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Take it back, it way back it way, way back 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 right boy, boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could shut Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck Tell me what I am and I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice what we 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 will to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? deep down inside of me The deep down inside of me Everybody fuck 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 what I try to be
I just wanna 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 to about 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a black 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 gonna you about that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy ever wanted was All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went through You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black with black men but you racist bitch, that don't make 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 you can or can't be kid went through everything He went He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that 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 is always peace, love and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw from two sides He always that the message Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his side that did not know These people are ignorant cannot see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was a message of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this growing up And seeing the craziest Being a of the craziest shit Running around with the people Running around with guns and 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 that he needed to get away from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then home To about 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 Just his name Hoping it would happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka 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 said that He peace, love, and positivity He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I want you to also People him that he did not live this life "You just a 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 didn't live in your Section 8 We live with the narcotics and violence in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black man) And this young man persevered in Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even we're all born and created equal We are not equally There's extremists on side And you should just do your best to live And let other people believe whatever they believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe going to hell You can believe not right You can believe superior, fine Just stop killing each