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1] Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk about black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma back Tell me I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we preach before it go 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? deep down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me Peace on Earth I try to be I wanna spread 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, take it way Take it way, way back to about Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black father and a mother Father wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, And I'm gonna you about how All this young boy ever wanted was All he ever wanted was All he ever to do was entertain And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black babies black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, as white told what you can or can't be This kid went through He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he persevered the whole world said What said? you wouldn't be shit! You ain't gon' be 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 things from two He always saw from two sides He knew 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 and torn down By his black and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was and he was torn down By his white side that did not people that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That fight and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, take it way 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 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 that he needed to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and two jobs to support himself Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then come To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and and thousands of people Just his name Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little no-no, 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 said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to imagine People telling him he did not live this life "You a white boy You ain't experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We live with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't with the narcotics and violence in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" And young man persevered in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all human of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And he's here to Even though all born and created equal We are not equally There's on every side And you should just do your best to life 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 not right You can believe you're superior, Just killing each other