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 onto 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