{"id":25195,"date":"2015-12-06T14:46:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T22:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=25195"},"modified":"2015-12-07T16:12:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T00:12:56","slug":"on-sunday-get-sweet-on-sunday-candy-video-by-donnie-trumpet-the-social-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-12\/on-sunday-get-sweet-on-sunday-candy-video-by-donnie-trumpet-the-social-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"On Sunday:  Get Sweet on &#8220;Sunday Candy&#8221; Video by Donnie Trumpet &#038; the Social Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DT-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"DT\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DT-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DT-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DT-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DT.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where have we been? \u00a0Once again we have slept through a sonic boom. \u00a0 We refer (this time) to having missed the sonic delights delivered by\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnietrumpet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Donnie Trumpet &amp; the Social Experiment<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0via the ensemble&#8217;s album\u00a0<em><strong>Surf<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0The group is shepherded\u00a0by trumpeter <strong>Nico Segal<\/strong> (aka\u00a0<strong>Donnie Trumpet<\/strong>), but a main force behind the project is the multi-talented <strong>Chance the Rapper<\/strong>. <em><strong>Surf<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0also features guest artists <strong>Janelle Mon\u00e1e<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Erykah Badu, Frank Ocean, Big Sean, BJ the Chicago Kid, Busta Rhymes, J. Cole,<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Raury<\/strong>. \u00a0We&#8217;re just now delving deeper but were introduced recently to the group via their sweet, single-shot &#8220;short film&#8221; (video) for the song <em><strong>Sunday Candy<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(lyrics at bottom). \u00a0Both song and video are absolute top shelf!  Check it out below. \u00a0And praise be for grandmothers!<\/p>\n<p>The entertaining video was written by <strong>Chance the Rapper<\/strong> and directed by <strong>Austin Vesely, Ian Eastwood <\/strong>and<strong> Chance The Rapper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i4ooH8frBWg\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sunday Candy<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She could say in her voice, in her way that she love me<br \/>\nWith her eyes, with her smile, with her belt, with her hands, with her money<br \/>\nI am the thesis of her prayers<br \/>\nHer nieces and her nephews are just pieces of the layers<br \/>\nOnly ones she love as much as me is Jesus Christ and Taylor<br \/>\nI got a future so I&#8217;m singing for my grandma<br \/>\nYou singing too, but your grandma ain&#8217;t my grandma<br \/>\nMine&#8217;s is hand made, pan fried, sun dried<br \/>\nSouthside, and beat the devil by a landslide<br \/>\nPraying with her hands tied, president of my fan club, saying to her<br \/>\nSomething told me I should bring my butt to church<\/p>\n<p>You gotta move it slowly<br \/>\nTake and eat my body like it&#8217;s holy<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been waiting for you for the whole week<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been praying for you, you&#8217;re my Sunday candy<br \/>\nYou gotta move it slowly<br \/>\nTake and eat my body like it&#8217;s holy<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been waiting for you for the whole week<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been praying for you, you&#8217;re my Sunday candy<\/p>\n<p>Come on in this house, cause it&#8217;s gonna rain<br \/>\nRain down Zion, it&#8217;s gonna rain<br \/>\nYou better come on in this house, cause it&#8217;s gonna rain<br \/>\nRain down Zion, it&#8217;s gonna rain<\/p>\n<p>I come to church for the candy, your peppermints is the truth<br \/>\nI&#8217;m pessimistic on Monday if I had tweaked and missed you<br \/>\nYou look so good with that hat on, had to match with the shoes<br \/>\nCame and dressed in the satin, I came and sat in your pew<br \/>\nI come to Christmas for dinner, fifty rolls on my plate<br \/>\nHella holes in my stocking holding your pockets in place<br \/>\nI like my love with a budget, I like my hugs with a scent<br \/>\nYou smell like light, gas, water, electricity, rent<br \/>\nYou sound like why the gospel choir got so tired<br \/>\nSingin his praises daily basis so I gotta try it<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re my dreamcatcher, dream team, team captain<br \/>\nMatter fact, I ain&#8217;t seen you in a minute let me take my butt to church<\/p>\n<p>Come on in this house, cause it&#8217;s gonna rain<br \/>\nRain down Zion, it&#8217;s gonna rain<br \/>\nYou better come on in this house, cause it&#8217;s gonna rain<br \/>\nRain down Zion, it&#8217;s gonna rain<\/p>\n<p>You gotta move it slowly<br \/>\nTake and eat my body like it&#8217;s holy<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been waiting for you for the whole week<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been praying for you, you&#8217;re my Sunday candy<br \/>\nYou gotta move it slowly<br \/>\nTake and eat my body like it&#8217;s holy<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been waiting for you for the whole week<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been praying for you, you&#8217;re my Sunday candy<br \/>\nYou gotta move it slowly<br \/>\nTake and eat my body like it&#8217;s holy<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been waiting for you for the whole week<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been praying for you, you&#8217;re my Sunday candy<\/p>\n<p>Come on in this house, cause it&#8217;s gonna rain<br \/>\nRain down Zion, it&#8217;s gonna rain<br \/>\nYou better come on in this house, cause it&#8217;s gonna rain<br \/>\nRain down Zion, it&#8217;s gonna rain&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where have we been? 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