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1] Everybody wanna tell me I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about 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 I'ma back me what I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice what we preach before it go 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep inside of me The plantation down inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone lied to me Peace on what I try to be I just wanna the message of equality 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, take it way Take it way, way back to about Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a black 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 gonna tell you that, right? And I'm tell you about 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 mother was racist, which is 'Cause how in the fuck is you have All these black babies with black men but you Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he up, her callin' him a nigger The kids at callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as Being what you can or can't be This kid went through He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that happened to kid And he persevered while the whole world they 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, persevere And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he always saw things from two He always saw from two sides He always knew the message was born equal 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 down By his black brothers and sisters were uneducated And did not know And he was and he was torn down By his white side that did not These people are ignorant That cannot see the picture That must fight and kill and murder each But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a message of For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And seeing the craziest a part of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong Running around with guns and And fighting and stealing and, and all 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 you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he would come home To about eight or nine hours of But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people chanting his name Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya boy, ya black mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he said fuck He said peace, love, and He said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens 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 just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" And this man persevered in spite Of what told 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 here today, A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And here to say: Even we're all born and created equal We are not equally There's extremists on every And you should just do your best to live And let other people believe whatever wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe they're to hell You can believe not right You can believe superior, fine Just stop killing each