Mockingbird Lyrics – Eminem
Possibly the least offensive Eminem song ever, this Encore track is directed and dedicated to his daughters. Eminem acknowledges that growing up with his media image and Kim’s drug problem made for a difficult upbringing, not to mention their poverty-stricken beginnings. The lyrics are a personal, undisguised account of his early relationship with his wife and daughters. Critics praised the song for its lyrics. This song mixes an original rap dialogue about Eminem’s failed marriage, as he apologizes to his daughters with a straight melodic version of the traditional “Mockingbird” lullaby called “Hush, Little Baby”. The second verse is about the difficulties including Kim and Eminem’s divorce and the beginning of Eminem’s fame.
| Song Name : | Mockingbird |
| Album / Movie : | Encore |
| Singer : | Eminem |
| Music Label : | Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records |
| Cast : | Eminem |
YeahI know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right nowBut hey, what daddy always tell you?Straighten up little soldierStiffen up that upper lipWhat you crying about?You got me
Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dadWhen I’m gone, but I’m trying to give you the life that I never hadI can see you’re sad, even when you smile, even when you laughI can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry‘Cause you’re scared, I ain’t there, daddy’s with you in your prayersNo more crying, wipe them tears, daddy’s here, no more nightmaresWe gon’ pull together through it, we gon’ do itLaney uncle’s crazy, ain’t he? Yeah, but he loves you girl and you better know itWe’re all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirlsWhen it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls
Lookin’ puzzled, in a daze, I know it’s confusing youDaddy’s always on the move, mamma’s always on the newsI try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seemsThe harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on meAll the things growing up, his daddy, daddy had to seeDaddy don’t want you to see, but you see just as much as he didWe did not plan it to be this way, your mother and meBut things have gotten so bad between us, I don’t see us ever being togetherEver again like we used to be when we was teenagers
But then of course everything always happens for a reasonI guess it was never meant to beBut it’s just something we have no control, over and that’s what destiny isBut no more worries, rest your head and go to sleepMaybe one day we’ll wake up, and this will all just be a dream
Now hush little baby, don’t you cryEverything’s gonna be alrightStiffen that upper-lip up, little lady, I told yaDaddy’s here to hold ya through the nightI know mommy’s not here right now, and we don’t know whyWe fear how we feel insideIt may seem a little crazy, pretty babyBut I promise momma’s gon’ be alright
Huh, it’s funnyI remember back one year when daddy had no moneyMommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck ’em under the treeAnd 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 bumSee daddy had a jobBut his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
And at the time every house that we lived inEither kept getting broke into and robbedOr shot up on the blockAnd your Mom was saving money for you in a jarTryna start a piggy bank for you, so you could go to collegeAlmost had a thousand dollars ’til someone broke in and stole it
And I know it hurt so bad, it broke your momma’s heartAnd it seemed like everything was just startin’ to fall apartMom and dad was arguin’ a lot, so momma moved backOn the Chalmers in the flat one-bedroom apartmentAnd dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
And that’s when daddy went to California with his C.DAnd met Dr. Dre, and flew you and momma out to see meBut daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave meThen you started seeing daddy on the T.VAnd momma didn’t like it, and you and Laney were to young to understand itPapa was a rollin’ stone, momma developed a habitAnd 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‘Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proudNow I’m sittin’ in this empty houseJust reminiscing, lookin’ at your baby picturesIt just trips me outTo see how much you both have grownIt’s almost like you’re sisters nowWow, guess you pretty much are, and daddy’s still hereLaney, I’m talkin’ to you too, daddy’s still hereI like the sound of that, yeah, It’s got a ring to it, don’t it?Shh, momma’s only gone for the moment
Now hush little baby, don’t you cryEverything’s gonna be alrightStiffen that upper-lip up, little lady, I told yaDaddy’s here to hold ya through the nightI know mommy’s not here right now, and we don’t know whyWe fear how we feel insideIt may seem a little crazy, pretty babyBut I promise, momma’s gon’ be alright
And if you ask me tooDaddy’s gonna buy you a MockingbirdI’ma give you the worldI’ma buy a diamond ring for you, I’ma sing for youI’ll do anything for you to see you smileAnd if that Mockingbird don’t sing, and that ring don’t shineI’ma break that birdies neckI’d go back to the jeweler who sold it to yaAnd make him eat every karat, don’t fuck with dad (haha)