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1] Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut door you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma back me what I am and what 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 before it go down 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? deep down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me on Earth what 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?
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to about Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black and a white mother that wasn't 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 young boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he wanted to do was entertain And this boy went hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All these black babies with 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 at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white Being told what you can or be This kid went through He through... He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit 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, I'ma And that's why the message is peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things from two He always saw things two sides He always that the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that because he saw (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters that uneducated And did not know And he was and he was torn down By his side that did not know These that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must fight and and murder each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now this child growing up And seeing the shit Being a of the craziest shit Running with the wrong people Running with guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his 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 to support himself Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then home To about eight or hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of Working on music, the remote control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of Just his name that it would 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 mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he said that He peace, love, and positivity He equality for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to imagine People telling him that he did not this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we live in your Section 8 household We live with the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" And this man persevered in spite Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say: Even though we're all born and created We are not equally extremists on every side And you should just do your best to life And let other people believe whatever they wanna As long as they're not anybody You can they're going to hell You can it's not right You can believe you're superior, Just stop killing each