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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first white man At the very when they looked around and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
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 such a boy?" "Why you always about being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you about, cut that door you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and what I now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to slow 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 have to get the No, no Yes, I got to to gab fo sho But will to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep down of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone that to me
on Earth what 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 the first man
At the moment when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land" Take it back, it way back Take it way way back to the first man Long ago the white man Could the black man with a gun in his hand Take it back, it way back Take it way way to the first white man At the very moment when looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma steal land"
Take it back, take it way it way, way back to about 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a black father and a white that 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 tell you about how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went through You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black babies black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is 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 through everything He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that to this kid And he persevered while the world said they 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 that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is always peace, love and See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things from two He always knew the message Everybody was equal of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation He that because he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his white side that did not people that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must fight and kill and each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was a message of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And the craziest shit Being a part of the shit Running around the wrong people Running around with guns and And and stealing and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, at 17 years old child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And he would then come home To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of chanting his name Hoping 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 Take it way, way to the first) And he said that He said peace, love, and He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not live this "You just a boy You never experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't live in Section 8 household We live with the narcotics and violence in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black man) And this young man persevered in Of what people him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way 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 though we're all born and equal We are not treated extremists on every side And you should just do best to live life And let other believe whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're to hell You can believe it's not You can you're superior, fine Just stop each other