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1] Everybody wanna tell me what I am, I am not "You black, you a mothafuckin' white boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you talk about being black? Skin too white, nigga that" you talk about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could that Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back me what I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go is moving fast, it need to slow down Come and see me when I am in yo' Practice what we before it go down Practice what we 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? Masta deep inside of me The plantation deep down of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the what it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for that lied to me on Earth what 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 to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
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Take it back, it way back it way, way back to about 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7:36 a.m., where a baby was born To a black and a white mother that wasn't there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm tell you about that, right? And I'm gonna you about how All this young boy ever wanted was 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 'Cause how in the is you gonna have All these black with black men but you racist bitch, that don't make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at callin' him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told what you can or 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 whole said What said? Said you be shit! You ain't 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 from two He saw things from two sides He always knew the message Everybody was equal Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew that because he saw (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and down By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his white side did not know These people that are That cannot see the picture That fight and kill and murder each other But once again, all he ever to do Was a message 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 a part of the craziest shit Running around with the people Running around with guns and And and stealing and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his heart it wasn't right And he knew that he needed to get from it Now I want you to imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs he works in the morning and the evenings And then he would then come To about eight or hours of sleep But four, five, six hours of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see and thousands and thousands of people chanting his name Hoping that it would 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, it way back it way, way back to the first) And he fuck that 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 this life "You just a boy You ain't never experienced shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we didn't in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the narcotics and violence in 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 in spite Of what told him he was, wasn't, and would never be (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black) And that man is today, proud A lover of all human of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah And he's to say: Even 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 people believe whatever they wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe going to hell You can it's not right You can believe you're superior, Just stop each other