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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first white man At the very moment when they looked and said "Fuck it, I'ma steal land"
Everybody wanna me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about being too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could shut the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it to slow down and see me when I am in yo' town Practice we preach before it go down Practice what we preach it go Yes, I got the 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 Masta down inside of me The deep down inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that to me
Peace on what I try to be
I just wanna spread the message of 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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it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to the white man
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a black father and a white that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other 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 ever wanted was All he ever wanted was All he ever wanted to do was And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is '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 grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, as white Being told you can or can't be This kid through everything He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole world What 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, love and See, he always saw from two sides He saw things from two sides He always that 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 torn By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not These that are ignorant That cannot see the picture That must fight and kill and each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this child up And the craziest shit Being a part of the craziest Running around with the wrong Running around guns and knives And fighting and and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he deep down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew he needed to get away from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and two jobs to support himself Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And he would then come home To about eight or nine hours of But spend four, five, six hours of on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) And he said that He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black man) And this man persevered in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black) And that man is here today, A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even though we're all born and equal We are not treated There's extremists on side And you should just do your best to live And let people believe whatever they wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can they're going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe you're superior, Just stop each other