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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the white man At the very when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma 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 such a boy?" "Why you always talk about being Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you 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 it go down what we preach 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get Masta deep down of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for 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 I have to get the gat? No, no Yes, I got to to gab fo sho But have 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 to the first white man
At the very moment when they looked around and "Fuck it, I'ma this land" Take it back, take it way Take it way way back to the black man ago before the white man Could paint the man with a gun in his hand Take it back, take it way Take it way way back to the white man At the very moment when they looked around and "Fuck it, I'ma steal land"
it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a father and a white mother Father that wasn't to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, And I'm tell you about how All this young boy ever was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went through You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you 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 as black, looking as white Being what 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 crazy shit that to this kid And he while 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 said fuck that, persevere And that's why the is always peace, love and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw things from two He always knew that the was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that because he saw (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not These people are ignorant That cannot see the picture That fight and kill and murder each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this child up And the craziest shit Being a of the craziest shit around with the wrong people Running around with and knives And fighting and and, and all this he didn't 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, that at 17 old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support Two jobs that he in the morning and the evenings And he would then come home To about eight or hours of sleep But four, five, six hours of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people Just his name Hoping it would happen But the, but the, but the world no! Mothafucka, little no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to also telling him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You never experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't live in your 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in your We saw it from 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 to the first black man) And this young man persevered in Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black) And that man is today, proud A lover of all human of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even we're all born and created equal We are not equally There's extremists on every And you should just do best to live life And let other people believe whatever they wanna As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe not right You can believe you're superior, Just stop killing other