Donny (To Purchase a Firearm) Lyrics

Let's travel back in time

To when Donny was alive

I would sit in the back

As he took me for a ride

I was something like five

Usually a short drive

Then we would stop at a house

Then Donny'd hop out

See Donny made a couple bucks sealed

Doing some little drug deals

While innocent me watched with glimmering eyes

He'd walk up to these dudes, dap them up, then we'd slide

At the time didn't realize they was tryna get high

And unc was

Giving them the

Fix they needed

While I was there, some would say geez, that shits egregious

But I disagree, see, it never bothered me

I was too young and didn't really know any better

Now that I'm older, Donny was just getting some cheddar

Money he needed too, had a son of his own

Protected with peace, but had a gun of his own

Took the time to teach his son to be strong,

And he tought me too, even though I wasn't his own

So many years, but still can't believe that you're gone

Things seem a little trippy when we look back on it

Things seem a little trippy when we look back on it

Things seem a little trippy when we look back on it

Things seem a little different when I look back, Donny

Let us fast forward now, while Donny still kicking

Providing for his son, looking back is so trippy

First time I saw a gun, it made me scared shitless

A little foreshadowing for what we might witness

But that's in a future time, for now Donny doing right

Jamison looks up to him

Sarah still in love with him

All he cared about was making sure we had fun

I'm hoping J knew the type of dude that his dad was

Donald taught me safety

Donald taught me love

Donald taught me greatly

That all you need is fun

Let us jump again

Little older now, about nine or ten

And I hear about

How you've been

Shot down

Not sure how to process this

Holy shit, its all too quick

I'm a kid

I can't even comprehend

Why you're suddenly gone

The family telling lies

Not telling me how you died

Or what went wrong

As an adult

I see it isn't your fault

Just a result

That a circumstance

Brought to us all

Now the time is young

I start thinking about a son

But I've seen how death can stun

Should I really buy a gun?

How does one choose between peace and protection

Keep them safe yet leaving is increasingly tempting

Project blessings hoping that demons will lessen

Instead, see regressions, never leaving with lessons

But my uncle in law, gave me strength to move on

Through every fight in life, every fate that I saw

It's a little trippy when I look at how he moved on

And the impact he had on all of my songs

Things seem a little trippy when we look back on it

Things seem a little trippy when we look back on it

Things seem a little trippy when we look back on it

Things seem a little trippy when I back Donny