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1] Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you shut that Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and what I now All this 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 preach it go Yes, I got the to gab fo sho Will I to get the gat? 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 down of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me for everyone that lied to me Peace on Earth I try to be I wanna spread the message of equality And yes, I got to to gab fo sho Will I to get the gat? No, no Yes, I got to to gab fo sho But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a baby was born To a black and a white mother Father that wasn't Addicted to cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna you about that, right? And I'm gonna you about how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was 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 have All these black babies black men but you racist Like bitch, that make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as Being what you can or can't be This kid went through He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole said What said? Said you be shit! You gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, persevere And that's why the message is always peace, love and See, he always saw from two sides He always saw things from two He knew that the message Everybody was equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that because he saw (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters that were And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his white side that did not These that are ignorant That cannot see the picture That must fight and kill and murder each But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the shit Being a part of the shit Running with the wrong people Running around with and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew deep down in his that it wasn't right And he knew that he needed to get from it Now I want you to also imagine, at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would come home To eight or nine hours of sleep But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of Just chanting his Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya black 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 Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I want you to imagine telling him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in your We just saw it the outside, 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 Take it way, way back to the black) And that man is today, proud A of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And here to say: Even we're all born and created equal We are not equally There's extremists on every And you should just do your best to life And let other believe whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can they're going to hell You can believe not right You can believe superior, fine stop killing each other