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Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white 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 that Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we preach before it go Practice what we before 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 deep inside of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me
Peace on Earth I try to be
I just wanna spread the of equality And yes, I got to to gab fo sho I have 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
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black man Long ago the white man Could paint the black man with a gun in his
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the white man
At the very moment when they around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land" Take it back, take it way Take it way way to the first black man ago before the white man Could paint the man with a gun in his hand Take it back, take it way Take it way way back to the first man At the very moment when looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black father and a mother Father 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 wanted was All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went 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, that don't make no sense, but it is it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white told what you can or can't be This kid went everything He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he while the whole world said What they Said you be shit! You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, persevere And that's why the is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things from two He always saw things 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 down By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was and he was torn down By his white side did not know people that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was a message of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine child growing up And seeing the shit a part of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong Running around with and knives And and stealing and, and all this Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew he needed to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he then come home To about eight or nine of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people Just chanting his Hoping that it would 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 black No-no! (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that He said peace, love, and He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not this life "You a white 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 the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black man) And this young man in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black) And man is here today, proud A of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's to say Even though we're all and created equal We are not treated There's extremists on every And you should just do your to live life And let other people believe whatever they wanna As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe going to hell You can believe not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing each