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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"
wanna tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk being black? Skin too white, fuck that" you talk about, cut that That door you to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back me what I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo' what 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get Masta down inside of me The deep down inside of me Everybody fuck like one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my momma 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
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black and a white mother that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm tell you about that, right? And I'm gonna you about how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All black babies with 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 kids at callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white told 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 shit that happened to kid And he persevered while the whole world What they you wouldn't be shit! You ain't be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said that, I'ma persevere And why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw things from two He knew that the message Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation 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 that were And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his white that did not know These people are ignorant cannot see the bigger picture That fight and kill and murder each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this child up And the craziest shit Being a part of the craziest Running around with the wrong Running around guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he didn't know, he 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, leaves home and gets two jobs to support Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he then come home To about eight or nine hours of But four, five, six hours of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and and thousands of people Just chanting his Hoping it would happen But the, but the, but the world 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 it way, way back to the first) And he said fuck He said peace, love, and He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not live life "You a white boy You ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We live with the narcotics and violence in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" (Take it back, take it way 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 Take it way, way to the first black) And that man is here today, A lover of all human 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 just do your best to live And let people believe whatever they wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe you're superior, Just stop each other