eminem寫給他女兒的一首歌叫《Mockingbird》，由埃米納姆與易斯·萊斯托填詞、譜曲，完整歌詞如下：

Yeah

耶

I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now

我知道，有些時候，事情並不像你所想

But hey what daddy always tell you

但是，嘿，爸爸怎麼告訴你的

Straighten up little soldier

挺起身來，小戰士

Stiffen up that upper lip

堅強些

What you crying about

你哭什麼

You got me

真是被你打敗了

Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad

我知道你想媽媽，我知道當我離開的時候，你也想爸爸

Well I"m gone but I"m trying to give you the life that I never had

但是我在努力，讓你過上我沒有享受過的生活

I can see you"re sad even when you smile even when you laugh

我看得出你很難過，即使在你微笑的時候，即使在你大笑的時候

I can see it in your eyes deep inside you want to cry

從你的眼睛裡，我看得出，你的內心想哭

Cuz you"re scared I ain"t there

因為你感到害怕，可是我不是在這嗎

Daddy"s with you in your prayers

只要你希望，爸爸就和你在一起

No more crying wipe them tears

不要再哭了，擦掉眼淚

Daddy"s here no more nightmares

爸爸在這裡，不再有惡夢

We gon" pull together through it we gon" do it

我們一起渡過難關，我們可以的

Laney uncles crazy aint he

Laneys叔叔一定是瘋了，是不是

Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it

但是你要知道 他很愛你

We"re all we got in this world

我們都在成長

When it spins when it swirls

當世界旋轉的時候，當它快速的旋轉

When it whirls when it twirls

當它飛快的旋轉，當它極速的旋轉

Two little beautiful girls

兩個漂亮的小女孩

Lookin" puzzled in a daze

眼花繚亂

I know it"s confusing you

我知道這讓你們迷惑不解

Daddy"s always on the move mamma"s always on the news

爸爸總是不在家，媽媽總在新聞上

I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems

我努力地讓你們遠離這些，但是好像

The harder that I try to do that the more it backfires on me

我越努力這樣做，越事與願違

All the things growing up his daddy that he had to see

所有的事，我作為爸爸不得不去面對

Daddy don"t want you to see but you see just as much as he did

我不想讓你瞭解這些，但是你卻知道得很多

We did not plan it to be this way your mother and me

你媽媽和我不是這樣計劃的

But things have gotten so bad between us

但有些事情使我們之間的感情惡化

I don"t see us ever being together ever again

我們已經很久沒有

Like we used to be when we was teenagers

像年輕的時候，經常在一起了

But then of course everything always happens for a reason

當然總是事出有因

I guess it was never meant to be

我從沒想過會變成現在這樣

But it"s just something we have no control

有些事是我們不能控制的

over and that"s what destiny is

也許這就是命運吧

But no more worries rest your head and go to sleep

但是不用擔心，躺下睡覺吧

Maybe one day we"ll wake up and this will all just be a dream

也許某天我們醒來，發現這只是一個夢

Now hush little baby don"t you cry

噓，小寶貝，不要哭

Everything"s gonna be alright

一切都會好起來

Stiffen that upperlip up little lady i told ya

我告訴過你，要堅強

Daddy"s here to hold ya through the night

爸爸守護著你，度過這個夜晚

I know mommy"s not here right now and we don"t know why

我知道媽媽現在不在，我們不清楚原因

We feel how we feel inside

我們只有體會內心的感受

It may seem a little crazy pretty baby

這有點瘋狂，但是，漂亮的小寶貝

But i promise momma"s gon" be alright

我向你保證，媽媽一切安好

It"s funny

呵呵，有趣

I remember back one year when daddy had no money

我記得一年前，爸爸沒有錢

Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up

媽媽把聖誕禮物包起來

And stuck "em under the tree and said some of "em were from me

掛在樹上，說一些是我送的

Cuz daddy couldn"t buy "em

因為爸爸買不起

I"ll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying

我永遠不會忘記那個聖誕夜晚，我坐著哭了一整夜

Cuz daddy felt like a bum see daddy had a job

因為爸爸覺得自己就像個乞丐。看，爸爸有工作

But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom

但是這工作只夠你和媽媽吃上飯

And at the time every house that we lived in

那時候，我們不斷地換房子住

Either kept getting broke into and robbed

經常有人闖入搶劫

Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar

或在街區開槍，媽媽把錢存在罐裡

Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college

一個小豬的存錢罐，為了你將來上大學

Almost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and stole it

差不多攢到1000美元的時候，一個傢伙闖進家裡把它偷走

And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma"s heart

我知道媽媽的心都快碎了

And it seemed like everything was just startin" to fall apart

彷彿一切都要完了

Mom and dad was arguin" a lot so momma moved back

爸爸和媽媽開始不斷爭吵，媽媽搬到

On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment

一張床的公寓裡

And dad moved back to the other side of 8 on Novara