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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, a'ight Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you 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 down and see me when I am in yo' town Practice what we before it go down Practice we preach 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? deep down inside of me The deep down inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me on Earth what 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to about Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7:36 a.m., where a baby was born To a black and a white mother Father that wasn't Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, And I'm gonna you about how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went hell You gotta understand, his 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 make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The at school callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told you can or can't be kid went through everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that to this kid And he persevered while the whole 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, persevere And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew that the was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He that because he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was stripped and down By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his white that did not know people that are ignorant That cannot see the picture must fight and kill and murder 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 orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the craziest Being a part of the shit Running around with the people around with guns and knives And fighting and and, and all this Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it right And he knew that he to get away from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he then come home To about eight or hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people Just 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 white boy, ya mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) And he said fuck 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 telling him that he did not live this life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced that You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there 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 have money, right?" And this man persevered in spite Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black) And that man is here today, A lover of all beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And he's here to Even though all born and created equal We are not treated There's on every side And you should just do your best to live And let other people believe they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine Just stop each other