Eminem-Mockingbird (Lyrics)

SONG INFO-
Artist: Eminem
Song: Mockingbird
Album: Encore (2004)
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LYRICS:
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
Well 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 want to 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 gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
Lanie's 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 confusing you
Daddy's always on the move, mamma'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 his 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 gotten so bad between us
I don't see us ever being together ever again
Like we used to be when we were 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
[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 fear how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise momma's gon' be alright
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 getting broken into and robbed
Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar
Tryna 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 seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it
And you and Laney were to 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 sitting in this empty house, just reminiscing
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
[Chorus]
And if you ask me too
Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
I'mma give you the world
I'mma buy a diamond ring for you
I'mma 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'mma break that birdies 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)
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[@flamingashs726]

Imagine listening to this song and knowing your dad wrote it for you...

[@heyyyguys3977]

yep

[@marybethhefner393]

Ye

[@aprilmourning6156]

Father God

[@Justaviewer99]

Right

[@karaflanagan7433]

imagine having a dad

[@cookielover4595]

My dad used to play this for me when my mum left me and my younger brother and sister, it's still my favorite song. The only reason my dad left at the beginning was because he was in the army, but my mum still decided to get addicted to drugs and abandon my family, my dad then had to leave the army. He came back home with PTSD, only to find that my mum is on the news for armed robbery and stealing cars, so every day is still hard for us. Thank you to who ever listened to this, it's easier to talk to a stranger than to anyone else.😃😃😃 Hope you have a nice day or night depending on where you're from.

[@selma8337]

so sorry, i hope you're healing

[@wa6488]

I give you hugs

[@munnakarthiko1]

❤️May you be blessed

[@temsujamir7175]

Hope u well

[@CornelJnr]

Hope you're alright!

[@melesioii4260]

Emin3m is still the best. This is a song most can sit back and relate too in some way. God Bless all the real Father's out there. Hold ur babies all u can

[@mlgdoge0364]

you are corrct

[@Beowulf9108]

LongD Style i hold my baby kitten

[@Beowulf9108]

MLG Doge03 d

[@SpinalProblems22]

Man you're gonna have me crying! I got two kids. They grow up so fast.

[@languagesexplorer4851]

I haven't dad, my parents divorced and separated before I was born but I'm happy for Hailie

[@locwlpunkk]

I love how eminem can tell a story putting it in rhymes, with a perfect rhythm, this song makes me cry every time. he really helped me going through hard times.

[@itsherlife5432]

7 years later and I still cry when I listen to this song. I love this song so much. 💞

[@salfisher730]

Are you still crying over the song bud?

[@mohamedmeftahi9157]

Someone see your comment after 4 years . I hope you are better now . Stay strong ✌🏼✌🏼💓

[@ultimekill0941]

You know, the proof you're a legend is the fact you're comment has 69 likes

[@wa6488]

Same

[@ultimekill0941]

Oh it saddly past it

[@cutaebear1109]

I didn't have my dad growing up, he was too busy working for us and then later passed away..Mum got invested in fighting the world to survive with me and my two older brother, I didn't have anyone to tell me it was going to be alright. I listen to this everytime I feel lost and remind myself it's going to be alright. Eminem will always remain the greatest and this will always be his best work. It came from his heart to reach the heart of the one he created, his child.

[@adictedgamer5431]

Best song ever. eminems best work I say. Like the rest of you, this song makes me cry.

[@kayleemince2765]

adicted gamer same

[@alexisshea5260]

adicted gamer ikr

[@Beowulf9108]

adicted gamer i sang this song to my kitten.he fell asleep

[@angelicacagigas7511]

adicted gamer same hear it makes me sad because of the lyrics and how he sings it 😭😭

[@emilylove-zp3xs]

adicted gamer some times it makes me cry because some of this stuff in the song happened to me

[@SaienHiralall]

11 years and we still cry to this song

[@brittsolis8368]

It's been more than 11 years. He made this song in 2004. Do the math and that's 18 years. I've listened to him since he came out I can remember being a little kid with a cd player on the bus rides to and from school playing these songs like someone hurt me. More than 18 years later and this man still makes me cry and his stories are relatable more than ever!!

