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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first white man At the very moment when they looked and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
Everybody wanna me what 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 a hype boy?" "Why you talk about being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you talk about, cut door you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All prejudice has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice what we preach before it go 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get deep down inside of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody fuck like 'Cause one or the other what it be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that to me
Peace on Earth 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 will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the
Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the first man Long ago before the man paint the black man with a gun in his hand
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the first man
At the very moment when they around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land" it back, take it way back Take it way way to the first black man Long ago before the man Could paint the man with a gun in his hand Take it back, take it way Take it way way to the first white man At the very moment when they looked and said "Fuck it, I'ma steal land"
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to about Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black and a white mother Father wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm tell you about that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever wanted to do was And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is how in the fuck is you gonna have All these babies with black men but you racist bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at school callin' him a as black, looking as white Being told you can or can't be kid went through everything He went He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he persevered the whole world said they said? Said you be shit! You ain't be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he fuck that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw from two sides He knew that the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that he saw that (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 down By his side that did not know These people are ignorant cannot see the bigger picture That fight and kill and murder each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was a message of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this child up And the craziest shit Being a part of the shit Running around with the wrong Running around with guns and And and stealing and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his that it wasn't right And he knew that he needed to get from it Now I want you to also imagine, at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he would then come To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping that it 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, take it way Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that He peace, love, and positivity He equality for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not this life "You just a boy You never experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and in your household We just saw it from the 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 people told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way 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 here to say Even we're all born and created equal We are not equally There's extremists on every And you should just do your best to life And let other people believe they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe they're to hell You can it's not right You can believe superior, fine Just killing each other