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1] Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always about being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you about, cut that door you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back me what I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to slow Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we preach before it go Practice what we 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta down inside of me The deep down inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that 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 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 the
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black and a white mother Father that there to crack 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 ever was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All these babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told what you can or be kid went through everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was shit that happened to this kid And he while the whole world said they said? Said you be shit! You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, persevere And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things two sides He always knew that the was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and down By his black brothers and that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his side that did not know These that are ignorant cannot see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now this child growing up And the craziest shit Being a part of the craziest Running with the wrong people Running around with guns and And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he to get away from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And he would then come home To about or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people chanting 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 boy, ya black mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he said fuck He said peace, love, and He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not live this "You a white boy You never 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 household 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 told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say: though we're all born and created equal We are not treated There's on every side And you should just do your to live life And let other people whatever they wanna believe As as they're not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're to hell You can believe it's not You can believe you're superior, Just killing each other