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Everybody wanna tell me I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you talk about being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That door you to open, you could shut 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' what we preach 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my momma lie to me for everyone that lied to me
Peace on what I try to be
I wanna spread the message of equality And yes, I got to 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 gat?
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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 father and a white that wasn't there Addicted to cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs 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 was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever 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 these babies 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 what you can or can't be kid went through everything He went He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that happened to kid And he persevered while the whole said What they Said you 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 that's why the message is peace, love and positivity See, he always saw from two sides He always saw from two sides He always knew that the Everybody was equal of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation He knew because he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side did not know people that are ignorant That cannot see the picture That must fight and kill and murder each But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a message of For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now imagine child growing up And the craziest shit a part of the craziest shit Running around the wrong people Running around guns and knives And fighting and 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 needed to get away it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then come To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, the remote control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and and thousands of people Just chanting his Hoping 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, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that He peace, love, and positivity He said 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 a white boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We live with the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black man) And young man persevered in spite Of what 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 that man is today, proud A of all human beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say Even though we're all and created equal We are not treated There's extremists on side And you should just do your best to live And let people believe whatever they wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're going to You can it's not right You can believe superior, fine Just stop killing each