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it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to the white man At the very moment they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Everybody 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 talk about being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck back Tell me what I am and what I now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we before it go down what we preach before it go Yes, I got the 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 Masta deep inside of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody fuck sodomy one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me for everyone that lied to me
Peace on what I try to be
I just wanna spread the 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the white man
At the very moment they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land" it back, take 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 Take it back, take it way Take it way way back to the first man At the moment when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma steal land"
Take it back, it way back it way, way back to about 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black father and a mother that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, And I'm gonna you about how All this young boy ever was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went through You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black babies 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 as black, looking as white Being told what you can or be This kid went through He went 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 you wouldn't be shit! You gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, I'ma And why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw from two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew that the Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters that uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his white that did not know These that are ignorant cannot see the bigger picture That must and kill and murder each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a message of For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this growing up And the craziest shit Being a of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong Running around guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't 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 you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he in the morning and the evenings And he would then come home To about or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of Working on music, Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping 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 boy, ya black mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he said fuck He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I want you to also People telling him he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't experienced that shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household 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 gotta money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black man) And this man persevered in spite Of what people him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black) And man is here today, proud A of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say Even we're 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 believe whatever they believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine Just stop killing each