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1] Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about being too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck 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 what we preach before it go 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? Masta deep inside of me The deep down inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that 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 I have 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 to about 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a black and a white 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 ever wanted was All he wanted to do was entertain And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All black babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white told 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 happened to kid And he persevered while the world said What said? you wouldn't be shit! You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, I'ma And that's why the message is peace, love and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew that the Everybody was 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 torn By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was and he was torn down By his white side that did not These that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must fight and and murder each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the shit a part of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong Running around with guns and And fighting and and, and all this Because he 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 imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he would come home To about eight or nine of sleep But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of chanting his name Hoping it would 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, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he said fuck He peace, love, and positivity 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 life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" And this young man persevered in Of people told him he was, wasn't, and would 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 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 equally extremists on every side And you should just do your best to life And let other people believe they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can they're going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine Just stop killing other