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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first white man At the very moment when they looked around and "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Everybody wanna tell me I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you talk about being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That you trying to open, you could shut that 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 fast, it need to slow down and see me when I am in yo' town Practice we preach before it go down Practice what we preach 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? Masta deep down of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for that lied 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 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, it way back Take it way, way back to about Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a black and a white mother Father wasn't there to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm tell you about that, right? And I'm gonna you about how All this young boy ever was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went through You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All black babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white told what you can or can't be This kid through everything He through He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy that happened to this kid And he persevered while the world said What said? you wouldn't be shit! You gon' 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, love and See, he always saw from two sides He always saw things from two He always knew that the was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He that because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down By his black and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his side that did not know These people that are That cannot see the bigger That must and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a message of For every man, woman, and of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the shit Being a part of the shit around 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 deep in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he to get away from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and two jobs to support himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would come home To about eight or nine of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of Working on music, the remote control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and and thousands of people Just his name Hoping 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 mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he said fuck He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced that You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We live with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We live with the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black man) 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 of all human beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say Even though we're all born and equal We are not treated There's on every side And you should do your best to live life And let other people believe they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe they're going to You can it's not right You can believe you're superior, Just killing each other