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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 always about being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you could shut Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma 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 when I am in yo' 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 plantation deep down of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for that lied 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 Will I 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 back to 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7:36 a.m., where a baby was born 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 tell you about how All this young boy ever was happiness All he ever wanted was All he wanted to do was entertain And this boy through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All these 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 at school callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being what 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 crazy that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole world What they you wouldn't be shit! You gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said 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 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 and torn down By his black and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was and he was torn down By his white that did not know people that are ignorant That cannot see the 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 sexual (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the craziest Being a of the craziest shit Running around with the people around with guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart it wasn't right And he that he needed to get away from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he in the morning and the evenings And he would then come home To about eight or nine of sleep But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and looking in the 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 it way, way back to the first) And he fuck that He said peace, love, and He said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to imagine People him that he did not live 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 you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the and violence in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" And young man persevered in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black) And man is here today, proud A of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And here to say: Even though we're all born and equal We are not treated There's extremists on side And you should just do your best to live And let other people believe whatever they believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe going to hell You can believe it's not You can you're superior, fine Just stop each other