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1] Everybody wanna tell me 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 talk about being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you talk about, cut door you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck back Tell me I am and what I know now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it to slow down and see me when I am in yo' town Practice what we preach it go down Practice what we before 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? deep down inside of me The deep down inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for everyone that 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 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 to about 1990 Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a biracial was born To a black father and a mother Father 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 you about how All this young boy ever was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy through hell You understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you have All black babies with black men but you racist 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 as black, looking as white Being told 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 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 said fuck that, I'ma And that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he always saw things from two He always saw things from two He always knew that the Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He knew that he saw that (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was stripped and down By his black brothers and sisters that were And did not know And he was and he was torn down By his white side did not know These that are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must and kill and murder each other But once again, all he ever to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this growing up And seeing the shit Being a part of the shit Running with the wrong people Running with guns and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he didn't know, he know! But he deep down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew he needed to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves 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 of sleep But spend four, five, six of that Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people Just his name Hoping it would happen But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya black No-no! (Take it back, it way back it way, way back 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 also People telling him that he did not live life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't live with you, we didn't in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in your We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" And this young man in spite Of people told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the black) And man is here today, proud A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's here to Even though all born and created equal We are not equally There's on every side And you should just do your best to live And let other people believe whatever they wanna As long as not hurtin' anybody You can they're going to hell You can believe not right You can believe you're superior, Just killing each other