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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the first man At the very moment when they around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Everybody wanna 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 being Skin too white, nigga that" you talk about, cut that That door you trying to open, you shut that Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back me what I am and what I know now All this has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice we preach before it go down 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 will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get deep down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody fuck sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for that lied 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 Will I to get the gat? No, no Yes, I got to to gab fo sho But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the
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Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the first man
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it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to about Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a father and a white mother Father that wasn't Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other 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 ever to do was entertain And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is how in the fuck is you gonna have All these black with 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 at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, as white Being what you can or can't be kid went through everything He through He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he persevered while the world 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 fuck that, persevere And that's why the message is always peace, love and 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 he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down By his black and sisters that were uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was down By his white side did not know These people are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must fight and kill and each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a message of For man, woman, and child of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now this child growing up And seeing the craziest Being a part of the craziest Running around with the wrong Running with guns and knives And fighting and and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew he needed to get away from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and two jobs to support himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would come home To eight or nine hours of sleep But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people Just his name Hoping that it happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya black 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 equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I you to also imagine People telling him he did not live this life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't in your Section 8 household We live with the narcotics and violence in your household We saw it from the outside, 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 young man persevered in spite Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black) And that man is here today, A of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's to say Even though we're all born and created We are not equally extremists on every side And you just do your best to live life And let other people whatever they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can they're going to hell You can believe not right You can believe superior, fine stop killing each other