Take It Back

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

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