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1] 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 such a boy?" "Why you talk about being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you talk about, cut That you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma back Tell me I am and what I know now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it need to 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 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 down of me The plantation deep inside of me fuck like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone that to me Peace on Earth 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
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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., where a baby was born To a black father and a mother that 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 gonna you about how All this young boy ever wanted was All he wanted was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And this boy went through You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All black babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is it is You know, he grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school callin' him a Identifying as black, as white told what you can or can't be This kid went through He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit that happened to kid And he while the whole world said What 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 message is always peace, and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He saw things from two sides He knew that 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 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 people that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That fight and kill and murder each other But once again, all he ever to do Was a message of equality For every man, woman, and of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now this child growing up And seeing the craziest Being a part of the shit around with the wrong people Running around with and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all he didn't know, he didn't know! But he deep down in his heart 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, leaves and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he would then come 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 pretending to see thousands and and thousands of people Just his name that it would 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, take it way Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that He peace, love, and positivity He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I want you to imagine People telling him that he did not live this "You a white boy You ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live the narcotics and violence in your household We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" And this young man persevered in Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all beings of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say: though 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 believe whatever they wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're to hell You can believe not right You can believe you're superior, stop killing each other