what destiny is

But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep May e one day we"ll wake up and this will all +ust e a dream ,$horus'ow hush little a y, don"t you cry E#erything"s gonna e alright Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya &addy"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 cra%y, pretty a y But i promise momma"s gon" e alright It"s funny I remem er ack one year when daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the $hristmas presents up *nd stuck "em under the tree and said some of "em were from me $u% daddy couldn"t uy "em I"ll ne#er forget that $hristmas I sat up the whole night crying $u% daddy felt like a um, see daddy had a +o But his +o was to keep the food on the ta le for you and mom *nd at the time e#ery house that we li#ed in Either kept getting roke into and ro ed .r shot up on the lock and your mom was sa#ing money for you in a +ar )ryna start a piggy ank for you so you could go to college *lmost had a thousand dollars till someone roke in and stole it *nd I know it hurt so ad it roke your momma"s heart *nd it seemed like e#erything was +ust startin" to fall apart Mom and dad was arguin" a lot so momma mo#ed ack .n the $halmers in the flat one edroom apartment *nd dad mo#ed ack to the other side of / Mile on 'o#ara *nd that"s when daddy went to $alifornia with his $& and met &r0 &re *nd flew you and momma out to see me But daddy had to work, you and momma had to lea#e me )hen you started seeing daddy on the )010 and momma didn"t like it *nd you and (aney were to young to understand it 2apa was a rollin" stone, momma de#eloped a ha it *nd it all happened too fast for either one of us to gra it I"m +ust sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand

$u% all I e#er wanted to do was +ust make you proud 'ow I"m sittin in this empty house, +ust reminiscing (ookin" at your a y pictures, it +ust trips me out )o see how much you oth ha#e grown, it"s almost like you"re sisters now Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy"s still here (aney I"m talkin" to you too, daddy"s still here I like the sound of that, yeah It"s got a ring to it don"t it? Shh, momma"s only gone for the moment ,$horus*nd if you ask me too &addy"s gonna uy you a mocking ird I"mma gi#e you the world I"mma uy a diamond ring for you I"mma sing for you I"ll do anything for you to see you smile *nd if that mocking ird don"t sing and that ring don"t shine I"mma reak that irdies neck I"d go ack to the +ewler who sold it to ya *nd make him eat e#ery carat don"t fuck with dad 3haha4