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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first white man At the very moment when they looked around and "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
wanna tell me what 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 a hype boy?" "Why you always talk being black? too white, nigga 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 I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down and see me when I am in yo' town Practice what we preach it go down Practice we preach before it go Yes, I got the to gab fo sho I have 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 deep down inside of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be me why my momma 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 Will I to get the gat? 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 to the first white man
At the very moment when they looked around and "Fuck it, I'ma this land" Take it back, it way back Take it way way back to the first man Long ago before the man Could paint the black man with a gun in his Take it back, take it way Take it way way back to the first man At the very moment they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to about Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a baby was born To a black father and a white Father that there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you about that, And I'm tell you about how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he wanted 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 black 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 school callin' him a as black, looking as white Being told what you can or be kid went through everything He through He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was shit that happened 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 why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things two sides He always knew the message Everybody was born 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 torn By his black and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was and he was torn down By his white that did not know These people that are 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 every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And seeing the shit a part of the craziest shit Running with the wrong people around with guns and knives And fighting and and, and all this Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew deep in his heart that it wasn't right And he that he needed to get away from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And he would then come home To about or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people chanting his name Hoping it would 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, 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 you to also imagine People telling him that he did not this life "You just a boy You ain't experienced that 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 with the narcotics and violence in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black man) And young man persevered in spite Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even though all born and created equal We are not equally extremists on every side And you just do your best to live life And let other people believe they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe not right You can you're superior, fine stop killing each other