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1] Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you talk about being black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you trying to open, you could that Grip the gat, yeah that's how 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 preach before it go Practice what we preach 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 down inside of me The plantation deep down of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone that to me Peace on Earth I try to be I just wanna spread the message of 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?
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to 1990 Shady 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 gonna tell you about that, And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy ever wanted was All he ever was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you have All these black with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at school him a cracker Identifying as black, as white Being told you can or can't be kid went through everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was was crazy shit that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole said What said? you wouldn't be shit! You gon' be nothin', 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, and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things from two He always knew the message 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 black brothers and that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his white that did not know people that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger must fight and kill and murder each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a message of For every man, woman, and 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 seeing the craziest Being a part of the shit around with the wrong people Running with guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he to get away from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to himself Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would come home To about eight or nine of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of chanting his name Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the world 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 it way, way back to the first) And he fuck that He peace, love, and positivity He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People him that he did not live this life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live you, we didn't live in your 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 since you white, you gotta money, right?" And young man persevered in spite Of people 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 of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say: Even we're all born and created equal We are not treated extremists on every side And you just do your best to live life And let other people believe whatever they wanna As long as they're not anybody You can believe going to hell You can it's not right You can you're superior, fine stop killing each other