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1] Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always about being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut door you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma back Tell me what I am and what I now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to slow and see me when I am in yo' town Practice what we preach 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep down of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that 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 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 gat?
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a father and a white mother Father that there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went through You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All these black babies with men but you racist bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as told what you can or can't be This kid went everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that to this kid And he while the whole world said What said? you wouldn't be shit! You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, I'ma And that's why the message is always peace, love and See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things from two He always that the message Everybody was born of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation He knew that he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black brothers and sisters that were And that did not And he was and he was torn 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 wanted to do Was a message of equality For every man, woman, and 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 the craziest shit Being a of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong around with guns and knives And fighting and and, and all this Because he 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 also imagine, at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he would come home To about eight or hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of Just his name Hoping it would happen 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 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 you to also imagine People telling him he did not live this life "You just a 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 you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't with the narcotics and violence in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" And this young man persevered in Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And here to say: Even though all born and created equal We are not treated extremists on every side And you just do your best to live life And let other people believe they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can they're going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe you're superior, Just stop each other