Gm
Take it back, take it way back
Dm
Take it way, way back to the first black man
Gm
Long ago before the white man
Dm
Could paint the black man with a gun in his hand
Gm
Take it back, take it way back
Dm
Take it way, way back to the first white man
Gm
At the very moment when they looked around and said
Dm
"Fuck it, I’ma steal this land"
Gm
Take it back, take it way back
Dm
Take it way way back to the first black man
Gm
Long ago before the white man
Dm
Could paint the black man with a gun in his hand
Gm
Take it back, take it way back
Dm
Take it way, way back to the first white man
Gm
At the very moment when they looked around and said
Dm
"Fuck it, I’ma steal this land"

[Verse 1]
Gm
Everybody wanna tell me what I am, what I am not
Dm
"You ain't black, you a mothafuckin' white boy
Gm
Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy?
Dm
Man, why you such a hype boy?"
Gm
"Why you always talk about being black?
Dm
Skin too white, nigga fuck that"
Gm
Everything you talk about, cut that
Gm
That door you trying to open, you could shut that
Dm
Grip the gat, yeah that’s how I’ma buck back
Gm
Tell me what I am and what I know now
Dm
All this prejudice has got to go
Gm
Life is moving fast, it need to slow down
Dm
Come and see me when I am in yo' town
Gm
Practice what we preach before it go down
Dm
Practice what we preach before it go
Gm
Yes, I got the gift to gab fo sho
Dm
Will I have to get the gat? No, no
Gm
Yes, I got to gift to gab fo sho
Dm
But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the?
Gm
Masta deep down inside of me
Dm
The plantation deep down inside of me
Gm
Everybody fuck like sodomy
Dm
'Cause one or the other what it gotta be
Gm
Tell me why my momma gotta lie to me
Dm
Unity for everyone that lied to me
Gm
Peace on Earth what I try to be
Dm
I just wanna spread the message of equality
Gm
And yes, I got to gift to gab fo sho
Dm
Will I have to get the gat? No, no
Gm
Yes, I got to gift to gab fo sho
Dm
But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat?

[Chorus]
Gm
Take it back, take it way back
Dm
Take it way, way back to the first black man
Gm
Long ago before the white man
Dm
Could paint the black man with a gun in his hand
Gm
Take it back, take it way back
Dm
Take it way, way back to the first white man
Gm
At the very moment when they looked around and said
Dm
"Fuck it, I’ma steal this land"
Gm
Take it back, take it way back
Dm
Take it way way back to the first black man
Gm
Long ago before the white man
Dm
Could paint the black man with a gun in his hand
Gm
Take it back, take it way back
Dm
Take it way way back to the first white man
Gm
At the very moment when they looked around and said
Dm
"Fuck it, I’ma steal this land"