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it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to the first man At the very when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma steal land"
Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk about being too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That you trying to open, you could shut that the gat, yeah that's how I'ma 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 and see me when I am in yo' town Practice what we preach before it go 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? deep down inside 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 wanna spread the message of equality And yes, I got to to gab fo sho Will I to get the gat? No, no Yes, I got to to gab fo sho But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the
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it back, take it way back Take it way, way to the first white man
At the very moment when they around and said "Fuck it, steal this land" Take it back, it way back Take it way way to the first black man Long ago the white man Could paint the black man with a gun in his Take it back, take it way Take it way way back to the first man At the moment when they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was To a father and a white mother Father that wasn't to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm tell you about that, right? And I'm tell you about how All this young boy ever was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black babies with black men but you bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as told what you can or can't be This kid 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 persevered the whole 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 fuck that, persevere And that's why the is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things two sides He always that the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation 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 sisters that uneducated And did not know And he was and he was torn down By his white side that did not These people that are That cannot see the bigger That must fight and kill and murder other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the shit Being a part of the craziest Running with the wrong people around with guns and knives And fighting and and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart it wasn't right And he knew that he to get away from 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 he works in the morning and the evenings And he would then come home To about eight or hours of sleep But four, five, six hours of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping that it 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 black 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 want you to imagine People telling him that he did not live life "You just a boy You ain't never that shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there 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 narcotics and in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black man) And young man persevered in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black) And that man is today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's to say Even though we're all born and equal We are not treated There's extremists on every And you just do your best to live life And let other people whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing other