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1] Everybody wanna tell me 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 a hype boy?" "Why you always talk about being too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you shut that Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and what I now All prejudice has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down and see me when I am in yo' town Practice we preach before it go down Practice what we preach 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 down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for everyone lied to me Peace on what I try to be I just wanna 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 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 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black father and a mother that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you that, right? And I'm tell you about how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever to do was entertain And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you have All these babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that 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 Identifying as black, as white Being told you can or can't be kid went through everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was was crazy shit that 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 fuck that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is always peace, love and See, he saw things from two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew the message Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He that because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and down By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not These that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and each other But once again, all he ever to do Was a message of equality For every man, woman, and 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 the craziest shit Being a part of the craziest Running with the wrong people around with guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his that it wasn't right And he that he needed to get away from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And then he would then come To about eight or hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya black 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 equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I you to also imagine telling him that he did not live this life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't live in 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?" And this man persevered in spite Of what people 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 here today, A of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's here to Even though we're all and created equal We are not treated There's extremists on every 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 they're going to hell You can it's not right You can you're superior, fine Just killing each other