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1] Everybody wanna me what 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 being black? too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, that's how I'ma buck back Tell me what I am and 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 we preach before it go down Practice we preach 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 Masta down inside of me The plantation down inside of me fuck 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 just spread the message of equality And yes, I got to to gab fo sho Will I have to get the 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 Take it way, way to about 1990 Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland a.m., where a biracial baby was born To a father and a white mother Father that there Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna you about that, right? And I'm gonna tell you how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever wanted was All he ever wanted to do was And boy went through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is 'Cause how in the fuck is you have All black babies with black men but you racist Like bitch, that don't 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, as white Being what you can or can't be kid went through everything He through... He saw narcotics in the Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped was crazy shit that happened to this kid And he persevered the whole world said they said? 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 that's why the message is always peace, and positivity See, he always saw from two sides He saw things from two sides He always knew that the Everybody was born Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual He knew because he saw that (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his black brothers and that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his white side did not know people that are ignorant That see the bigger picture That fight and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a of equality For man, woman, and child of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation (Take it back, it way back it way, way back to the first) Now imagine this growing up And seeing the shit Being a part of the craziest Running around with the people Running around with and knives And fighting and and, and all this Because he didn't know, he know! But he knew deep down in his that it wasn't right And he knew that he to get away from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, home and gets two jobs to support himself Two jobs that he 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 Working on music, the remote control and looking in the mirror 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, 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 peace, love, and positivity He equality for all man Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, Now I want you to also People telling him that he did not live this "You just a boy You ain't never experienced shit You Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We live with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 household We live with the narcotics and violence in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And since you white, you have money, right?" 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 today, proud A lover of all beings Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's to say: Even though we're all born and equal We are not equally There's extremists on every And you should just do your best to life And let other people believe whatever they wanna As long as they're not anybody You can believe going to hell You can believe not right You can you're superior, fine Just stop killing each