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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, boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about being Skin too white, nigga that" you talk about, cut that That door you trying to open, you shut that the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and what I now All this 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 before it go Yes, I got the to gab fo sho Will I have to get the 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 down inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me for everyone that lied to me
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it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to about Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a baby was born To a father and a white mother that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna you about that, right? And I'm gonna you about how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And boy went through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All these black with black men but you racist Like bitch, that make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white told what you can or can't be This kid went through He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he while the whole world said they 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 that, I'ma persevere And that's why the is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He always saw from two sides He always that the message Everybody was equal of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation He knew because he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and that were uneducated And that did not And he was and he was torn down By his side that did not know These that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was a message of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the shit a part of the craziest shit Running around the wrong people Running around with guns and And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it wasn't And he knew that he needed to get away it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs he works 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 remote control and in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people Just his name that it would happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya boy, ya black mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) And he said that He peace, love, and positivity He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I want you to also People him that he did not live this life "You a white boy You never experienced that shit 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 Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and 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 to the first black man) And this man persevered in spite Of what people him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black) And man is here today, proud 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 extremists on every side And you should just do best to live life And let people believe whatever they wanna believe As as they're not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're to hell You can believe not right You can believe you're superior, Just stop each other