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Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first white man At the very moment when they looked and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
wanna tell me what I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you could 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 fast, it need to slow down and see me when I am in yo' town Practice what we preach it go down Practice what we preach it go Yes, I got the to gab fo sho Will I have to get the No, no Yes, I got to to gab fo sho But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get Masta deep inside of me The plantation deep inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me for everyone that lied to me
Peace on what I try to be
I just wanna spread the 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the first man Long ago the white man Could paint the black man a gun in his hand
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the first man
At the very moment when they around and said "Fuck it, steal this land" Take it back, it way back Take it way way back to the first man Long ago before the man Could paint the man with a gun in his hand Take it back, it way back Take it way way back to the first man At the very moment they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a baby was born To a father and a white mother Father wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, And I'm tell you about how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever wanted to do was And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black babies black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, as white Being told you can or can't be kid went through everything He through He saw narcotics in the 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 gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, persevere And that's why the message is peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things two sides He always that 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 torn By his black and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side did not know people that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a message of For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And the craziest shit Being a part of the shit 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 down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he to get away from it Now I want you to imagine, that 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 then home To about eight or hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see thousands and and thousands of people Just chanting his that 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, 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 orientation, yeah Now I want you to imagine People telling him that he did not live this "You a white boy You ain't experienced that shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't 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 since you white, you have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black man) And young man persevered in spite Of people told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And here to say Even though all born and created equal We are not equally extremists on every side And you should just do your best to life And let other people whatever they wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can they're going to hell You can believe not right You can believe superior, fine Just stop killing each