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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 steal land"
wanna tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you talk about, cut That you trying to open, you could shut that the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck back Tell me I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to slow Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice what we before it go down what we preach 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 deep down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody like sodomy one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me
Peace on Earth I try to be
I just wanna 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 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 the white man Could paint the black man with a gun in his
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first white man
At the very moment they looked around and said "Fuck it, steal this land" it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the black man ago before the white man Could paint the man with a gun in his hand it back, take it way back Take it way way back to the white man At the very moment when they looked and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a baby was born To a black and a white mother 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 gonna tell you how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was 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 black babies with 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 at school callin' 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 There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he while the whole world said What they you wouldn't 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 always peace, love and See, he always saw things two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew the message Everybody was 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 down By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his white that did not know These people that are cannot see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder other But once again, all he ever to do Was a message of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now this child growing up And the craziest shit a part of the craziest shit Running around with the people Running around guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it right And he knew that he needed to get away 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 then he would come home To about or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people Just his name that 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 boy, ya black mothafucka 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 said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I want you to imagine People him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there 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 your We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black man) And this young man in spite Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black) And that man is here today, A lover of all beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even though all born and created equal We are not treated There's extremists on every And you should just do your best to life And let other people believe they wanna believe As as they're not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're going to You can it's not right You can you're superior, fine Just killing each other