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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 such a boy?" "Why you talk about being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you about, cut that That door you to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck Tell me what I am and what I now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it to slow down 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 have to get the No, no Yes, I got to to gab fo sho But have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? deep down inside of me The plantation down inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone that to me
Peace on Earth I try to be
I wanna 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 Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black 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 about that, And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy ever was happiness All he ever wanted was All he wanted to do was entertain And boy went through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black babies 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 at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as Being what you can or can't be This kid went everything He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole world they said? Said you be shit! You gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he fuck that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is always peace, love and See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things from two He knew that the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his white side did not know people that are ignorant That cannot see the picture must 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 orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And the craziest shit Being a part of the craziest Running around with the people Running around with guns and And fighting and and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it wasn't 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 jobs to himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And then he would then home To about eight or nine hours of But spend four, five, six hours of on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and and thousands 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 black No-no! (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that He peace, love, and positivity 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 ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens 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 from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black man) And young man persevered 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 that man is here today, A lover of all human 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 treated There's extremists on every And you just do your best to live life And let other people believe whatever they wanna As long as they're not hurtin' You can they're going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine stop killing each other