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1] Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That you trying to open, you could shut that 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 is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo' 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 down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it 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 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 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 back to about Grove 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 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 this young boy ever was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you have All black babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as told what you can or can't be This kid went everything He through... He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped was crazy shit that happened to this kid And he persevered while the world said they said? 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, I'ma And that's why the is always peace, love and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw things two sides He always knew that the was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that 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 down By his side that did not know people that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a message of 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 craziest a part of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong 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 heart that it wasn't And he knew that he to get away from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support Two jobs that he in the morning and the evenings And he would then come home To about eight or nine of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping it would happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka 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 peace, love, and positivity He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I want you to imagine People telling him that he did not this life "You just a boy You ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in your We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" 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 of all human beings 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 to live life And let people believe whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe not right You can you're superior, fine stop killing each other