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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 talk about being black? Skin too white, nigga that" you talk about, cut that That you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and what I 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 we preach before it go Yes, I got the 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? deep down inside of me The deep down inside of me Everybody fuck like 'Cause one or the what it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone that to me Peace on Earth I try to be I just wanna spread the message of 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 it way, way back to about 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland a.m., where a biracial baby was born To a black father and a mother Father that there Addicted to cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna you about that, right? And I'm gonna you about how All this young boy ever wanted was All he wanted was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy went through You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black babies with men but you racist Like bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school him a cracker as black, looking as white Being what you can or can't be kid went through everything He through... He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was shit that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole said What they Said you be shit! You ain't be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he fuck that, I'ma persevere And why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things from two He always knew that the was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that because he saw (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was stripped and down 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 These people that are That cannot see the bigger 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 a part of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong Running with guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it wasn't And he that he needed to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two to support himself Two jobs he works 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 Just chanting his that it would happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he said fuck He said peace, love, and He equality for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not live this "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 live in your Section 8 We didn't live with the 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 young man persevered in Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And here to say: Even though we're all born and created 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 they're not hurtin' You can they're going to hell You can believe it's not You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing other