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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the white man At the very moment they looked around and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk being black? Skin too white, nigga that" you talk about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could that Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back me what I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice we preach before it go down Practice what we before 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep down of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody fuck like 'Cause one or the what it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for everyone lied to me
Peace on Earth I try to be
I just wanna 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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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 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 gonna you about how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy went hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna 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 at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as told what you can or can't be This kid through everything He through He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was shit that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole said they said? Said you 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 message is always peace, love and See, he always saw from two sides He always saw things from two He knew that the message Everybody was equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not These people that are That cannot see the bigger That must fight and kill and murder each But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the craziest Being a part of the shit Running around with the wrong Running around guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this Because he didn't know, he 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 also imagine, that at 17 old This child, okay, leaves home and two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And he would then come home To about eight or nine hours of But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of Just chanting his Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya black 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 said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not this life "You just a 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 didn't live with the narcotics and violence in your We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the first man) And this young man persevered in Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black) And that man is here today, A of all human 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 equally extremists on every side And you should just do your best to live And let other people whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe they're to hell You can believe it's not You can believe you're superior, Just stop killing each