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1] Everybody 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 a hype boy?" "Why you talk about being black? 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 I'ma buck Tell me what I am and what I now All prejudice has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice what we preach before it go Practice 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta down inside of me The plantation down inside 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 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, take it way it way, way back to about 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a baby was born To a father and a white mother that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other 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 wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told you can or can't be kid went through everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit that to this kid And he persevered while the world said What they Said you be shit! You ain't be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said that, I'ma persevere And why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things from two He saw things from two sides He always knew 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 and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was and he was torn down By his white that did not know These that are ignorant That cannot see the picture That fight and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a message of For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And the craziest shit Being a part of the shit around with 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 deep down in his heart that it 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 then he then come home To about eight or hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering 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 said peace, love, and He equality for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we there We live with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the and violence in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" And young man persevered in spite Of people 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 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 extremists on every side And you should just do your to live life And let other people believe whatever they wanna As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're to hell You can believe not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing other