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Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always about being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and what I now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it to slow down and see me when I am in yo' town Practice we preach before 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep down of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody like 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 what 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 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 back to 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a baby was born To a black father and a mother Father that wasn't Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm tell you about that, right? And I'm gonna you about how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever to do was entertain And this boy 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 Like bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white told what you can or can't be This kid went through He went He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy that happened to this kid And he while the whole world said What they you wouldn't be shit! You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, persevere And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew that the 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 stripped and torn By his black brothers and sisters that uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his white that did not know These people are ignorant That cannot see the picture must fight and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever 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 child growing up And the craziest shit Being a of the craziest shit 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 deep down 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 home and gets two jobs to support Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And he would then come home To about eight or nine hours of But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and and thousands of people Just chanting his Hoping that it would 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 black No-no! (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he fuck that He said peace, love, and He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I want you to also telling him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't live in your 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, it way back it way, way back 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 back to the black) And that man is today, proud A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And here to say Even though we're all and created equal We are not equally 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 anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe it's not You can believe you're superior, Just stop killing each