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Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about being Skin too white, fuck that" you talk about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could that Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck back me what I am and what I know now All this has got to go Life is moving fast, it to slow down Come and see me 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get deep down inside of me The plantation deep inside of me Everybody fuck like 'Cause one or the what it gotta be Tell me why my 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 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., where a biracial baby was 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 about that, And I'm tell you about how All this young boy ever wanted was All he ever was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that 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 went He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was was crazy shit that happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole world 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 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 from two He always knew that the Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation He that because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was and torn down By his black brothers and sisters that uneducated And that did not And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side that did not These people are ignorant That cannot see the bigger That must and kill and murder each other But once again, all he wanted to do Was a message of equality For man, woman, and child of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way 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 with and knives And fighting and stealing and, and all Because he know, he didn't know! But he knew deep in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he to get away from it Now I want you to also imagine, at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then come To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of on music, persevering Grabbing the control and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people Just his name Hoping it would happen But the, but the, but the world 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, take it way it way, way back to the first) And he fuck that 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 this life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we weren't We didn't with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and in your household We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first black man) And young man persevered in spite Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, take it way 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, orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say though we're all born and created equal We are not treated There's on every side And you should do your best to live life And let other people believe they wanna believe As long as they're not hurtin' You can believe going to hell You can it's not right You can believe you're superior, Just stop killing each