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1] Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you talk about being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma 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 what we preach before it go down Practice what we preach 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get Masta down inside of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody fuck like 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone that to me Peace on what I try to be I just spread the message of equality And yes, I got to 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 gat?
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Take it back, it way back it way, way back to about 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black and a white mother Father that wasn't Addicted to cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy went hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black with black men but you racist Like bitch, that make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as Being what you can or can't be kid went through everything He through... He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was shit that happened to this kid And he persevered the whole world 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 always peace, love and See, he saw things from two sides He saw things from two sides He always that the message Everybody was born 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 stripped and torn By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not people that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must fight and and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was a message of equality For every man, woman, and 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 craziest Being a part of the shit Running around the wrong people around with guns and knives And fighting and 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 that he needed to get away from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he then come home To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people Just his name Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya black No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he said that He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to also telling him that he did not live this life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't live in Section 8 household We live with the narcotics 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 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 of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's here to Even though we're all born and created We are not equally extremists on every side And you should just do your best to live And let other people believe whatever they believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're to hell You can believe not right You can believe you're superior, Just stop killing other