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1] Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about being Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you talk about, cut door you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to slow Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice we preach before it go down Practice what we preach 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep down of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the 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 just wanna 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 to about 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland a.m., where a biracial baby was born To a black father and a mother Father that there 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 gonna tell you how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And this boy through hell 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 don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at school him a cracker Identifying as black, as white Being 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 that happened to kid And he while the whole world said What they Said you 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 message is peace, love and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw things two sides He always that the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters that uneducated And did not know And he was and he was torn down By his white that did not know These people are ignorant cannot see the bigger picture 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 of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the shit Being a of the craziest shit Running around the wrong people Running around guns and knives 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 that he needed to get away it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he would then come To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of 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 white boy, ya mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) And he said fuck He said peace, love, and He equality for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't experienced that shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the 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?" And young man persevered in spite Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black) And that man is today, proud A of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say: Even though we're all born and created We are not equally extremists on every side And you should just do your best to live And let other people whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine Just killing each other