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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 such a boy?" "Why you always talk about being too white, nigga fuck 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 I am and what I know now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to slow Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice we preach before it go down Practice 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 deep down inside of me The deep down inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that to me Peace on what I try to be I just wanna spread the 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, it way back Take it way, way back to about Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a black father and a mother Father wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm tell you about that, right? And I'm gonna you about how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever to do was entertain And this boy through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All these black babies with 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 you can or can't be This kid through everything He through... He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy that happened to this kid And he while the whole world said What they you wouldn't be shit! You gon' be nothin', 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 always peace, and positivity See, he always saw from two sides He saw things from two sides He knew that the message Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and torn 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 kill and each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a message of For every man, woman, and of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this growing up And the craziest shit a part of the craziest shit Running around the wrong people Running around with and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it right And he knew he needed to get away from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs 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 of that 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 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 peace, love, and positivity He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I you to also imagine People him that he did not live this life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there 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 with the and violence in your household We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" And young man persevered in spite Of what people him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black) And that man is here today, A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's here to Even though all born and created equal We are not treated There's extremists on side And you should do your best to live life And let other people whatever they wanna believe As as they're not hurtin' anybody You can they're going to hell You can it's not right You can believe you're superior, Just killing each other