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Everybody wanna tell me what I am, 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 always talk being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you about, cut that That door you to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All this has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down 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 have to get the No, no Yes, I got to to gab fo sho But have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? deep down inside of me The plantation down 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 what I try to be
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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., where a biracial baby was To a black father and a white Father wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna you about that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever to do was entertain And this boy went through You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All black babies with black men but you racist bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' 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 everything He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was shit that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole said What said? you wouldn't be shit! You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said that, I'ma persevere And why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He saw things from two sides He always that the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that because he saw (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not These people are ignorant That see the bigger picture That fight and kill and murder each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was a message of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And seeing the shit Being a part of the shit Running around with the wrong Running around with guns and And fighting and and, and all this 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 needed to get from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And he would then come home To eight or nine 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 and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the world no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya boy, ya black mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) And he said fuck 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 telling him he did not live this life "You a white boy You never experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens 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 and violence in your household We just saw it 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 this man persevered in spite Of people 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 human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's to say Even 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 whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can they're going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe you're superior, Just killing each other