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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, steal this land"
wanna 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 about being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma back Tell me what I am and 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 what we preach before it go down Practice we preach before it go Yes, I got the to gab fo sho Will I 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? Masta deep inside of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody fuck sodomy one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me
Peace on what I try to be
I wanna spread the message of equality And yes, I got to to gab fo sho Will I 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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At the moment when they looked around and said "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 black man a gun in his hand Take it back, it way back Take it way way to the first white man At the very moment they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black 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 that, right? And I'm tell you about how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever to do was entertain And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All black babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white told what you can or can't be This kid went through He through He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy that happened to this kid And he persevered the whole world said What they 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, I'ma And that's why the is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things from two He saw things from two sides He knew that the message Everybody was equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He that because he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black brothers and sisters that were And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his white that did not know These that are ignorant That cannot see the picture That must fight and kill and each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a message of 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 this child growing up And seeing the craziest a part of the craziest shit Running around the wrong people Running around with guns and And and stealing 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 he needed to get away from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And he would then come home To about eight or nine hours of But four, five, six hours of that Working on music, the remote control and looking in the mirror And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people Just his name Hoping that it would 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 black No-no! (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) And he said that He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not live life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens 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 in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black man) And this young man persevered in Of people 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 he's to say Even though we're all born and created We are not equally There's extremists on every And you should do your best to live 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 it's not You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing other