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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first white man At the moment when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about black? too white, nigga 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 Tell me I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we before it go down Practice what we before 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep down of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody fuck like 'Cause one or the other it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for everyone lied 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 Will I have to get the 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 back to 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a father and a white mother Father that there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you that, right? And I'm gonna you about how All this young boy 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 babies 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 as black, looking as white Being told you can or can't be This kid went through He through He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy that happened to this kid And he while the whole world said What said? 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 is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things from two He always saw from two sides He always that the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that because he saw (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and that 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 and kill and murder each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a message of For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this growing up And seeing the shit Being a of the craziest shit Running with the wrong people Running around with guns and And and stealing and, and all this Because he didn't know, he 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 about eight or hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people Just chanting his Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the world 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 orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not live life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black man) And this man persevered in spite Of people told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black) And man is here today, proud A of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's to say Even though we're all and created equal We are not treated There's extremists on side And you should just do best to live life And let other people whatever they wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe going to hell You can it's not right You can believe superior, fine Just killing each other