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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to the white man At the very moment they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma this land"
Everybody tell me what I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' boy Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk being black? Skin too white, nigga that" Everything you talk about, cut That you trying to open, you could shut that Grip the gat, yeah how I'ma buck back Tell me I am and what I know now All this has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down and see me when I am in yo' town Practice what we preach before it go Practice what we before it go Yes, I got the 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? Masta deep down of me The deep down inside of me Everybody fuck like one or the other what it gotta be Tell me why my gotta lie to me Unity for everyone lied to me
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Take it back, take it way it way, way back to the first black man Long ago before the man Could paint the black man a gun in his hand
it back, take it way back Take it way, way to the first white man
At the very moment when they looked and said "Fuck it, I'ma steal land" Take it back, it way back it way way back to the first black man Long ago before the man Could paint the black man a gun in his hand Take it back, take it way Take it way way back to the first man At the very moment they looked around and said "Fuck it, I'ma steal land"
it back, take it way back 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 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 tell you how All this boy ever wanted was happiness All he ever was positivity All he wanted to do was entertain And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his mother was racist, is crazy how in the fuck is you gonna 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 grew up, her callin' him a The kids at school him a cracker Identifying as black, as white told what you can or can't be This kid went through He through He saw in the household Violence, murderers, dealers, he was kidnapped There was crazy shit happened to this kid And he persevered while the whole world What said? 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 is always peace, love and positivity See, he saw things from two sides He always saw things two sides He always knew the message Everybody was equal of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation He knew that because he saw (Take it back, it way back it way) Because he was stripped and torn By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was torn By his white side did not know people that are ignorant That see the bigger picture must fight and kill and murder each other But again, all he ever wanted to do Was spread a of equality For every man, woman, and Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine this child up And seeing the craziest Being a part of the shit Running around with the wrong Running around with and knives And and stealing and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't know! But he deep down in his heart that it wasn't right And he knew that he needed to get 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 works in the morning and the And then he would come home To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six hours of Working on music, Grabbing the remote control and looking in the And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of chanting his name Hoping that it 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 mothafucka 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 Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and orientation, yeah Now I you to also imagine People telling him that he did not live life "You a white boy You never experienced that shit You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, 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 the narcotics and violence in your household We saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, take it way Take it way, way to the first black man) And this young man persevered in Of what people told him he was, wasn't, and never be (Take it back, it way back it way, way back 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 to say Even though all born and created equal We are not treated There's extremists on every And you should just do your best to life And let other people believe whatever they believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're going to You can it's not right You can you're superior, fine stop killing each other