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1] 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 about being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could that Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back 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 when I am in yo' what we preach before it go down Practice what we preach 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? Masta deep inside of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody fuck like 'Cause one or the other it gotta be me why my momma gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me on Earth what I try to be I just spread 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, take it way Take it way, way back to about Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a black father and a white Father that wasn't to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna you about that, right? And I'm gonna you about how All this young boy ever wanted was All he ever wanted was All he wanted to do was entertain And this boy went through You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black babies with black men but you Like bitch, that don't no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The at school callin' him a cracker Identifying as black, looking as told what you can or can't be This kid went everything He through... He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped was crazy shit that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole world What they you wouldn't be shit! You gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', And I, and he, he fuck that, I'ma persevere And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he always saw things two sides He always saw things from two He always knew the message was born equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew because he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black brothers and that were uneducated And did not know And he was and he was torn down By his white that did not know These people are ignorant cannot see the bigger picture That fight and kill and murder each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was spread a message of For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine child growing up And the craziest shit Being a part of the craziest Running around with the wrong Running around guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this Because he didn't know, he 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 you to also 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 then he then come home To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of chanting his name Hoping 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 mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he said fuck 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 that he did not live life "You a white boy You ain't never that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't live in Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you gotta money, right?" And this young man persevered in Of people told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black) And that man is today, proud A of all human beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's here to Even though we're all born and created We are not treated There's on every side And you should just do your best to life And let other people believe whatever wanna believe As as they're not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're going to You can believe not right You can believe superior, fine Just killing each other