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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 about being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could shut Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back me what I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice what we preach it go down what 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 will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get Masta down inside of me The deep down inside of me Everybody fuck like 'Cause one or the what 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 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 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 7:36 a.m., where a baby was born To a father and a white mother Father that there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm tell you about that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy ever wanted was All he ever was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is how in the fuck is you gonna 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 at school callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being what you can or can't be This kid went through He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole world 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 fuck that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw things from two He always that the message Everybody was equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that because he saw (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And did not know And he was and he was torn down By his white side did not know people that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder each But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a message of For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this child up And the craziest shit a part of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong 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 that it wasn't 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 home and gets two jobs to support Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he then come home To about or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of Working on music, Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people chanting 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, take it way Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that He peace, love, and positivity He equality 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 live life "You just a boy You ain't experienced that shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't live in your 8 household We didn't with the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" And young man persevered in spite Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say: Even though we're all and created equal We are not equally There's extremists on side And you should do your best to live life And let other believe whatever they wanna believe As as they're not hurtin' anybody You can believe going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine Just stop killing other