Mockingbird-Straight Up

[ti:Mockingbird ] [ar:Ameritz Tribute Tracks] [al:Lose Yourself - A Tribute to Eminem] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mockingbird - Straight Up [00:03.59]Yeah [00:03.97] [00:05.54]I know sometimes things may not [00:08.18]Always make sense to you right now [00:09.71] [00:11.10]But hey what daddy always tell you [00:13.58] [00:14.50]Straighten up little soldier [00:15.84] [00:16.87]Stiffen up that upper lip [00:18.35] [00:19.84]What you crying about [00:20.76] [00:21.72]You got me [00:22.95]Hailie I know you miss your mom [00:24.67]And I know you miss your dad [00:26.11]When I'm gone but I'm trying [00:27.22]To give you the life that I never had [00:28.86]I can see you're sad even when you smile [00:30.89]Even when you laugh [00:31.94]I can see it in your eyes deep inside you want to cry [00:34.91]'Cause you're scared I ain't there [00:36.25]Daddy's with you in your prayers [00:37.65]No more crying wipe them tears [00:39.03]Daddy's here no more nightmares [00:40.47]We gon' pull together through it we gon' do it [00:42.71]Lainie Uncle's crazy ain't he [00:44.07]Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it [00:45.94]We're all we got in this world [00:47.58]When it spins when it swirls [00:49.02]When it whirls when it twirls [00:50.39]Two little beautiful girls [00:51.84]Lookin' puzzled in a daze [00:53.24]I know it's confusing you [00:54.62]Daddy's always on the move mamma's always on the news [00:57.45]I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems [01:00.08]The harder that I try to do that the more it backfires on me [01:02.93]All the things growing up as daddy that he had to see [01:05.70]Daddy don't want you to see but you see [01:07.55]Just as much as he did [01:08.67]We did not plan it to be this way your mother and me [01:11.25]But things have gotten so bad between us [01:13.09]I don't see us ever being together ever again [01:15.44]Like we used to be when we was teenagers [01:17.45]But then of course everything always happens for a reason [01:20.46]I guess it was never meant to be [01:22.30]But it's just something we have no control [01:23.93]Over and that's what destiny is [01:25.99]But no more worries rest your head and go to sleep [01:28.52]Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will [01:30.14]All just be a dream [01:31.28]Now hush little baby don't you cry [01:34.37]Everything's gonna be alright [01:36.18]Stiffen that upper lip up little lady I told ya [01:39.30]Daddy's here to hold ya through the night [01:41.84]I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why [01:45.50]We feel how we feel inside [01:47.42]It may seem a little crazy pretty baby [01:50.35]But I promise mama's gon' be alright [01:52.85] [01:53.48]It's funny [01:54.18]I remember back one year when daddy had no money [01:56.69]Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up [01:58.36]And stuck 'em under the tree and said [02:00.05]Some of 'em were from me [02:01.29]'Cause daddy couldn't buy 'em [02:02.56]I'll never forget that Christmas I sat up [02:04.38]The whole night crying [02:05.32]'Cause daddy felt like a bum see daddy had a job [02:08.20]But his job was to keep the [02:09.28]Food on the table for you and mom [02:10.94]And at the time every house that we lived in [02:13.32]Either kept getting broken into and robbed [02:15.40]Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving [02:18.02]Money for you in a jar [02:19.52]Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college [02:22.25]Almost had a thousand dollars 'til someone broke [02:25.05]In and stole it [02:25.86]And I know it hurt so bad it broke your mamma's heart [02:28.17]And it seemed like everything was just startin' [02:30.11]To fall apart [02:30.82]Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved back [02:33.91]On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment [02:36.65]And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara [02:39.42]And that's when daddy went to [02:40.75]California with his CD and met Dr Dre [02:43.20]And flew you and momma out to see me [02:45.30]But daddy had to work you and momma had to leave me [02:48.01]Then you started seeing daddy on the T V [02:50.09]And momma didn't like it [02:51.40]And you and Laney were too young to understand it [02:53.97]That papa was a rollin' stone momma developed a habit [02:56.69]And it all happened too fast for [02:58.29]Either one of us to grab it [02:59.55]I'm just sorry you were there and had to [03:01.37]Witness it first hand [03:02.37]'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud [03:04.99]Now I'm sitting in this empty house just reminiscing [03:08.20]Lookin' at your baby pictures it just trips me out [03:10.34]To see how much you both have grown it's almost [03:12.48]Like you're sisters now [03:13.82]Wow I guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here [03:16.82]Laney I'm talkin' to you too daddy's still here [03:19.70]I like the sound of that yeah [03:21.32]It's got a ring to it don't it [03:22.66]Shh mama's only gone for the moment [03:24.82]Now hush little baby don't you cry [03:27.79]Everything's gonna be alright [03:29.62]Stiffen that upper lip up little lady I told ya [03:32.92]Daddy's here to hold ya through the night [03:35.39]I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why [03:38.98]We feel how we feel inside [03:40.90]It may seem a little crazy pretty baby [03:43.82]But I promise mama's gon' be alright [03:46.65]And if you ask me to [03:47.86]Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird [03:50.55]I'mma give you the world [03:52.28]I'mma buy a diamond ring for you [03:54.25]I'mma sing for you [03:55.26]I'll do anything for you to see you smile [03:58.05]And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine [04:01.72]I'mma break that birdie's neck [04:03.55]I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya [04:06.53]And make him eat every carat don't f**k with dad (ha ha)