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it back, take it way back Take it way, way to the first white man At the very moment when they looked and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you a hype 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, that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we before it go down Practice what we 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 deep down inside of me Everybody fuck like one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone that 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?
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the first man Long ago before the man Could paint the man with a gun in his hand
Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first white man
At the moment when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land" it back, take it way back Take it way way to the first black man Long ago before the man Could paint the man with a gun in his hand Take it back, take it way Take it way way to the first white man At the very moment when they looked and said "Fuck it, I'ma steal land"
it back, take it way back Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black father and a white Father wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you that, right? And I'm gonna you about how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever wanted to do was And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is 'Cause how in the fuck is you have 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 grew up, her him a nigger The kids at school him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told you can or can't be This kid went through He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was was crazy shit that happened to this kid And he persevered the whole 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 message is always peace, and positivity See, he always saw things 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 that because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and down By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his white side did not know people that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder other But again, all he ever wanted 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 child growing up And seeing the craziest Being a part of the craziest Running around with the people Running around with guns and 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 wasn't And he knew he needed to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 old This child, okay, leaves and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And then he would then come To about eight or nine hours of But spend four, five, six hours of Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of Just his name Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka 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 fuck He said peace, love, and He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not live life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't 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 just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black man) And this young man in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black) And that man is today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say Even we're all born and created equal We are not equally extremists on every side And you should just do best to live life And let other believe whatever they wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can they're going to hell You can it's not right You can believe you're superior, stop killing each other