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Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first white man At the moment when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Everybody wanna tell me I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, fuck that" you talk about, cut that That door you trying to open, you shut that Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All this 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 it go down what we preach 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 down inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for that lied to me
Peace on Earth I try to be
I wanna spread the message 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 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 the first white man
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7: 36 a.m., where a baby was born To a black father and a mother Father that wasn't to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, And I'm gonna you about how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went through You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black 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 kids at school him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as Being told what you can or be This kid went everything He through He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole said What said? you wouldn't be shit! You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said that, I'ma persevere And that's why the is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things from two He always saw from two sides He always that the message Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that because he saw (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down 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 people that are cannot see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a message of For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now this 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 stealing and, and all Because he know, he didn't know! But he deep down in his heart 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, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And then he would then home To about or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people Just chanting his Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya boy, ya black mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that He said peace, love, and He equality for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People telling him he did not live this life "You a white boy You ain't experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black man) And this young man persevered in Of what people him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black) And that man is today, proud A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's to say though we're all born 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 believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe going to hell You can it's not right You can you're superior, fine Just killing each other