Eminem - Mockingbird [Official Music Video]

(tape rolling) - Hi, papa. (soothing music) - [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 crying 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 trying 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 crying, wipe them tears ♪ ♪ Daddy's here ♪ ♪ No more nightmares ♪ ♪ We gonna 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 in this world ♪ ♪ When it spins ♪ ♪ When it swirls ♪ ♪ When it whirls ♪ ♪ When it twirls, two little beautiful girls ♪ ♪ Looking puzzled, in a daze ♪ ♪ I know it's confusing 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, growing up ♪ ♪ As daddy that he had to see ♪ ♪ Daddy don't want you to see ♪ ♪ But you see just as much as he did ♪ ♪ That we did not plan it to be this way ♪ ♪ You're mother and me ♪ ♪ But things have got so bad between us ♪ ♪ I don't see us ever being ♪ ♪ Together ever again ♪ ♪ Like we used to be when 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 will 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, Mama's gonna be alright ♪ ♪ It's funny ♪ ♪ I remember back one year when daddy had no money ♪ ♪ Mommy wrapped the Christama's presents up ♪ ♪ And stuck them under the tree ♪ ♪ And said some of them 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 getting broken into and robbed ♪ ♪ Or shot up on the block ♪ ♪ And your mom, was saving money ♪ ♪ For you in a jar trying to start a piggy bank for you ♪ ♪ So you can go to college ♪ ♪ Almost had a thousand dollars ♪ ♪ Till 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 starting ♪ ♪ To fall apart ♪ ♪ Mom and dads was arguing a lot ♪ ♪ So mama moved back on the Chalmers (indistinct) ♪ ♪ In the flat ♪ ♪ One bedroom apartment ♪ ♪ And dad moved back to the other side of 8 mile on Novarra ♪ ♪ And that's when daddy went to California with his CD ♪ ♪ And met Dr Dr and flew you and Mama out to see me ♪ ♪ But daddy had to work ♪ ♪ You and mama had to leave me ♪ ♪ Then you started seeing daddy on the TV ♪ ♪ And mama didn't like it ♪ ♪ And you and Laney 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 first hand ♪ ♪ 'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud ♪ ♪ Now I'm sittin' in this empty house, just reminiscin' ♪ ♪ Looking at your baby pictures, it just trips me out ♪ ♪ To see how much you both have grown ♪ ♪ It's almost like your sisters now ♪ ♪ Wow, I guess you pretty much are ♪ ♪ And daddy's still here ♪ ♪ Laney, I'm talking to you too ♪ ♪ Daddy's still here ♪ ♪ I like the sound of that, yeah ♪ ♪ It's got a ring to it, don't it?