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1] Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it 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 That door you trying to open, you could shut Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All this has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we before it go down what we preach 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep down of me The plantation down inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that to me Peace on what I try to be I just wanna spread the of equality And yes, I got to to gab fo sho Will I have to get the 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, take it way Take it way, way back to 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black and a white mother Father that wasn't Addicted to cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you that, right? And I'm tell you about how All this young boy ever was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was 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 black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, looking as told what you can or can't be This kid through everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that to this kid And he while the whole world said What said? you wouldn't 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 message is always peace, love and See, he always saw from two sides He saw things from two sides He always 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 stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not These people are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must and kill and murder each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a message of For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And seeing the craziest Being a of the craziest shit Running around with the people Running around with guns and And fighting and stealing and, and all he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it right And he that he needed to get away from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to himself Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then home To about eight or hours of sleep But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of chanting his name Hoping it would happen But the, but the, but the world no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya black No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he said 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 him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't 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?" And this man persevered in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all human of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say: though we're all born and created equal We are not treated There's on every side And you should just do your best to life And let people believe whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're going to You can it's not right You can believe superior, fine stop killing each other