Текст и перевод песни Eminem — Mockingbird

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 

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 
Laney, Uncle’s crazy ain’t he? 
Yeah but he loves you girl 
And you better know it 
We’re all we got it 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 up 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 that 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 

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 

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 weren’t 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 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 seein daddy on the TV 
And momma didn’t like it, and you 
And Laney were too 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 
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 
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 

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’d go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya 
And make him eat every carat, don’t fuck with dad 
Ha ha!