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Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut door you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma back Tell me what I am and I know now All this has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town what we preach before it go down Practice we preach before 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 will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get Masta deep inside of me The plantation deep inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me
Peace on what I try to be
I wanna spread the message 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 back to 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a baby was born 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 tell you about that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy went through You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black babies 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 callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white told what you can or can't be This kid through everything He through He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he persevered while the world said What said? Said you be shit! You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw things two sides He always knew 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 sisters were uneducated And did not know And he was and he was torn down By his white that did not know These that are ignorant That see the bigger picture must fight and kill and murder each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine child growing up And the craziest shit Being a part of the craziest Running with the wrong people Running around guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it wasn't And he that he needed to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 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 come home To about eight or hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people Just chanting his 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, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he said fuck He peace, love, and positivity He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I want you to imagine People telling him that he did not live life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced 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 your 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in 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 back to the 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 it way, way back to the first black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say Even though we're all and created equal We are not equally There's extremists on every And you should just do your to live life And let other people believe they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe they're going to You can it's not right You can believe superior, fine stop killing each other