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1] Everybody tell me what 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 being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma back me what I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to down and see me when I am in yo' town Practice what we before it go down Practice what we 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? deep down inside of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta 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 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 will 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 to about 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, a.m., where a biracial baby was born To a black father and a mother Father that wasn't 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 tell you how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All these black babies black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The at school callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being what you can or can't be This kid through everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole said What said? Said you be shit! You ain't be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he fuck that, I'ma persevere And why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew that the Everybody was equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that he saw that (Take it back, take it way 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 white side did not know These people that are cannot see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder 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 sexual (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine child growing up And seeing the shit Being a part of the craziest Running around with the people around 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 that he to get away from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he would then come To about or nine hours of sleep But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of Just his name Hoping that it would 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 said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not live this "You just a boy You ain't never experienced shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't 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?" And this young man persevered in Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and would be (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black) And that man is today, proud A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's here to Even though we're all born and equal We are not treated extremists on every side And you should just do best to live life And let other people believe whatever wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe going to hell You can it's not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing other