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1] Everybody wanna me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could that the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we preach before it go Practice what we 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? deep down inside of me The plantation deep down of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that to me on Earth what I try to be I just 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 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 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a father and a white mother Father that 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 to do was entertain And boy went through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black babies with men but you racist Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at school 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, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole said What they 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 always peace, and positivity See, he always saw things from two He always saw things two sides He always knew the message 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 stripped and torn By his black brothers and sisters that were And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his side that did not know These people that are That see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And the craziest shit Being a of the craziest shit Running with the wrong people Running with guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it wasn't And he knew he needed to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, at 17 years old child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he in the morning and the evenings And he would then come home To about eight or hours of sleep But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people chanting his name Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the said 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, 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 want you to imagine People telling him he did not live this life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing 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 live with the narcotics and violence in your 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 told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black) And that man is today, proud A of all human beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And he's here to Even though all born and created equal We are not equally There's on every side And you should just do your to live life And let other people believe they wanna believe As as they're not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine Just killing each other