[@kikiii5840]

Fav song ever god bless all children

[@dorisnapier473]

Hi

[@shanewilson4750]

Kikiii I miss my dad he ded

[@xx_mistory-wolfie_xx612]

@@shanewilson4750 same👍🏻🙂

[@feliciabeals7806]

This song just gets your crazy how much emotion he puts in his work

[@Amuyilisia]

I loved the ending

[@lazaroid3459]

ha, same, it is my favourite part

[@bryandiong5351]

Damn you can feel Eminem's sadness on this song he wrote. I feel the pain. And again he is still the Legend for me whem it comes to rap music

[@blueskies4473]

I've never listened to this song without crying

[@alexisshea5260]

Blue skies ikr

[@amandabynes7829]

This is my first time listening to it and I'm crying

[@alainapedley1789]

Blue skies same

[@gabrielmadeira7165]

Blue tears

[@samanthasanchez3261]

Blue skies I know right everything is so true

[@GB3jeel]

damn the story hurts

[@Curlyhead_j]

💯

[@laurenkelly7557]

This acally is true... its so sad! it makes me wanna cry

[@jamesrodriguez9303]

My dad passed away. He used to play this often. I was able to tell him before he passed away how much I loved him and how proud I was of him.

[@Dinaaverse]

He is in a better place now. Gold picks the one je Loves at First, Rest in Peace ❤

[@zoesrebornbabies8983]

The laugh at the end somehow made me laugh after I stopped crying

[@kaileylynne2148]

my favorite song of 2017

[@XGh0sT77]

Kailey Schetter fax

[@kaylynnwyatt-swenson8173]

I can put this song on repeat and it don't get old

[@arianajarrett6405]

this song makes me cry😞😞😞😞😞😞

[@mikaylaharris5615]

Me too😭

[@kenshiyushi]

OLD BUT GOLD 🔥

[@alexfierro6834]

This makes me cry because I've never felt like my dad is my dad it felt like he was just some guy that provided for my materialistic needs and nothing else

[@petkokrasimirov4313]

I can see your 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 gonna pull together through it we gonna do it lainie's uncle's crazy ain't he, yeah but he loves you, girl and you better know it.

[@RonnieKristian]

Your beloved artists EXISTS simply because somebody had taken a opportunity to listen to these guys! *watch?v=TCnlGhlXXBw* Of course, that's awesome! Thumbs up if you happen to enjoy it!!

[@solie9615]

*you're

[@brendathompson8081]

Hallie I know u miss ur mom And u miss daddy when Daddy ain't here (u forgot that part)

[@jusjokes8205]

Penis man

[@JinisBored]

we're all we got in this world when it spins when it whirls

[@Silitonin]

favorite song my eminem

[@safalbista3107]

💜🎈

[@shabanithompson3163]

U commented on this before I was born lol this is my brothers yt account

[@abbymay2009]

My mom played this song for me when my dad died from OD when I was 9. The nostalgia is crazy.

[@namesjonas]

ohh freakin' eminem... guess you made it again

[@melissabatsche7695]

Yup they did didn't they

[@amandabynes7829]

What's 9+10? 21! Cause I'm the 21st like

[@Beowulf9108]

Landon 9+10 is 19

[@bryceguy4581]

Verlisha Falls s

[@thegamer9096]

ever day I play this

[@darrenfryer2682]

yah this guy is the bomb end ps this is Brayden

[@ronniebradfield2755]

Me yo

[@ronniebradfield2755]

Me to

[@x-man3533]

Love this song. It reminds me when I was in high school. I used to listen to it my my mates on our way back from school.

[@xion1209]

Remembered this song when my dad played it after mom died when I was 8. Couldn't relate more

[@JessePinkman_69420]

Damn, so sorry about that

[@kaylapeck8525]

I feel so much listening to this song makes me think of my dad and everything I have been through and this song keeps me going on my bad days

[@miriamnicole5013]

When I heard this ... it made me so sad that my tears fell down my cheeks ... 💔

[@briana3656]

I l8ke the part at the end when he says don't f with dad lol always makes me laugh 😂😂

[@Ballerz24]

I still jam to Eminem songs every single day!

[@aaronsheldon8649]

Never thought almost two decades later this song would relate so much…

[@truulyenvydcosmetiqs1553]

😭😭😭 I pray everyone heals from the childhood they're still living in 😭❤️ it's ok not to be ok 🥰

[@darkbone8329]

I cry from his rap song

[@skyefairy7119]

same

[@achristian0907]

Christopher Nicholson same

[@laporchejohnson3707]

ashley christian ūjfbvf dgdbdnbdnhsbxb

[@peterpiper517]

It's New Years day 2024 and this song brings back so many memories.. Eminem is the goat

[@ajkstar1369]

i can relate to every word of this song. it’s sad but true i’m 12 and my sisters 4 and the song just explains our life.

[@abnkiller3116]

I play this ever day ☀ it made me cry 😭😭😭😭 thank you for singing this song

[@amelia5956]

Can't lie eminem and especially this song has helped me through so much shit in my life hes the most relatable rapper I've ever heard for me not long ago my mum left (and I also found out she is a drug addict too) and my dad has been struggling with paying for just simple stuff and being on his own so when I play this song I think of him and how much he's helped me and even though he doesn't have much money he will still try his best to pay for things for me in fact he's the one who introduced me to eminem and I will always love him for that even if sometimes it doesn't seem like I appreciate him that much I do with my whole heart. And to anyone one reading this life gets better trust me hang in their. :)

[@adamhemingway1698]

This song is unbelievable

[@gracevela5433]

it made me cry

[@blessed-cursed7530]

This was full of emotions I love when songs are telling story

[@letsrollthediceyeah]

i don't cry to songs so easily at all. there are only like 2 songs that i cry too besides this one. when i heard this full song i bursted into tears. this is such a beautiful song. i really wish my father loved me the way eminem loves his girls. i acc cried super hard to this and i really NEVER cry to songs. wow

[@akihikino5061]

Mockingbird, Hallie's song, and cleanin out my closet always make me cry. Eminem knows how to sing

[@tommydatbeast2114]

Its the best song ever. It makes me cry.

[@pinkvan1lla]

my dad moved to another country when my mom passed away. he married a woman and now he has a better family. i mean of course he supports us and so on but he wasn't with me when i was growing up. now im listening to this song and crying

[@angelmonroy8569]

i love this song it is so sad

[@karawhitworth3569]

I love this song my dad sings it to me

[@nashellymorales7951]

Hey

[@nashellymorales7951]

Fuck you😎

[@nikh5270]

@@nashellymorales7951 fuck you

[@l3dukas869]

Must be great, cherish it.

[@JANAOB6]

One of my favorite songs thank you for giving us a beautiful gift we love you Eminem & Hailie Jade.

[@shawndelawder4136]

I love this song you're sweet

[@chloie6785]

It's 2022 and I still listen to this

[@joliina_cb9767]

THIS SONG IS ART

[@garymessengerjunior]

art

[@jennifermcnally7387]

I love this song

[@jennifermcnally7387]

it makes me cry

[@karmacarrillo207]

1:31 - 1:51 best part

[@urcutedummy7760]

Indeed it is

[@saruwatarishurtugal2906]

I wish I had a dad like him. I wish I had a dad who tells me he loves me. I wish I had a dad who cares.

[@kermitsmith5559]

Same here

[@TheXangelx56]

This is probably the saddest song Eminem created. ;( But I love it!

[@mxpgaming2848]

My fav song I listen to it 24/7

[@HardcoreRapper2008]

the part where he says "rest your head and go to sleep" made me remember my girlfriend who i lost due to a car crash when me and my girlfriend was in her dads car a drunk driver hit us and my girlfriends dad managed to get out and i said leave me here and get lexi out i managed to get out with her but sadly she went to hospital then she passed away on her birthday, I Love you lexi hope i see you again soon xxx

[@kadiedeaton6511]

it makes me cry because im 9 and i have been through this alot

[@nedinabakwene5266]

sadful song

[@crystaldaws370]

yay

[@my_aaa]

i know this song is about his daughter, but this song reminds me of my uncle because my dad was never there for me, he took me and my mom under his wing, he taught me how to drive and what fathers teach their daughters, it breaks my heart that i can’t see him anymore, i remember him holding me while my dad was drunk, he was an alcoholic and an addict. he was a good man tho, i miss him.

