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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to about 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a father 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 tell you about how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went through You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, looking as Being told what you can or be This kid through everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit that happened to kid And he persevered the whole world said What said? Said you be shit! You ain't be nothin', 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 always peace, love and See, he saw things from two sides He always saw from two sides He always knew that the 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 stripped and torn By his black brothers and that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side did not know These people are ignorant That see the bigger picture must fight and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever 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 Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the craziest Being a part of the shit Running around with the wrong Running with guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this Because he 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 away it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he would then home To about eight or nine hours of But four, five, six hours of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of 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 white boy, ya black No-no! (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that He said peace, love, and He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine telling him that he did not live this life "You just a boy You ain't experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in your We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" And this young man persevered in Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black) And that man is here today, A of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And here to say: Even we're all born and created equal We are not treated There's extremists on side And you should just do your best to 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 not right You can believe superior, fine Just killing each other