Chorus
Am 
Take it back, take it way back 
Em 
Take it way, way back to the first black man 
Am 
Long ago before the white man 
Em 
Could paint the black man with a gun in his hand 
Am 
Take it back, take it way back 
Em 
Take it way, way back to the first white man 
Am 
At the very moment when they looked around and said 
Em 
"F*ck it, I’ma steal this land" 
Am 
Take it back, take it way back 
Em 
Take it way way back to the first black man 
Am 
Long ago before the white man 
Em 
Could paint the black man with a gun in his hand 
Am 
Take it back, take it way back 
Em 
Take it way, way back to the first white man 
Am 
At the very moment when they looked around and said 
Em 
"F*ck it, I’ma steal this land" 
 
Verse 1
Am 
Everybody wanna tell me what I am, what I am not 
Em 
"You ain't black, you a mothaf*ckin' white boy 
Am 
Shut ya mouth, do it right boy, a'ight boy? 
Em 
Man, why you such a hype boy?" 
Am 
"Why you always talk about being black? 
Em 
Skin too white, nigga f*ck that" 
Am 
Everything you talk about, cut that 
Am 
That door you trying to open, you could shut that 
Em 
Grip the gat, yeah that’s how I’ma buck back 
Am 
Tell me what I am and what I know now 
Em 
All this prejudice has got to go 
Am 
Life is moving fast, it need to slow down 
Em 
Come and see me when I am in yo' town 
Am 
Practice what we preach before it go down 
Em 
Practice what we preach before it go 
Am 
Yes, I got the gift to gab fo sho 
Em 
Will I have to get the gat? No, no 
Am 
Yes, I got to gift to gab fo sho 
Em 
But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the? 
Am 
Masta deep down inside of me 
Em 
The plantation deep down inside of me 
Am 
Everybody f*ck like sodomy 
Em 
'Cause one or the other what it gotta be 
Am 
Tell me why my momma gotta lie to me 
Em 
Unity for everyone that lied to me 
Am 
Peace on Earth what I try to be 
Em 
I just wanna spread the message of equality 
Am 
And yes, I got to gift to gab fo sho 
Em 
Will I have to get the gat? No, no 
Am 
Yes, I got to gift to gab fo sho 
Em 
But will have to get the gat, get the gat, get the, get the gat? 
 
Chorus
Am 
Take it back, take it way back 
Em 
Take it way, way back to the first black man 
Am 
Long ago before the white man 
Em 
Could paint the black man with a gun in his hand 
Am 
Take it back, take it way back 
Em 
Take it way, way back to the first white man 
Am 
At the very moment when they looked around and said 
Em 
"F*ck it, I’ma steal this land" 
Am 
Take it back, take it way back 
Em 
Take it way way back to the first black man 
Am 
Long ago before the white man 
Em 
Could paint the black man with a gun in his hand 
Am 
Take it back, take it way back 
Em 
Take it way way back to the first white man 
Am 
At the very moment when they looked around and said 
Em 
"F*ck it, I’ma steal this land"