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Mockingbird Lyrics – Eminem

    Mockingbird is a popular song by Eminem from the 2004 album Encore. Check words to Eminem Mockingbird Lyrics in English below.

    Mockingbird Lyrics – Eminem 

    [Intro]
    Yeah
    I know sometimes
    Things may not always make sense to you right now
    But ayy
    What’d Daddy always tell you?
    Straighten up, little soldier, 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
    When I’m gone, but I’m tryin’ to 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, deep inside you wanna cry
    ‘Cause you’re scared, I ain’t there
    Daddy’s with you in your prayers
    No more cryin’, wipe them tears
    Daddy’s here, no more nightmares
    We gon’ pull together through it
    We gon’ do it, Lainie—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 confusin’ you
    Daddy’s always on the move, Momma’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 growin’ 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 bein’
    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’ll 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 fear how we feel inside
    It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
    But I promise, Momma’s gon’ be alright (Heh)

    [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 ’cause Daddy couldn’t buy ’em
    I’ll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night cryin’
    ‘Cause 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 gettin’ broken into and robbed or shot up on the block
    And your mom was savin’ money for you in a jar
    Tryin’ to start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
    Almost had a thousand dollars, ’til someone broke in and stole it
    And I know it hurts 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 to 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 seein’ Daddy on the TV, and Momma didn’t like it
    And you and Lainie were too young to understand it
    Papa was a rolling 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 firsthand
    ‘Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
    Now I’m sittin’ in this empty house
    Just reminiscin’, 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
    Lainie, 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]
    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 fear how we feel inside
    It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
    But I promise, Momma’s gon’ be alright

    [Post-Chorus]
    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’ll 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 him eat every carat, don’t fuck with Dad! (Ha-ha!)

     

    Writer(s): Eminem, Luis Resto

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