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wanna tell me what I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always about being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could that Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back me what I am and what I know now All this has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we 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 will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get Masta down inside of me The deep down inside of me Everybody fuck like 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me for everyone that lied to me
Peace on what I try to be
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to about Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a father and a white mother Father that 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 tell you about how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And boy went through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna 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 grew up, her callin' him a The kids at callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being what you can or can't be kid went through everything He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that happened to kid And he while the whole world said What said? you wouldn't 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 message is always peace, and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw from two sides He always knew that the was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters that were And that did not And he was and he was torn down By his white side that did not These people that are cannot 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, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this growing up And seeing the craziest Being a of the craziest shit Running around the wrong people Running with guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew deep down in his heart it wasn't right And he knew 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 that he in the morning and the evenings And then he then come home To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of on music, persevering Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people Just chanting his Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya black No-no! (Take it back, it way back it way, way back 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 he did not live this life "You just a boy You never experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 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 gotta money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black man) And this young man persevered in Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black) And man is here 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 extremists on every side And you should do your best to live life And let other people whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're to hell You can it's not right You can you're superior, fine Just killing each other