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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first white man At the very moment when they looked around and "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you talk about being 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 what I am and I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to down Come and see me I am in yo' town what we preach 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get Masta deep down of me The deep down inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that to me
Peace on Earth I try to be
I just wanna 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 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 was born To a black father and a mother Father that there 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 tell you how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever to do was entertain And this boy went through You gotta understand, his mother was racist, 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 grew up, her callin' him a 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 through He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit that to this kid And he while the whole world said they said? Said you 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 always saw from two sides He always saw things from two 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, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters that uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his white that did not know people that are ignorant That cannot see the picture That must fight and kill and murder each But again, all he ever wanted to do Was a message of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this growing up And seeing the shit Being a part of the craziest around with the wrong people Running around guns and knives And fighting and and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep in his heart that it wasn't right And he that he needed to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 old This child, okay, leaves and gets two jobs to support 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 of that Working on music, the remote control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of Just his name Hoping it would happen But the, but the, but the world 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 Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I want you to imagine People telling him that he did not live this "You a white boy You ain't experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in household We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the first man) And this young man in spite Of what people 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 today, proud A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even though we're all 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 believe whatever they believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe they're going to You can believe it's not You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing other