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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the first man At the very moment when they around and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, fuck that" you talk about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could shut Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to down Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice what we preach before it go 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 inside of me The deep down inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone lied to me
Peace on what I try to be
I just wanna spread the message of 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 will to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black man Long ago before the man Could paint the black man a gun in his hand
Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first white man
At the very moment when they looked around and "Fuck it, I'ma this land" Take it back, it way back 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, 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"
Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to about Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7: 36 a.m., where a baby was born To a black father and a mother that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm tell you about that, right? And I'm tell you about how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy went through You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is how in the fuck is you gonna have All these black babies with black men but you Like bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at school him a cracker Identifying as black, as white told what you can or can't be This kid went everything He through He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he while the whole world said they said? Said you be shit! You ain't be nothin', 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 from two sides He always saw from two sides He always that the message Everybody was equal 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 that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not people that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was a message of equality For every man, woman, and of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now this child growing up And the craziest shit Being a part of the shit around with the wrong people Running with guns and knives And fighting and 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, at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two to support himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then come To about or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping it would happen But the, but the, but the said 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 fuck that He said peace, love, and He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People telling him he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't 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 to the first black man) And this young man in spite Of people told him he was, wasn't, and would 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 beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even though we're all born and equal We are not equally There's extremists on every And you should do your best to live life And let people believe whatever they wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're to hell You can it's not right You can believe you're superior, Just killing each other