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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, boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, fuck that" you talk about, cut that That door you to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma buck Tell me what I am and what I 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 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? deep down inside of me The deep down inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the other what it be Tell me why my gotta 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 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 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a father and a white mother that wasn't there Addicted to cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna tell you that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this young boy wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna 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 school him a cracker as black, looking as white Being what you can or can't be kid went through everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was shit that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole said What they 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 that, I'ma persevere And why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw things from two He saw things from two sides He always knew that the Everybody was equal of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation He that because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black brothers and sisters that were And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his white side that did not These people that are That cannot see the picture must fight and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a message of For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this growing up And seeing the shit Being a part of the craziest Running around with the people Running around with and knives And and stealing and, and all this Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it wasn't And he that he needed to get away from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two to support himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And then he would then come To about eight or nine of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see thousands and and thousands of people Just his name Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the world no! Mothafucka, little no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya boy, ya black mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he said that He said peace, love, and He said for all man of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah Now I you to also 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 weren't We live with you, we didn't live in your Section 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 you white, you gotta 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 it way, way back 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 treated There's extremists on every And you should just do your best to live And let people believe whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not anybody You can they're going to hell You can believe it's not You can believe superior, fine Just stop killing each