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Everybody wanna me what I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that door you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck back me what 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 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 deep down inside of me The plantation down inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the what 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 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 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 back to about Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black and a white mother Father that there to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm tell you about that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever wanted to do was And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All these babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white Being what you can or can't be kid went through 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 gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, persevere And that's why the message is always peace, love and See, he always saw from two sides He always saw things two sides He knew that the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that because he saw (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters that uneducated And did not know And he was and he was torn down By his white side that did not people that are ignorant That cannot see the picture That must fight and and murder each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now this child growing up And seeing the craziest Being a part of the shit around with the wrong people Running with guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he needed to get away it Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And then he would then home To about eight or hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people Just chanting his Hoping it would 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 black 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 also People him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't live in your 8 household We didn't live with the and violence in your household We just saw it the outside, 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 people told him he was, wasn't, and would be (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black) And that man is here today, A of all human beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even though we're all and created equal We are not treated There's extremists on every And you should just do your best to life And let other believe whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can they're going to hell You can believe not right You can believe you're superior, Just stop killing each