[Chorus]Take it back, take it way backTake it way, way back to the first black manLong ago before the white manCould paint the black man with a gun in his handTake it back, take it way backTake it way, way back to the first white manAt the very moment when they looked around and said"Fuck it, I’ma steal this land"Take it back, take it way backTake it way way back to the first black manLong ago before the white manCould paint the black man with a gun in his handTake it back, take it way backTake it way, way back to the first white manAt the very moment when they looked around and said"Fuck it, I’ma steal this land"[Verse 1]Everybody wanna tell me what I am, what I am not"You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' white boyShut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy?Man, why you such a hype boy?""Why you always talk about being black?Skin too white, nigga fuck that"Everything you talk about, cut thatThat door you trying to open, you could shut thatGrip the gat, yeah that’s how I’ma buck backTell me what I am and what I know nowAll this prejudice has got to goLife is moving fast, it need to slow downCome and see me when I am in yo' townPractice what we preach before it go downPractice what we preach before it goYes, I got the gift to gab fo shoWill I have to get the gat? No, noYes, I got to gift to gab fo shoBut will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the?Masta deep down inside of meThe plantation deep down inside of meEverybody fuck like sodomy'Cause one or the other what it gotta beTell me why my momma gotta lie to meUnity for everyone that lied to mePeace on Earth what I try to beI just wanna spread the message of equalityAnd yes, I got to gift to gab fo shoWill I have to get the gat? No, noYes, I got to gift to gab fo shoBut will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?[Chorus]Take it back, take it way backTake it way, way back to the first black manLong ago before the white manCould paint the black man with a gun in his handTake it back, take it way backTake it way, way back to the first white manAt the very moment when they looked around and said"Fuck it, I’ma steal this land"Take it back, take it way backTake it way way back to the first black manLong ago before the white manCould paint the black man with a gun in his handTake it back, take it way backTake it way way back to the first white manAt the very moment when they looked around and said"Fuck it, I’ma steal this land"[Outro]Take it back, take it way backTake it way, way back to about 1990Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland7:36 a.m., where a biracial baby was bornTo a black father and a white motherFather that wasn’t thereAddicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugsSame as his mom(Way, way back)So I’m gonna tell you about that, right?And I’m gonna tell you about howAll this young boy ever wanted was happinessAll he ever wanted was positivityAll he ever wanted to do was entertainAnd this boy went through hellYou gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy'Cause how in the fuck is you gonna haveAll these black babies with black men but you racistLike bitch, that don’t make no sense, but it is what it isYou know, he grew up, her callin' him a niggerThe kids at school callin' him a crackerIdentifying as black, looking as whiteBeing told what you can or can’t beThis kid went through everythingHe went through...He saw narcotics in the householdViolence, murderers, drug dealers, he was kidnappedThere was crazy shit that happened to this kidAnd he persevered while the whole world saidWhat they said?Said you wouldn’t be shit!You ain’t gon' be nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin'Nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin', nothingAnd I, and he, he said fuck that, I’ma persevereAnd that’s why the message is always peace, love and positivitySee, he always saw things from two sidesHe always saw things from two sidesHe always knew that the messageEverybody was born equalRegardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientationHe knew that because he saw that(Take it back, take it way backTake it way)Because he was stripped and torn downBy his black brothers and sisters that were uneducatedAnd that did not knowAnd he was stripped and he was torn downBy his white side that did not knowThese people that are ignorantThat cannot see the bigger pictureThat must fight and kill and murder each otherBut once again, all he ever wanted to doWas spread a message of equalityFor every man, woman, and childRegardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation(Take it back, take it way backTake it way, way back to the first)Now imagine this child growing upAnd seeing the craziest shitBeing a part of the craziest shitRunning around with the wrong peopleRunning around with guns and knivesAnd fighting and stealing and, and all thisBecause he didn’t know, he didn’t know!But he knew deep down in his heart that it wasn’t rightAnd he knew that he needed to get away from itNow I want you to also imagine, that at 17 years oldThis child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support himselfTwo jobs that he works in the morning and the eveningsAnd then he would then come homeTo about eight or nine hours of sleepBut spend four, five, six hours of thatWorking on music, perseveringGrabbing the remote control and looking in the mirrorAnd pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of peopleJust chanting his nameHoping that it would happenBut the, but the, but the world said no!Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, no-noYa nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya black mothafuckaNo-no!(Take it back, take it way backTake it way, way back to the first)And he said fuck thatHe said peace, love, and positivityHe said equality for all manRegardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeahNow I want you to also imaginePeople telling him that he did not live this life“You just a white boyYou ain’t never experienced that shitYou from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens thereOh no, no, we know, we weren’t thereWe didn’t live with you, we didn't live in your Section 8 householdWe didn’t live with the narcotics and violence in your householdWe just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outsideOutside, outside, outside, outsideAnd since you white, you gotta have money, right?”(Take it back, take it way backTake it way, way back to the first black man)And this young man persevered in spiteOf what people told him he was, wasn’t, and would never be(Take it back, take it way backTake it way, way back to the first black)And that man is here today, proudA lover of all human beingsRegardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeahAnd he’s here to say:Even though we’re all born and created equalWe are not treated equallyThere’s extremists on every sideAnd you should just do your best to live lifeAnd let other people believe whatever they wanna believeAs long as they’re not hurtin' anybodyYou can believe they’re going to hellYou can believe it’s not rightYou can believe you’re superior, fineJust stop killing each other
