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1] Everybody wanna me what I am, what 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? Skin too white, nigga that" you talk about, cut that That door you trying to open, you shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck back me what I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we before it go down Practice what we preach 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 will to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta down inside of me The plantation deep down of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me Peace on what I try to be I just wanna spread the message of 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 to about 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7:36 a.m., where a baby was born To a black father and a white Father that wasn't Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you that, right? And I'm gonna you about how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever 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 these black with black men but you racist bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at school callin' him a as black, looking as white Being what you can or can't be This kid went everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that to this kid And he persevered while the whole world What they 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, I'ma And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he always saw things from two He saw things from two sides He always knew the message Everybody was equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He that because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and down By his black brothers and sisters that uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his white that did not know These people are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must and kill and murder each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this growing up And seeing the shit a part of the craziest shit Running around the wrong people Running with guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two to support himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would 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 pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people chanting his name Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that He peace, love, and positivity He equality for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not live this "You a white boy You ain't never 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 your 8 household We didn't live the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" And this man persevered in spite Of what people him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say: Even though we're all born and created We are not equally There's extremists on every And you should just do your to live life And let other believe whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe going to hell You can it's not right You can believe you're superior, Just stop killing other