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