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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the first man At the very moment when looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma steal land"
wanna tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight 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, yeah that's how buck back me what I am and what I know now All this has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice we preach before it go down Practice what we 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta down inside of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody fuck like 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone that 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 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 the
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the first man
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black father and a mother that wasn't there Addicted to 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 young boy wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna 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 kids at school him a cracker as black, looking as white Being what you can or can't be This kid went everything He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy that happened to this kid And he while the whole world said What they you wouldn't be shit! You ain't be nothin', 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 from two sides He always saw things from two He always knew the message Everybody was born of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation He knew that he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his side that did not know These people that are That cannot see the bigger That must fight and kill and murder each But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now this child growing up And the craziest shit Being a of the craziest shit Running around with the people Running with guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his that it wasn't right And he knew that he needed to get away it Now I want you to also imagine, at 17 years old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he in the morning and the evenings And then he would come home To eight or nine 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 and thousands 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 Take it way, way 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 want you to also telling him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced 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 Section 8 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?" (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black man) And this man persevered in spite Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black) And that man is here today, A of all human beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even though we're all born and equal We are not treated There's extremists on side And you just 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 not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing each