Mockingbird

Intro

• Yeah

• I know sometimes, things may not always make sense to you right now ^[1]

• But hey, what daddy always tell you?

• Straighten up,little soldier ^[2]

• Stiffen up that upper lip

• What you cryin' about?

• You got me

Verse 1

• Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad ^[3]

• When I'm gone, but I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had ^[4]

• I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh I
  can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry

• Cuz you're scared, I ain't there?

• Daddy's with you in your prayers

• No more crying, wipe them tears

• Daddy's here, no more nightmares

• We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
  Laney uncle's crazy, ain't he?
  Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it

• We're all we got in this world
  When it spins, when it swirls
  When it whirls, when it twirls
  Two little beautiful girls

• Lookin' puzzled in a daze

• 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 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 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

• But things have got so bad between us

  I don't see us ever being together ever again

• Like we used to be when we was teenagers
  But then of course everything always happens for a reason

• I guess it was never meant to be

  But it's just something we have no control over and that's what destiny is

• But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
  Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream

Chorus

Now hush little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen that upper lip up little lady, i told ya
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why

We feel how we feel inside

It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But i promise momma's gon' be alright

//未完待续

Verse 2

It's funny
I remember back one year when daddy had no money
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
And stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from me
Cuz daddy couldn't buy 'em
I'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying
Cuz daddy felt like a bum, see daddy 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 broke into and robbed
Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar
Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could 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 momma's heart
And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved back
On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment
And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
And that's when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre
And flew you and momma out to see me
But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me
Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it
And you and Laney were to young to understand it
Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
I'm 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 I'm sittin in this empty house, just reminiscing
Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now
Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here
Laney 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

Chorus

And if you ask me too
Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
I'mma give you the world
I'mma buy a diamond ring for you
I'mma sing for you
I'll do anything for you to see you smile
And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
I'mma break that birdies neck
I'd go back to the jewler who sold it to ya
And make him eat every carat don't fuck with dad (haha)

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1. Hailie and Laney (Eminem’s daughters) are, at this point in time, both too young to comprehend what was going on with their family so he tries to explain it to them in a way that they will understand. ↩︎

2. He’s telling his daughters to always stay strong no matter what. By calling Hailie a “Little soldier,” Eminem’s implying that she has survived a metaphorical（比喻性的） “war” at home, surviving the issues her parents have had in raising her. ↩︎

3. Eminem and his wife Kim divorced and re-married more than once so it was probably very traumatic(痛苦的，创伤的) for Hailie (and her cousin Lainie) to not have a normal family. ↩︎

4. Em’s daughters are his priority in life. He wanted to get signed so that he can earn enough money to raise his biological daughter Hailie.After that he adopted two other girls – Alaina (Kim’s sister’s daughter) and Whitney (Kim’s daughter from a previous marriage). Although they’re not his biological children, he still cares about them and tries to give them the best life possible.Eminem wants to give his daughters a great childhood, instead of his scary past. ↩︎