Nested mc on button screws with hit area...Help!

hello all! i feel like this might be a dumb question but I can’t seem to figure it out.

What I need is a button that has text on it, where the text moves up with a tween when you roll over the button and moves back down when you roll out, and for the btn to take the user to another page with an onRelease function.

As of now I have a sqaure shaped button with a movie clip on top of it that holds the animation of the text. When published, the mc’s animation plays (the text moves up and down on rollover/rollout) but doesnt allow the code on the btn to work, (which would take the user to the desired page), because the mc blocks the hit area of the button.

To test it, i took the movie clip off of the btn and the onRelease function worked correctly. I need to get them to work together, or maybe is there another better way to accomplish this???

I’ve tried a couple different ways and can’t seem to find the right approach. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!