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it back, take it way back Take it way, way to the first white man At the very moment they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Everybody wanna tell me I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' 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, fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma back Tell me what I am and 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 before it go down Practice 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? deep down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone lied to me
Peace on what I try to be
I just wanna 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first white man
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black father and a mother Father that wasn't Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and other drugs 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 wanted was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And boy went through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black babies with men but you racist Like bitch, don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The at school 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, drug dealers, he was There was shit that happened to this kid And he persevered while the world said they said? 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 why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw from two sides He always saw from two sides He knew that the message Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side did not know people that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must fight and kill and each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a message of For man, woman, and child of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this 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 Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it wasn't 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 gets two 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 on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people Just chanting his that it would happen But the, but the, but the world 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, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he said fuck He said peace, love, and He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not live this "You just a boy You ain't never that shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 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, take it way Take it way, way back to the first man) And young 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 to the first black) And that man is here today, A lover of all beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say Even though we're all born and equal We are not treated extremists on every side And you should just do your best to live And let other believe whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop each other