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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first white man At the very moment they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, fuck 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 what I now All prejudice has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice 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? Masta deep inside of me The deep down inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for that lied to me
on Earth what I try to be
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Take it back, take it way it way, way back to about 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black father and a mother Father wasn't there Addicted to 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 was happiness All he ever wanted was All he wanted 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 black babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at 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 happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole world What they 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 is always peace, love and positivity 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 that because 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 did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his white that did not know These people that are cannot see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a message of For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the craziest Being a of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong Running around guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his that it wasn't right And he knew that he needed to get away 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 that he works in the morning and the And then he would then come To about eight or nine hours of But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of Just his name 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 black No-no! (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) And he fuck that He said peace, love, and He said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People him that he did not live this life "You a white boy You ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the and violence in your household We just saw it the outside, 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 young man persevered in spite Of what people him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black) And that man is today, proud A lover of all beings 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 should just do your to live life And let other people whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe they're going to You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine Just stop each other