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1] Everybody wanna tell me 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" you talk about, cut that That door you to open, you could shut that the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck back Tell me I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice we preach before it go down what 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 down inside of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that to me on Earth what I try to be I just wanna spread the message of And yes, I got to to gab fo sho Will I have to get the 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 about Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a father and a white mother that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and 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 was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever to do was entertain And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black babies with black men but you bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school callin' him a as black, looking as white Being told you can or can't be This kid through everything He through... He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that happened to kid And he persevered while the whole world What said? you wouldn't be shit! You ain't be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, I'ma And why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw from two sides He always saw from two sides He always knew that the Everybody was equal of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation He that because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters that were And that did not And he was and he was torn down By his side that did not know These people that are That cannot see the bigger That must fight and kill and each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the shit Being a part of the shit around with the wrong people Running around with 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 needed to get from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he would then home To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people Just chanting his Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya mothafucka 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 said 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 this "You just a boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't in your Section 8 household We didn't live the narcotics and violence in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you 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 that man is here today, A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's here to Even though we're all born and equal We are not equally There's extremists on every And you should just do your best to life And let other people believe whatever they believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe going to hell You can believe not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing other