Eminem | 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 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 wit' 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, 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 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 somethin' 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 feel how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise Mama's gon' be alright
[Verse 2]
Heh, 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 crying
'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 hurt so bad it broke your Mama's heart
And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot
So Mama 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 Mama out to see me
But Daddy had to work, you and Mama had to leave me
Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV
And Mama didn't like it
And you and Lainie were too young to understand it
Papa was a rolling stone, Mama 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! Mama'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 feel how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise Mama's gon' be alright
[Outro]
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! (Haha)
Ewe
Ndiyazi ngamanye amaxesha
Izinto zisenokungasoloko zenza imvakalelo kuwe ngoku
Kodwa hey
Nguwuphi utata ohlala endixelela?
Phakamisa, ijoni elincinci
I-stefffn up ukuba i-lip ephezulu
Yintoni oyifunayo?
Undifumene
[Indinyana 1]
I-Hailie, ndiyazi ukuba uyamkhumbula umama wakho, kwaye ndiyazi ukuba uyamkhumbula utata wakho
Xa ndimkile, kodwa ndizama 'ukukunika ubomi obungazange unakho
Ndiyabona ukuba ulusizi, nokuba uncuma, nokuba uhleka
Ndiyayibona emehlweni akho, ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kwakho ufuna ukukhala
Unobangela woyike, andikho, utata's wik 'kwimithandazo yakho
Azisekho i-cryn ', isule iinyembezi, utata apha, akusekho ebusuku
Siyakhwela i-gon, siyayenza
Lainie, Umalume kamalume, akangobani? Ewe, kodwa uyakuthanda, ntombazana, kwaye uyayazi ngcono
Sonke sinayo kweli lizwe xa iqala, xa iwile
Xa iqhushumba, xa itshixiwe, amantombazana amabini amancinci amancinci
I-Watchin 'ityhafile, kwi-daze, ndiyazi ukuba isukerinu
U-Datady uhlala ehamba, umama uhlala iindaba
Ndizama ukukugcina ukhuselekile kuyo, kodwa ngandlela thile kubonakala ngathi
Kunzima kakhulu ukuba ndizama ukwenza oko, kokukhona kuya kubuyela kum
Zonke izinto zikhula ngokutsha njengotata ukuba kwakufuneka abone
Utata awufuni ukuba ubone, kodwa ubona kanye njengokuba wenzayo
Asikhange siyicwangcise ukuba kunjalo, umama wakho kunye nam
Kodwa izinto ziye zangena zimbi phakathi kwethu, andisiboni se-sin '
Siphinde saphinda sahlala sinjalo, njengoko sasiselula
Kodwa ke, kunjalo, yonke into ihlala yenzeka ngesizathu
Ndicinga ukuba yayingazange ilindelwe ukuba ibe
Kodwa i-eminye nje 'asinalo ulawulo olo, kwaye yile nto iphambili
Kodwa akusekho zixhala, phumla intloko yakho kwaye ulale
Mhlawumbi ngenye imini siya kuvuka kwaye lellyall yonke iphupha nje
[Chorus]
Ngoku hush, umntwana omncinci, awukhale
Yonke into iza kulunga
I-stifffn ukuba i-lipp ephezulu, inenekazi elincinci, bendixelele
U-Dataddy apha ubambe ubusuku
Ndiyazi uMama hayi apha ngoku kwaye asazi ukuba kutheni
Siva ukuba siziva njani ngaphakathi
Isenokubonakala incinci, mhle usana
Kodwa ndiyathembisa i-mama ye-gon 'mayilungile
[Indinyana 2]
Heh, iyahlekisa
Ndikhumbula emva konyaka xa utata wayengenamali
UMAMO WOKUVULA IKrisimesi inikezela kwaye inamathele 'em phantsi komthi
Kwaye uthethile 'em ovela kum' unobangela katata ongenakuthenga 'em
Soze ndiyilibale le ssis, ndaye ndahlala ubusuku bonke
Yenza ukuba utata wayeziva ngathi yiBum-yabona, utata wayenomsebenzi
Kodwa umsebenzi wakhe yayikukugcina ukutya etafileni kunye nomama
Kwaye ngelo xesha, yonke indlu ebesihlala kuyo
Nokuba igcinwe i-Gettin 'eyaphukileyo kwaye ithintelwe okanye idutyulwe kwibhloko
Kwaye umama wakho wayenemali ye-savin 'kwi-jar
Tryin 'ukuqala i-piggy yebhanki yakho ukuze ungaya ekholejini
Phantse yayinewaka ledola 'iwaka le-til umntu waqhekeza kwaye weba
Kwaye ndiyazi ukuba ibuhlungu kakhulu
Kwaye kwabonakala ngathi yonke into yayiqala nje 'ukuwa
Umama noTata wayexambulisana 'kakhulu
UMama wabuyela kwi chalmers kwigumbi legumbi lokulala, elinye
Utata wabuyela kwelinye icala lemayile eyi-8 kwi-novara
Kwaye kulapho utata waya eCalifornia ngeCD yakhe
Kwaye wadibana noGqr dre, kwaye wandibhabha kwaye uMama uye wandibona
Kodwa utata kwafuneka asebenze, wena noMama kwakufuneka ndiyeke
Emva koko uqale i-tin 'utata kwiTV
Kwaye uMama wayengayithandi
Kwaye wena noLainie babemncinci kakhulu ukuba bangayiqondi
I-Papa yayililitye eliqengqelekayo, uMama waqulunqa umkhwa
Kwaye konke kwenzekile ngokukhawuleza ukuba sibe nakuthi ukuba sibambe
Ndiyaxolisa nje ukuba ulapho kwaye kuye kwafuneka unikele ubungqina
Kuba yonke into endifuna ukuyenza yayikukwenza ukuba ube neqhayiya
Ngoku ndingu-Sittin 'kule ndlu engenanto nje iRemissin'
Jonga "kwimifanekiso yakho yomntwana, indiphaphela nje
Ukubona ukuba ungakanani na owukhulileyo, phantse njengoko woodade ngoku
Wow, qikelela ukuba uhle kakhulu, kwaye utata usekhona apha
I-lainie, ndithetha nawe,
Ndiyathanda isandi sale nto, ewe, inayo iringi kuyo, akunjalo?
Shh! Umama kuphela ophumileyo
[Chorus]
Ngoku hush, umntwana omncinci, awukhale
Yonke into iza kulunga
I-stifffn ukuba i-lipp ephezulu, inenekazi elincinci, bendixelele
U-Dataddy apha ubambe ubusuku
Ndiyazi uMama hayi apha ngoku kwaye asazi ukuba kutheni
Siva ukuba siziva njani ngaphakathi
Isenokubonakala incinci, mhle usana
Kodwa ndiyathembisa i-mama ye-gon 'mayilungile
[Ngaphandle]
Kwaye ukuba ubuza kum, utata uza kukuthenga i-mockingbird
Ndiyakunika umhlaba
Ndiyayithenga iringi yedayimani yedayimane, ndiya kuvuma
Ndiza kwenza nantoni na ukuze ndikubone uncumile
Kwaye ukuba loo nto inyikima ayiculi kwaye iring ayikhanyisi
Ndiyaphula intamo ye-birdie
Ndiza kubuyela kwi-jeweler ayithengise ngayo
Kwaye imenze atye yonke icarat, ungabi noTata! (Haha)