And I know you miss your dad when I'm gone I'm tryna 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 Sleep is how you wanna cry Cause you're scared I ain't there Daddy's with you in your prayers No more crying, wiping tears Daddy's here, no more no mess We gon' pull together through We gon' do it late, and your uncle's crazy in it, yeah Woah, we got in this world When it spins, when it swirls When it whirls, when it twirls Two little beautiful girls Looking puzzled in the days I know it's confusing 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 I try to do it The more it backfires on me All the things growing up That daddy, 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 Things that got so bad between us I don't see us ever being together ever again Like we used to be when we was teenagers And of course, everything always happens for a reason I guess it was never meant to be That's just something we have no control over And that's the destiny is No more worries, rest your head and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up And still all this be a dream Now I'm hush, little baby, don't you cry Everything's gonna be alright Zipping up that upper lip, little lady I told you Daddy's here to hold you through the night I know mommy's not here right now And we don't know why The feeling we feel inside It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby But I promise mama's gonna be alright It's funny, I remember back when you and daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up And stuck them under the tree This is somewhat a moment for me Cause daddy couldn't buy em I'll never forget that Christmas I set up the home, not cryin' Daddy felt like a bum See, daddy had a job Job to keep the food on the table for your mom At the time, every house we lived in Either kept getting broken into or robbed I shot up on the block And your mama saving money for you Threw in a jar Tryna start a piggy bank for you to go to college Almost had a thousand dollars But someone broke it and stole it And I know it hurts so bad It broke your mama's heart And it seemed like everything was just starting to fall apart Mama, that was how you went alive So mama moved back On the chambers in the one bedroom apartment That move back on the other side Of A. Marley, Novara That's when daddy went to California with his city 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 Mama didn't like it And you and lady were too young to understand That papa wasn't rolling stone Mama developed a habit Happened all too fast For either one of us to *** it I'm just sorry you were there And had to win this thing first hand Cause all I ever wanted to do Was just make you proud Now I'm sitting in this empty house Just reminiscing, looking at your baby pictures Yet you tricked me out You see how much you've grown It's almost like you're sisters now I guess you're pretty much out And daddy's still here Lately I'm talking to you too And daddy's still here I like the sound of that Then we got a ring to wish Mama's only gone for the morning Now I'm hush, little baby, don't you cry Everything's gonna be alright Zipping up that upper lip, little lady I told you Daddy's here to hold you through the night I know mommy's not here right now And we don't know why We feel and we feel inside It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby But I promise mama's gonna be alright 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'd 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 you meet every carrot Don't *** with dad Ha