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1] Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always about being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could that Grip the gat, 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 to slow down and see me when I am in yo' town Practice we preach before it go down Practice we preach before it go Yes, I got the 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? Masta deep down of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for that lied to me Peace on Earth I try to be I just 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 it way, way back to about 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, a.m., where a biracial baby was born To a black and a white mother Father wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy ever wanted was All he ever wanted was All he wanted to do was entertain And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 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 grew up, her callin' him a The kids at callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told what you can or be This kid went everything He through... He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that to this kid And he persevered while the world said What 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 why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew that the Everybody was equal of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation He knew that he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not These people that are That see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a message of For man, woman, and child of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the craziest a part of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong Running with guns and knives 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 knew he needed to get away 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 he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then home To about eight or nine hours of But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people Just his name Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the world no! Mothafucka, mothafucka 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 said that He said peace, love, and He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not live life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens 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 your We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" And this young man in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and would be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black) And that man is today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's to say: Even though all born and created equal We are not treated There's on every side And you should just do your best to life And let other people believe whatever wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're to hell You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine Just stop killing other