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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first white man At the very moment when they looked around and "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you talk about being black? Skin too white, fuck that" you talk about, cut that That you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck back Tell me what I am and what I now All prejudice has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town what we preach before it go down Practice what we 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep inside of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for everyone that to me
on Earth what I try to be
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first white man
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to about Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a black father and a mother that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy went through You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All black 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 callin' him a The kids at callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as Being told what you can or be This kid went everything He through He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy that happened to this 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 things from two He saw things from two sides He knew that the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that because he saw (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his white side did not know people that are ignorant That see the bigger picture must fight and kill and murder each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a message of 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 craziest a part of the craziest shit Running around the wrong people Running around with guns and And fighting and and, and all this he didn't 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 from it Now I want you to also imagine, at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would come home To about eight or nine hours of But spend four, five, six hours of on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people Just chanting his Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the said 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, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he fuck that He peace, love, and positivity 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 life "You a white boy You ain't experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black man) And this young man persevered in Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and would be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black) And that man is here today, A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say Even though we're all born and equal We are not equally There's extremists on side And you should just do your best to life And let people 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 believe you're superior, Just killing each other