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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the first man At the moment when they looked around and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you talk about being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma back me what I am and what I know 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 before it go down Practice we preach before 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 inside of me The plantation deep down of me fuck like 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 Earth I try to be
I just 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the
Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the first man ago before the white man Could paint the black man a gun in his hand
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the first man
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it back, take it way back Take it way, way to about 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a father and a white mother Father wasn't there to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna you about that, right? And I'm tell you about how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is how in the fuck is you gonna have All black babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at school him a cracker Identifying as black, as white told what you can or can't be This kid 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 be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is peace, love 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 that because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not These people that are That cannot see the bigger must fight and kill and murder each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And the craziest shit Being a of the craziest shit Running around the wrong people Running around with guns and And fighting and and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he deep down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he needed to get away it Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 old This child, okay, leaves home and two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he 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 Working on music, Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka 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 orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not this life "You a white boy You never experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens 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 household We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way 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 of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say though we're all born and created equal We are not treated There's extremists on every And you should just do your to live life And let other people believe whatever they believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine stop killing each other