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it back, take it way back Take it way, way back to the white man At the very moment when they around and said "Fuck it, steal this land"
Everybody wanna tell me I am, what I am not "You ain't black, you a white boy ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? Man, why you such a boy?" "Why you always talk about being too white, nigga fuck that" Everything you about, cut that That door you trying to open, you could shut Grip the gat, yeah that's how buck back Tell me I am and what I know now All prejudice has got to go Life is fast, it need to slow down Come and see me I am in yo' town Practice what we preach before it go 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 have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? deep down inside of me The plantation down inside of me Everybody like sodomy 'Cause one or the other it gotta be Tell me why my momma lie to me Unity for that lied to me
Peace on Earth I try to be
I just wanna spread the 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?
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way back to the first man Long ago the white man paint the black man with a gun in his hand
Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first white man
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Take it back, take it way Take it way, way back to about Shady Hospital in Rockville, Maryland 7: 36 a.m., a biracial baby was born To a black father and a mother Father that wasn't Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and other drugs as his mom (Way, way back) So I'm gonna you about that, right? And I'm tell you about how All young boy ever wanted was happiness All he wanted was positivity All he ever to do was entertain And this boy through hell You gotta understand, his was racist, which is crazy 'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna All these black with black men but you racist Like bitch, that make no sense, but it is what it is You know, he grew up, her him a nigger The kids at school him a cracker as black, looking as white Being told you can or can't be This kid through everything He went He saw in the household Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was There was crazy shit that to this kid And he persevered while the whole world 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 said fuck that, persevere And that's why the message is always peace, love and See, he always saw things two sides He saw things from two sides He knew that the message Everybody was born of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation He knew that because he saw (Take it back, take it way it way) Because he was and torn down By his brothers and sisters that were uneducated And did not know And he was stripped and he was down By his white that did not know These people that are cannot see the bigger picture That must fight and kill and murder each 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 Take it way, way to the first) Now imagine child growing up And seeing the craziest a part of the craziest shit Running around the wrong people around with guns and knives And and stealing and, and all this he didn't know, he didn't know! But he knew deep down in his that it wasn't right And he that he needed to get away from it Now I you to also imagine, that at 17 years old This child, okay, leaves home and gets two to support himself Two jobs that he works in the and the evenings And then he then come home To eight or nine hours of sleep But spend four, five, six of that on music, persevering Grabbing the remote and looking in the mirror And pretending to see thousands and thousands and of people Just chanting his Hoping that it would But the, but the, but the said no! Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya boy, ya black mothafucka No-no! (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first) And he fuck that 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 him that he did not live this life "You a white boy You ain't never experienced that You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, happens there Oh no, no, we know, we there We didn't live with you, we live in your Section 8 household We didn't live with the and violence in your household We just saw it the outside, outside, outside, outside Outside, outside, outside, And you white, you gotta have money, right?" (Take it back, it way back Take it way, way to the first black man) And young man persevered 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 that man is here today, A lover of all human Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, And he's to say Even though we're all and created equal We are not treated extremists on every side And you should just do your best to life And let other people believe they wanna believe As long as not hurtin' anybody You can believe they're to hell You can believe it's not You can you're superior, fine stop killing each other