Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black man Long ago before the man Could paint the black man a gun in his hand Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first 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 the first man Long ago the white man Could paint the black man a gun in his hand
Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the white man At the moment when they looked around and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always about being black? Skin too white, fuck that" you talk about, cut that That door you to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo' what we preach before it go down Practice what we 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep down of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody fuck 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black man Long ago before the 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 moment when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land" it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the first man Long ago before the man Could paint the man with a gun in his hand it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the white man At the very moment when they looked and said "Fuck it, I'ma steal land"
it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a baby was born To a black father and a white that wasn't there 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 tell you about how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black babies with men but you racist Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The at school callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told you can or can't be kid went through everything 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 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, I'ma And why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things from two He saw things from two sides He knew that the message Everybody was born 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 torn By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was and he was torn down By his side that did not know people that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That fight and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever 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 Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this growing up And the craziest shit a part of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong Running around guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he know, he didn't know! But he deep down in his heart 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, leaves home and gets two jobs to support Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And then he would then come To about or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, 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 world no! Mothafucka, little 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 Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I you to also imagine 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 you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in your We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the first man) And this man persevered in spite Of people told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black) And that man is today, proud 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 created We are not treated There's on every 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 they're going to You can believe not right You can believe superior, fine Just killing each other