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1] Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, 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 I am in yo' town Practice what we before it go down what 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep inside of me The plantation deep inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that to me on Earth what 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 will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to about Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland a.m., where a biracial baby was born To a black father and a white that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, And I'm gonna tell you how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And this boy went 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 at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as Being told you can or can't be This kid went everything He through... He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit that happened to kid And he persevered while the whole said What said? Said you be shit! You gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew the message Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He that because he saw that (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 side that did not know These people that are cannot see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And seeing the shit Being a part of the shit Running around the wrong people around with guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep 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 This child, okay, leaves home and two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And he would then come home To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people Just his name Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he fuck that He peace, love, and positivity He equality 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 life "You a white boy You ain't experienced that shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't live in Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in your We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" And young man persevered in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black) And that man is today, proud A lover of all beings 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 treated There's extremists on every And you should just do your to live life And let other people believe whatever they believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe they're to hell You can it's not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing other