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Everybody wanna me what I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could shut Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and I know now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to slow Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we preach before it go Practice what we before 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? deep down inside of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me
Peace on Earth I try to be
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a father and a white mother Father wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you that, right? And I'm tell you about how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these babies with black 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 kids at school him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as Being what you can or can't be kid went through everything He went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was shit that happened to this kid And he while the whole world said What said? you wouldn't be shit! You ain't be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he said fuck that, persevere And why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things from two He always saw things two sides He always knew the message Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He that because he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was and he was torn down By his white side that did not people that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must and kill and murder 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 orientation (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine child growing up And seeing the shit Being a part of the shit Running around the wrong people Running around with and knives And fighting and and, and all this Because he didn't know, he 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 want you to 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 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 thousands and of people Just his name that it would happen But the, but the, but the world no! Mothafucka, little no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he said that He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not live life "You a white boy You ain't experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't live in your 8 household We didn't live with the 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 it way, way back to the first black man) And young man persevered in spite Of what people 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 lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say though we're all born and created equal We are not equally There's on every side And you should just do your best to live And let other people believe whatever they wanna As long as not hurtin' anybody You can they're going to hell You can believe not right You can believe superior, fine Just stop killing other