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Everybody wanna tell me 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 a hype boy?" "Why you always about being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you shut that the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck back Tell me I am and what I know 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 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get Masta down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for that lied to me
Peace on what I try to be
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to about Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a father and a white 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 tell you how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black babies with men but you racist Like bitch, don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at school him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as Being told what you can or be This kid went everything He through He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole world What they Said you be shit! You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, I'ma And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things two sides He knew that the message Everybody was equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He that because he saw that (Take it back, it way back 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 side that did not These people that are That see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and each other 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 Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this growing up And seeing the shit Being a part of the craziest Running around with the wrong Running around with and knives And and stealing 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 needed to get from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two 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, Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see thousands and and thousands of people Just his name Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) And he said that He said peace, love, and He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not live life "You just a boy You never experienced that shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way 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 man is here today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even though all born and created equal We are not equally There's on every side And you should just do your best to live And let other people believe they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're to hell You can believe it's not You can believe you're superior, Just stop each other