Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black man Long ago before the man paint the black man with a gun in his hand Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first white man At the very moment when they around and said "Fuck it, steal this land" Take it back, take it way Take it way way back to the black man ago before the white man Could paint the man with a gun in his hand
Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first white man At the very moment they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
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 such a boy?" "Why you talk about being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut door you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma 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 I am in yo' town Practice what we before it go down Practice 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 inside of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody like sodomy one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me for everyone that lied 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 Will I have to get the 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 to the first black man Long ago before the man Could the black 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 they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land" Take it back, it way back Take it way way back to the first man ago before the white man Could 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 steal land"
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a father and a white mother Father that there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, And I'm gonna you about how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain 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 babies black men but you racist Like bitch, that make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, as white Being what you can or can't be This kid went through He went He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was shit that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole world What said? Said you be shit! You gon' be nothin', 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 peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things from two He always saw from two sides He always knew the message Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that because he saw (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side did not know These that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must and kill and murder each other But once again, all he ever 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 child growing up And seeing the craziest Being a part of the craziest Running with the wrong people Running with guns and knives And fighting and and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't know! But he deep down in his heart 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, home and gets two jobs to support 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 hours of Working on music, Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people Just his name Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the world no! Mothafucka, mothafucka no-no, 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 fuck that He said peace, love, and He said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to imagine telling him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't in your Section 8 household We didn't with the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black 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 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 we're all born and created equal We are not equally extremists on every side And you should just do your to live life And let other people whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can they're going to hell You can it's not right You can you're superior, fine stop killing each other