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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 around and "Fuck it, steal this land"
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 such a boy?" "Why you always about being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you shut that Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All this has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town what we preach before it go down Practice what we before 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep inside of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody fuck like one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone that to me
Peace on what I try to be
I just 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 the first man
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it back, take 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 white Father that wasn't Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other 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 was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is 'Cause how in the fuck is you have All these black with black men but you racist Like bitch, don't 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 Being told what you can or 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 while the whole 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 said fuck that, persevere And that's why the message is always peace, love and See, he saw things from two sides He always saw things two sides He always knew that the was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and down By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his white side that did not These people are ignorant cannot see the bigger picture That must fight and and murder each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now this child growing up And seeing the shit a part of the craziest shit Running around with the people Running with guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it right And he knew that he needed to get from it Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then come To about eight or nine hours of But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the world no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya boy, ya black mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) And he said that He said peace, love, and He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I want you to imagine People telling him that he did not live this "You just a boy You ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't in your Section 8 household We live with the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black man) And this young man in spite Of what people him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black) And man is here today, proud A of all human beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even though we're all and created equal We are not treated extremists on every side And you should do your best to live life And let other people believe whatever wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe it's not You can believe you're superior, Just stop killing each