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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first white man At the moment when they looked around and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
wanna tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you could shut the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All this has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice what we before it go down Practice what we before 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 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 what it be Tell me why my 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
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it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to the white man
At the very when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma steal land" Take it back, it way back Take it way way back to the black man ago before the white man Could paint the man with a gun in his hand it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the white man At the moment when they looked around and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
it back, take it way back Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a baby was born To a black father and a white Father that there to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm tell you about that, right? And I'm tell you about how All this young boy ever wanted was All he ever was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy went through You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All black babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as told what you can or can't be This kid through everything He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit that happened to kid And he persevered while the whole 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 that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is always peace, love and See, he always saw things from two He always saw from two sides He knew that the message Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black brothers and that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his white that did not know These that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must fight and and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a message of For every man, woman, and of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine child growing up And the craziest shit Being a part of the craziest Running with the wrong people Running with guns and knives And fighting and and, and all this Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he 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 himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And then he then come home To about eight or nine hours of But four, five, six hours of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people Just chanting his 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 boy, ya black mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) And he said fuck 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 telling him that he did not live this life "You a white boy You ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black man) And young 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 of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And here to say Even though all born and created equal We are not equally extremists on every side And you should just do your best to life And let other people believe whatever wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe it's not You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing each