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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first white man At the very moment when they looked and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
Everybody wanna me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always about being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you shut that the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck back Tell me I am and what I know now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to down Come and see me when I am in yo' what we preach before it go down Practice what we before it go Yes, I got the to gab fo sho Will I to get the gat? 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 down inside of me Everybody like sodomy one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone that to me
Peace on Earth 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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it back, take it way back Take it way, way to about 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a black father and a white that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and other drugs 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 ever wanted was All he wanted was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All these black babies with black men but you Like bitch, don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told what you can or be kid went through everything He went He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he while the whole world said 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 fuck that, I'ma And that's why the is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw from two sides He always saw things two sides He always knew the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew because he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters that uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his white side that did not These that are ignorant That cannot see the picture That fight and kill and murder each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was a message of equality For man, woman, and child of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this child up And the craziest shit Being a part of the craziest Running around the wrong people Running with guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it right And he knew that he needed to get 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 he works in the morning and the evenings And then he then come home To eight or nine hours of sleep But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people Just chanting his Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the world 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, it way back 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 orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not live this "You a white boy You ain't never experienced shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens 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 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 to the first black man) And this 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 here today, A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say Even though we're all and created equal We are not treated extremists on every side And you should just do your best to live And let other people believe they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe they're going to You can it's not right You can believe you're superior, Just stop each other