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it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to the first man At the very moment when looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
wanna tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you could shut Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck back me what I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to slow and see me when I am in yo' town Practice what we preach it go down Practice we preach 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 will to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep down of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody like 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 wanna spread the message of equality And yes, I got to 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 gat?
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the first man
At the very when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land" Take it back, take it way Take it way way back to the black man Long ago before the man Could the black man with a gun in his hand Take it back, it way back Take it way way back to the white man At the very when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to about Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a father 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 tell you that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And this boy went through You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black babies with black men but you Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, looking as Being what you can or can't be This kid went through He through He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he persevered while the world said What said? Said you be shit! You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, I'ma And that's why the message is peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black 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 bigger That must fight and kill and each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was a message of equality For every man, woman, and of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now imagine child growing up And the craziest shit a part of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong Running with guns and knives 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 knew he needed to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two to support himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he then come home To about eight or nine 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 thousands of chanting his name Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little no-no, 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 fuck that He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I want you to also telling him that he did not live this life "You a white 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 Section 8 household We didn't 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 have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black man) And young man persevered in spite Of people told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back 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, sexual orientation, yeah, And here to say Even we're all born and created equal We are not equally There's extremists on side And you just do your best to live life And let other people believe whatever they wanna As long as they're not anybody You can believe going to hell You can believe not right You can believe you're superior, stop killing each other