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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., where a biracial was born To a father and a white mother that wasn't there Addicted to cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna you about that, right? And I'm tell you about how All this young boy ever was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy went hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is 'Cause how in the fuck is you have All these black babies black men but you racist Like bitch, don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at school him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told you can or can't be kid went through everything He went He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was shit that happened to this kid And he persevered while the world said What they 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 why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things from two He always saw things from two He knew that the message Everybody was equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters that were And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not These people that are That see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now this child growing up And the craziest shit Being a part of the craziest Running around the wrong people Running around guns and knives And and stealing 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 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 support Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then home To about eight or nine of sleep But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, the remote control 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, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya boy, ya black mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he said fuck He said peace, love, and He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I want you to imagine telling him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced that You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing 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 with the and violence in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back 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, 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 here to say though we're all born and created equal We are not equally There's extremists on side And you should just do your best to live And let other believe whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe they're going to You can believe it's not You can you're superior, fine Just killing each other