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Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first white man At the moment when they looked around and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you talk about being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you could shut Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All this has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we preach 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 down inside 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 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
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Take it back, take it way it way, way back to about 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 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 you about that, right? And I'm tell you about how All this young boy ever was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black babies with men but you racist Like bitch, that make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as Being told what you can or be This kid went through He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped was crazy shit that happened to this kid And he while the whole world said What they you wouldn't 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, and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw from two sides He knew that the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He that because he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black brothers and sisters that were And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his side that did not know people that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That fight 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 sexual (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this 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 he didn't 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 you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And he would then come home To about eight or nine hours of But four, five, six hours of that Working on music, the remote control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people Just chanting his that it would 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 mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he said that He said peace, love, and He said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not live this "You a white boy You ain't never experienced shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't live in Section 8 household We didn't with the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black man) And this man persevered in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and would be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black) And that man is here today, A lover of all beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even we're all born and created equal We are not equally extremists on every side And you should do your best to live life And let other people believe whatever wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe you're superior, Just stop each other