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1] Everybody wanna tell me I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about being 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 buck me what I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down and see me when I am in yo' town Practice what we before it go down what we preach 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get Masta deep inside of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for everyone lied to me Peace on 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
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Take it back, take it way it way, way back to about 1990 Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black 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 tell you about how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he ever wanted to do was And this boy went hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna have All these black babies with black men but you Like bitch, don't make 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 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 they Said you be shit! You ain't gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he fuck that, I'ma persevere And why the message is always peace, love and positivity See, he always saw from two sides He always saw from two sides He always knew that the was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and down By his black brothers and sisters that uneducated 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 message of For every man, woman, and of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) Now imagine child growing up And the craziest shit a part of the craziest shit Running around with the wrong around with guns and knives And fighting and and, and all this Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he needed to get away it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support himself Two that he works in the morning and the evenings And he would then come home To about eight or nine hours of But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people Just chanting his that it would happen But the, but the, but the world no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya black No-no! (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) And he said fuck He peace, love, and positivity He said for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not live life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced that You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we 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 people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first 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 all born and created equal We are not treated extremists on every side And you should do your best to live life And let other people believe whatever they wanna As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing each