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1] Everybody wanna tell me I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you talk about being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you about, cut that That you trying to open, you could shut that the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know 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 preach 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 will to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep inside of me The deep down inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my momma 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, take it way Take it way, way back to 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, a.m., where a biracial 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 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 wanted to do was And this boy went through You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you have All these black with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at school callin' him a as black, looking as white Being what you can or can't be This kid through everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit that to this kid And he while the whole world said What 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 peace, love and positivity See, he always saw from two sides He always saw things two sides He knew that the message was born 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 stripped and down By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And that did not And he was and he was torn down By his white side did not know These that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must fight and and murder each 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 orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine child growing up And the craziest shit Being a of the craziest shit around with the wrong people Running around with guns and And and stealing and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew down in his heart that 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 child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then come To about eight or nine of sleep But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, the remote control 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 world 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 that He said peace, love, and He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not live life "You a white boy You ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live 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 from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" And this young man in spite Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back 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 and created equal We are not treated There's on every side And you just do your best to live life And let other people believe whatever they believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe you're superior, stop killing each other