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Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you a hype boy?" "Why you always talk about black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you about, cut that That door you to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how I'ma back Tell me what I am and 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' what we preach before it go down 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? deep down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody fuck like 'Cause one or the what it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to about Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby 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 about that, And I'm gonna tell you how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And this boy through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black babies black men but you racist 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, as white told what you can or can't be This kid went through He went He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that happened to kid And he persevered while the world said they said? Said you be shit! You gon' be nothin', 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 always peace, love and See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things two sides He always knew the message Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual 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 did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not These people are ignorant cannot see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine child growing up And seeing the shit Being a part of the shit Running around with the wrong Running around guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart that it right And he knew that he to get away from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he works in the morning and the And he would then come home To about eight or hours of sleep 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 Just chanting his Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya 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 imagine People telling him that he did not live this "You just a boy You ain't never experienced shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens Oh no, no, we know, we there 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 just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black man) And this young man persevered in Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And here to say Even though we're all born and equal We are not equally There's extremists on every And you should just do your to live life And let other believe whatever they wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can they're going to hell You can it's not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop each other