[@charmainenelson1861]

Wow this song made me a little emotional

[@nyaraquiros9736]

Wow right back to my childhood 😢 😪 😭 👏👏👏❤

[@undeadwarfare828]

This is the best lullaby ever.

[@xxkittyxxx5423]

Omg I finally found this song it makes me cry tho WHYYYY

[@Ilyaalekseev27]

Eminem is such an amazing writer! 2020 still here! We know this would have a billion views if only they knew how much I replayed his cd on my MP3 disk kind lol when I was in 5th grade!

[@destinychipman1875]

The song reminds me of my dad because now he's up in heaven

[@valeriesmithson8324]

i l💘ve this song

[@miguelmejia8002]

Can I just say first Wow hands down Eminem that's really deep every detail of that song just mind blowing

[@stephanienance8898]

This song represents my life....

[@scoutscode1122]

Best song from 2010 - 2020. Here before the 2010s are over

[@achoolacount9250]

if wish my parents were as caring.. if your dad atleast talks and looks at you and appreciates you then trust me you have something not everyone else has. you should appreciate him and love him ...atleast some parents are trying ....

[@angeliquelopez4300]

Best Song Ever

[@alliegoff4415]

Listening to this song knowing my grandpa's the only one who cares for me like this ❤ love that man

[@lyllianjohnson9501]

Having a dad like em, yes it is chaotic but its still like woah, id love it ,an still this song to this day ❤️😢

[@lyllianjohnson9501]

I had this song beside me when my mum decided drugs were more important than me and my siblings, had this song when I completely lost my dad, and myself to drugs, my aunt an best friend to suicide, this right here, is my song..

[@Jake-nh3qo]

God I pray for a good sleep and to laugh with the boys is week amen 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@naivaldo7382]

my mom would always play this for me, she told me about how she would switch dad with mom because my dad was never really around. even though I always wished for him to be in my childhood I'm really glad now that he's trying, and I can now have a stable relationship with him.

[@luke3327]

I left my dad because of how i was treated but listening to this made me cry, i miss him so much but i left him for a good reason

[@emilysingley9972]

This song makes me cry so hard

[@lexi3831]

I love this song like sooo much 💠💠💠

[@ririsayshey]

This is song is so emotional its making me and my mum cry

[@Matespyhighlady]

God, I ugly cried!

[@riylegamelan7448]

im steffen thack you for the song i love this song

[@ajaysonar7783]

Witnessing genius.Bet there is only one eminem in this god damn multiverse.

[@lyndoesart40]

I wish my dad loved me as much as Eminem loves his daughters 🥹 this song is to beautiful

[@myrandadahl2746]

it made my cry abd sad

[@amandabynes7829]

Great English

[@lucianoosorio3351]

Landon Sutton Awesome punctuations.

[@laporchejohnson3707]

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[@lorarollett631]

I know

[@mythicalangle2065]

This reminds me of my life...

[@alexmpena6086]

I HAD THE POWER BUT SOMEONE STOLE IT 😭😭😭

[@gunnerak95]

Encore best album ever

[@grantscholler2643]

Still listening. Brings back my childhood

[@brooklynarnold109]

my grandma just recently passed and before she did my dad showed me this song and my mom and dad weren't in the best relationship and my dad is physically abusive and she would sing me the song mockingbird and so i put this song into different perspectives and i cry really long and hard

[@burritolover-zk9jt]

i love this song 🦋

[@mariamorin6261]

Best song

[@2kndsky1]

Eminem is just the best rapper ever

[@Aaden66]

Eminem is a legend

[@calebkhawlhring8215]

This songs is i always in my playlists

[@thatokayperson4232]

I love this song sm omfg. It makes me feel better even though my dad was around, he was never "there"

[@virireyes5210]

I love the song and your voice

[@manjakubi2336]

ich liebe dieses lied💕