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1] Everybody wanna tell me I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk about black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you could shut Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck 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 preach 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 will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get Masta deep inside of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the other 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 wanna 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?
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to about Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a black father and a mother Father that 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 gonna tell you how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All these babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, looking as Being told what you can or be kid went through everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was was crazy shit that 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 fuck that, I'ma And that's why the message is always peace, love and See, he saw things from two sides He saw things from two sides He knew that the message was born equal 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 and torn down By his black brothers and that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was 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 once again, all he ever 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 child growing up And the craziest shit Being a of the craziest shit Running with the wrong people Running with guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew he needed to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And then he would then come To about eight or nine of sleep But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of 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 white boy, ya black 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 orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we live in your Section 8 household 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?" And young man persevered in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and 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 Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say: Even though we're all born and created We are not equally extremists on every side And you should just do best to live life And let people believe whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe they're to hell You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine Just stop killing other