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1] Everybody wanna me what 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 talk about being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you could that Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck back Tell me I am and what I know now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to down Come and see me I am in yo' town what we preach before it go down Practice what we preach 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? Masta deep down of me The plantation down inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me for everyone that lied to me Peace on what I try to be I just spread the message of equality And yes, I got to 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 the
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Take it back, take it way it way, way back to about 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black father and a mother Father that there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm tell you about that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever wanted to do was And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, 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 him a nigger The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, looking as Being told you can or can't be This kid through everything He through... He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was shit that happened to this kid And he while the whole world said they said? Said you be shit! You ain't be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things two sides He always knew that the Everybody was equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew because he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters that uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his side that did not know These that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must and kill and murder each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now imagine child growing up And seeing the shit Being a part of the shit Running with the wrong people around with guns and knives And fighting and and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't 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 also imagine, that at 17 old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then home To about or nine hours 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 his name Hoping that it 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 black 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 equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not live this "You a white boy You never experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in household We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" 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 lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say: Even though we're all born and created We are not treated extremists on every side And you should just do your best to live And let other people believe whatever wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can they're going to hell You can it's not right You can believe superior, fine Just stop each other