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Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first white man At the very when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Everybody wanna tell me I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you about, cut that door you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck back Tell me what I am and what I 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 preach before it go 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep down of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for that lied to me
Peace on what I try to be
I just wanna spread the message of And yes, I got to to gab fo sho Will I have to get the No, no Yes, I got to to gab fo sho But have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
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it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to the white man
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to about 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black father and a white Father that there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other 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 wanted to do was And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is 'Cause how in the fuck is you have All these babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The at school callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told what you can or be This kid went through He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that to this kid And he persevered while the whole world 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 fuck that, persevere And that's why the message is always peace, love and See, he always saw things two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew the message 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 stripped and torn By his black brothers and that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his side that did not know These that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must 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 Take it way, way to the first) Now this child growing up And seeing the craziest Being a part of the craziest Running around the wrong people Running with guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he needed to get from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two to support himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And then he then come home To eight or nine hours of sleep But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping that it would 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 it way, way back 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 also telling him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens 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 narcotics and violence in household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black man) And young man persevered in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and would be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say Even though we're all born and equal We are not treated There's on every side And you should do your best to live life And let other people believe whatever wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can they're going to hell You can it's not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing other