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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"
wanna tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about being too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That 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 is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we preach before it go Practice what we 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 deep down of me The plantation down inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me
on Earth 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 will to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way 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 to the first black man ago before the white man Could paint the man with a gun in his hand Take it back, it way back Take it way way to the first white man At the very when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a father 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 you about that, right? And I'm tell you about how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever to do was entertain And this boy through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black babies with men but you racist 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 Being what you can or can't be kid went through everything He through He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that to this kid And he persevered while the world said they said? Said you be shit! You gon' 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 is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw from two sides He saw things from two sides He always that the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He that because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not These people are ignorant That see the bigger picture That fight and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was a message of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine child growing up And seeing the shit Being a part of the craziest Running with the wrong people Running around guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he to get away from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then home To about eight or hours of sleep But four, five, six hours of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people Just 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 white boy, ya black No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he said that He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to imagine People telling him that he did not live this "You a white boy You ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't live in Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black man) And this young man persevered in Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and would be (Take it back, take it way it way, way back 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 he's to say Even though all born and created equal We are not equally extremists on every side And you should do your best to live life And let other people believe 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 each other