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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, I'ma this land"
Everybody wanna me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always about being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you could that 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 is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we preach before it go Practice what we 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 deep down inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me for everyone that lied to me
Peace on Earth I try to be
I just 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 will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the
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it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to the white man
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it back, take it way back Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black father and a white that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, And I'm gonna tell you how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And this boy went 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, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The kids at callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white Being told what you can or be kid went through everything He went He saw in the household 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 be nothin', 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, love and See, he always saw from two sides He saw things from two sides He always that the message Everybody was equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that because he saw (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black brothers and sisters that uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his side that did not know people that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder each 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 orientation (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this child up And the craziest shit Being a of the craziest shit Running around the wrong people Running with guns and knives And fighting and and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he deep down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew he needed to get away from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he then come home To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping that it 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 it way, way back to the first) And he said fuck He peace, love, and positivity He equality for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah 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, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in your We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black man) And this young man in spite Of what told 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 here today, A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's to say Even though all born and created equal We are not equally There's extremists on every And you should just do your best to life And let other people whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe you're superior, Just killing each other