Timmy's Got a Gun

You know what this is, it's a hard topic, but we need to address it
It-it is, it's hard. You can't hide it
So what approach do we take with our kids?
Well, you know, I think it depends on the age of the kids

Yo, so
I turn the TV on today
To hear what the people are saying
And all I seem to hear is
Click, click
Bang, bang
Wait, you gotta be kidding me though?
Kids killing kids before they have the chance to grow
They see bullets have riddled their souls
I bet they blame Eminem

But where in the world is the caring at?
Where are the teachers to preach us, to reach us?
Yo, where in the fuck are the parents at?
When will the media see that the reason we are in pieces is easy
Our kids are the future
Don't let 'em shoot ya

Run, run
Timmy's got a gun
Bang, bang
'Cause fighting back, it ain't enough
Click boom
How these kid's growing up so soon?
Oh-whoa-oh

(Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh)

Yo
Why is orange the new black?
Why are guns the new cool?
Why's little Timmy gotta worry 'bout where
His parent's at, and he's gotta hide in school?
Why they got this kid on riddling
But don't give him no rules?
Try to get little Timmy in the mood to build again
But don't give him no tools?

Yo, why don't you care?
When Timmy gets punched in the face, why aren't you there?
Yo, Timmy gets pushed every day
He's right on the edge and I'ma say
Nobody's prepared for what's up ahead
'Cause what's up ahead is all in his head
His meter is full, it's all in the red
The teachers are cruel, the kids are impaired

Now on the way home he's crying (screaming)
Papa's already started drinking
Mama still ain't call for some reason
All about tomorrow
He's thinking, "Bring it"
No love involved
He's a renegade in that fact
And the next day for class
Show and tell got his favourite toys in that bag (bang)

Run, run
Timmy's got a gun
Bang, bang
'Cause fighting back, it ain't enough
Click boom
How these kids growing up so soon?
Oh-whoa-oh

Run, run
Timmy's got a gun
Bang, bang
'Cause fighting back, it ain't enough
Click boom
Some of these kids won't make it past noon

Oh-whoa-oh, oh-oh-whoa-oh-oh
Oh-whoa-oh, oh-oh-whoa-oh-oh
Oh-whoa-oh, oh-oh-whoa-oh-oh
Oh-whoa-oh, oh-oh-whoa-oh-oh

So Timmy wanna do what daddy do but
Daddy's got a gun
Now Timmy brought daddy's gun to school and
Little Maddie gotta run
No more dreams for Sarah
A moment of silence from the team for Eric
R.I.P. Ms. Harris

And Timmy thought it was fun
He don't know what he doing
He don't know what he done
He don't know he just killed
He don't know 'bout cord
That kid don't know how that feel
He don't what's real or not
Little Timmy don't know about appeals
All he knows about is that Xbox and that bottle of pills

Now he got cuffs on and he crying
Daddy won't pick up the dial
Momma can't even be found
She been gone since Timmy was nine
So a broken home and no guidance is
What they see when they find his past
A 12-year-old boy
And adult is what they try him as

Run, run
Timmy's got a gun
Bang, bang
'Cause fighting back, it ain't enough
Click boom
How these kids growing up so soon?
Oh-whoa-oh

Run, run
Timmy's got a gun
Bang, bang
'Cause fighting back, it ain't enough
Click boom
Some of these kids won't make it past noon

Since Sandy Hook
There have been an alarming number of school shootings
This is happening more and more
And the media can't just ignore it
So how do we even begin to talk to our kids about guns and violence?
I mean, kids are saying
"What about my school?"
"Is my school safe or is the bad guy gonna come there?"
Those are hard questions
Because, we just don't know