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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 tell me what I am, I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about being Skin too white, nigga that" you talk about, cut that That you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma back Tell me what I am and I know now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to slow Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice what we preach before it go Practice what we preach 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get deep down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me
Peace on what I try to be
I wanna spread the message of equality And yes, I got to to gab fo sho I have 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 gat?
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to about 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black father and a white Father that there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various 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 wanted was All he ever wanted was All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black with black men but you racist Like bitch, don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told what you can or be This kid went through He through He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he persevered the whole world 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 fuck that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is peace, love and positivity See, he always saw from two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew the message Everybody was born of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation He knew that he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and down By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his side that did not know people that are ignorant That cannot see the picture That must fight and and murder each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a message of For man, woman, and child of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this growing up And seeing the craziest Being a of the craziest shit around with the wrong people Running around with 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 This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he would come home To about or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of Working on music, Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people Just his name 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 Take it way, way to the first) And he said fuck He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I want you to imagine People him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't never that shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We live with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black man) And young man persevered in spite 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 of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's to say Even though all born and created equal We are not treated There's extremists on every And you should do your best to live life And let people believe whatever they wanna believe As as they're not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're to hell You can believe not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing other