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1] Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and what I now All prejudice has got to go Life is 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 preach 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 will to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta down inside of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me Peace on what I try to be I just wanna spread the message of 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 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a biracial 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 gonna tell you that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black babies with black men but you Like bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, looking as Being what you can or can't be This kid through everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he while the whole world said What they Said you be shit! You ain't be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is peace, love and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw from two sides He always knew that the was born 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 down By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side did not know These that are ignorant That cannot see the picture That must fight and and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a message of For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now this child growing up And the craziest shit Being a part of the craziest around with the wrong people Running around with guns and And fighting and and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his that it wasn't right And he that he needed to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 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 come To about eight or hours of sleep But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of Just chanting his Hoping it would 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, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he said fuck He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not live this "You a white boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't live in Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in your We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" And this young man persevered in Of what people him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say: Even though we're all and created equal We are not treated extremists on every side And you should just do your best to life And let people believe whatever they wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're to hell You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine Just stop killing other