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1] Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always about being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could shut Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck Tell me what I am and what I now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to slow Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice we preach before it go down Practice we preach before it go Yes, I got the 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 Masta deep inside of me The plantation deep inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me Peace on Earth 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 will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black father and a white that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, And I'm gonna tell you how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever wanted to do was And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the 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 him a nigger The kids at callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white Being what you can or can't be This kid went everything He through... He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy that happened to this kid And he persevered 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, persevere And that's why the is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He saw things from two sides He always that the message was born equal 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 stripped and down By his black and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his white that did not know These that are ignorant cannot see the bigger picture That must fight and and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child 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 shit Being a of the craziest shit around with the wrong people Running around with guns and And and stealing and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep in his heart that it wasn't right And he that he needed to get away from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he in the morning and the evenings 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 remote control and looking in the And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people chanting 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 white boy, ya black No-no! (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he said that He said peace, love, and He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I you to also imagine telling him that he did not live this life "You a white 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 live in your Section 8 household We didn't with the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it 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 back to the black) And that man is today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say: Even though all born and created equal We are not treated There's extremists on side And you should do your best to live life And let other people believe whatever wanna believe As as they're not hurtin' anybody You can believe going to hell You can it's not right You can believe you're superior, Just stop killing each