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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the first man At the very moment when they looked and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
Everybody wanna tell me I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back Tell me I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice we preach before it go down 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? deep down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone lied to me
on Earth what I try to be
I wanna 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to the first man ago before the white man Could paint the black man a gun in his hand
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the first man
At the very moment when they around and said "Fuck it, I'ma steal land" it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the black man Long ago the white man paint the black man with a gun in his hand Take it back, it way back it way way back to the first white man At the very when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
it back, take it way back Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Grove 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 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 wanted to do was entertain And this boy went hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you have All these black babies with men but you racist Like bitch, that make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, as white told what you can or can't be This kid went everything He through He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit that 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 fuck that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw from two sides He always that the message was born 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 that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his white side did not know These people that are cannot see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And seeing the craziest Being a part of the shit around with the wrong people Running around guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart 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, leaves home and two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he would then home To about eight or nine of sleep But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people Just his name that 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 boy, ya black mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not live life "You just a boy You ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the first man) And this young man persevered in 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 today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say though we're all born and created equal We are not equally There's extremists on side And you should do your best to live life And let other believe whatever they wanna believe As as they're not hurtin' anybody You can they're going to hell You can believe not right You can you're superior, fine stop killing each other