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1] Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you talk about being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut door you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma back Tell me I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to slow and see me when I am in yo' town Practice we preach before it go down Practice what we before it go Yes, I got the to gab fo sho Will I have to get the No, no Yes, I got to to gab fo sho But will to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody fuck like 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me Peace on what I try to be I wanna spread the message of equality And yes, I got to to gab fo sho Will I to get the gat? No, no Yes, I got to to gab fo sho But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the
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Take it back, it way back it way, way back to about 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black father and a mother that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna you about that, right? And I'm tell you about how All this young boy ever was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever to do was entertain And this boy through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you have All black babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, looking as Being told you can or can't be kid went through everything He through... He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit that to this kid And he persevered while the world said What said? you wouldn't be shit! You gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, persevere And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw things from two He always knew the message Everybody was equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He that because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and down By his black brothers and sisters that were And that did not And he was and he was torn down By his white that did not know people that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That fight and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine child growing up And the craziest shit Being a part of the shit Running around with the people Running around guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his that it wasn't right And he knew that he to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 old This child, okay, leaves and gets two jobs to support himself Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would come home To about eight or nine of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of Just chanting his Hoping it would happen But the, but the, but the world no! Mothafucka, mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he said fuck He said peace, love, and He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We live with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We live with the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" And this young man persevered in Of people told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all human of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say: Even though we're all and created equal We are not equally There's on every side And you should just do your best to live And let other believe whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe going to hell You can believe it's not You can you're superior, fine Just stop each other