Practice what we preach before it go
Take it way, way back to the first white man
That door you trying to open, you could shut that
Peace on Earth what I try to be
Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation, yeah
‘Cause how in the fuck is you gonna have
You ain’t never experienced that shit
Long ago before the white man
And he knew that he needed to get away from it
At the very moment when they looked around and said
Yes, I got to gift to gab fo sho
Could paint the black man with a gun in his hand
No, no Will I have to get the gat?
Grabbing the remote control and looking in the mirror
All he ever wanted was positivity
Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation, yeah, yeah
Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation
[Chorus]
He saw narcotics in the household
All these black babies with black men but you racist
But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the?
We just saw it from the outside, outside, outside, outside
[Outro]
‘Cause one or the other what it gotta be
Could paint the black man with a gun in his hand
Tell me why my momma gotta lie to me
And this boy went through hell
And fighting and stealing and, and all this
By his black brothers and sisters that were uneducated
Take it back, take it way back
This kid went through everything
That cannot see the bigger picture
A lover of all human beings
Everything you talk about, cut that
Take it way way back to the first black man
Oh no, no, we know, we weren’t there
"You ain’t black, you a mothafuckin’ white boy
Just stop killing each other
So I’m gonna tell you about that, right?
"Fuck it, I’ma steal this land"
Said you wouldn’t be shit!
And yes, I got to gift to gab fo sho
You ain’t gon’ be nothin’, nothin’, nothin’, nothin’
He went through…
Take it way, way back to about 1990
There was crazy shit that happened to this kid
Unity for everyone that lied to me
Running around with guns and knives
He said peace, love, and positivity
Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland
See, he always saw things from two sides
Take it way, way back to the first black man
Yes, I got the gift to gab fo sho
But spend four, five, six hours of that
Take it way, way back to the first)
By his white side that did not know
(Take it back, take it way back
And then he would then come home
Take it way, way back to the first black man)
Take it back, take it way back
And he persevered while the whole world said
We didn’t live with the narcotics and violence in your household
You can believe you’re superior, fine
Addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, and various other drugs
But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?
This child, okay, leaves home and gets two jobs to support himself
Identifying as black, looking as white
I just wanna spread the message of equality
Now imagine this child growing up
"Fuck it, I’ma steal this land"
7:36 a.m., where a biracial baby was born
The plantation deep down inside of me
But the, but the, but the world said no!
(Take it back, take it way back
And that’s why the message is always peace, love and positivity
Just chanting his name
Like bitch, that don’t make no sense, but it is what it is
Will I have to get the gat? No, no
All he ever wanted to do was entertain
You from Gaithersburg, Maryland, nothing happens there
For every man, woman, and child
Man, why you such a hype boy?"
At the very moment when they looked around and said
He knew that because he saw that
Take it back, take it way back
(Take it back, take it way back
Was spread a message of equality
Ya nigga, ya cracka, ya white boy, ya black mothafucka
Take it way, way back to the first)
Everybody fuck like sodomy
Violence, murderers, drug dealers, he was kidnapped
Long ago before the white man
[Chorus]
Working on music, persevering
Long ago before the white man
Take it back, take it way back
Two jobs that he works in the morning and the evenings
No-no!
You gotta understand, his mother was racist, which is crazy
Mothafucka, little mothafucka no-no, no-no, no-no, no-no
And he said fuck that
And that man is here today, proud
You can believe it’s not right
Take it way way back to the first white man
"Why you always talk about being black?
That must fight and kill and murder each other
Take it back, take it way back
Take it way, way back to the first white man
The kids at school callin’ him a cracker
Take it back, take it way back
To a black father and a white mother
Take it way, way back to the first black)
Long ago before the white man
And pretending to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people
What they said?
As long as they’re not hurtin’ anybody
And he’s here to say:
"Fuck it, I’ma steal this land"
And let other people believe whatever they wanna believe
Take it back, take it way back
And he was stripped and he was torn down
Take it way way back to the first black man
And this young man persevered in spite
He said equality for all man
He always knew that the message
Life is moving fast, it need to slow down
Now I want you to also imagine
Being a part of the craziest shit
Could paint the black man with a gun in his hand
Grip the gat, yeah that’s how I’ma buck back
Father that wasn’t there
Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a’ight boy?
Could paint the black man with a gun in his hand
Same as his mom
Being told what you can or can’t be
Regardless of race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation
Practice what we preach before it go down
We are not treated equally
Take it way)
All this young boy ever wanted was happiness
Take it way, way back to the first white man
Skin too white, nigga fuck that"
Outside, outside, outside, outside
You can believe they’re going to hell
To about eight or nine hours of sleep
And that did not know
You know, he grew up, her callin’ him a nigger
At the very moment when they looked around and said
[Verse 1]
Running around with the wrong people
And I’m gonna tell you about how
Everybody wanna tell me what I am, what I am not
“You just a white boy
There’s extremists on every side
"Fuck it, I’ma steal this land"
But he knew deep down in his heart that it wasn’t right
Even though we’re all born and created equal
Yes, I got to gift to gab fo sho
Take it way, way back to the first black man
And seeing the craziest shit
We didn’t live with you, we didn’t live in your Section 8 household
(Way, way back)
Nothin’, nothin’, nothin’, nothin’, nothin’, nothin’, nothing
Take it back, take it way back
But once again, all he ever wanted to do
And since you white, you gotta have money, right?”
(Take it back, take it way back
Hoping that it would happen
Everybody was born equal
Come and see me when I am in yo’ town
Tell me what I am and what I know now
Masta deep down inside of me
He always saw things from two sides
At the very moment when they looked around and said
(Take it back, take it way back
These people that are ignorant
Because he didn’t know, he didn’t know!
And I, and he, he said fuck that, I’ma persevere
And you should just do your best to live life
Because he was stripped and torn down
People telling him that he did not live this life
Now I want you to also imagine, that at 17 years old
Take it back, take it way back
Of what people told him he was, wasn’t, and would never be
All this prejudice has got to go