[00:42.93]When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay
[00:45.32]‘Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight
[00:48.90]I told my mom tears rushing down my face
[00:51.44]She’s like “Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k tripping,”
[00:55.51]Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she?
[00:57.55]Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
[00:59.79]I remember doing the math like, “Yeah, I’m good at little league”
[01:02.77]A preconceived idea of what it all meant
[01:05.66]For those that liked the same sex
[01:06.95]Had the characteristics
[01:08.35]The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision
[01:10.04]And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
[01:13.87]Man made rewiring of a predisposition
[01:16.41]Playing god, aw nah here we go
[01:19.84]America the brave still fears what we don’t know
[01:22.58]And god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
[01:25.02]But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
[01:28.16]I don’t know
[01:30.05]And I can’t change
[01:32.21]
[01:35.63]Even if I tried
[01:38.71]Even if I wanted to
[01:41.50]I can't change
[01:43.94]Even if I try
[01:46.73]Even if I wanted to
[01:50.81]My love
[01:51.40]My love
[01:51.70]My love
[01:52.45]She keeps me warm
[01:55.09]She keeps me warm
[01:57.87]She keeps me warm
[02:00.76]She keeps me warm
[02:05.44]If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
[02:08.33]Have you read the YouTube comments lately
[02:10.97]"Man, that’s gay" gets dropped on the daily
[02:13.40]We become so numb to what we’re saying
[02:15.84]A culture founded from oppression
[02:17.63]Yet we don’t have acceptance for ‘em
[02:19.28]Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
[02:21.91]A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
[02:24.75]Gay is synonymous with the lesser
[02:27.69]It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion
[02:30.19]Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
[02:33.17]The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
[02:35.46]It’s human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
[02:38.59]Live on and be yourself
[02:41.39]When I was at church they taught me something else
[02:44.08]If you preach hate at the service those words aren’t anointed
[02:47.16]That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
[02:49.90]When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
[02:52.69]Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
[02:55.88]I might not be the same, but that’s not important
[02:58.62]No freedom till we’re equal, damn right I support it
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[03:11.91]And I can’t change
[03:14.20]Even if I tried
[03:17.33]Even if I wanted to
[03:21.01]My love
[03:21.56]My love
[03:21.96]My love
[03:22.71]She keeps me warm
[03:25.50]She keeps me warm
[03:28.59]She keeps me warm
[03:31.27]She keeps me warm
[03:34.61]
[03:36.40]We press play, don’t press pause
[03:38.59]Progress, march on
[03:40.03]With the veil over our eyes
[03:41.43]We turn our back on the cause
[03:42.92]Till the day that my uncles can be united by law
[03:45.56]When kids are walking ‘round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
[03:48.94]A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
[03:51.98]And a certificate on paper isn’t gonna solve it all
[03:54.81]But it’s a damn good place to start
[03:57.70]No law is gonna change us
[03:59.49]We have to change us
[04:00.78]Whatever god you believe in
[04:02.08]We come from the same one
[04:03.38]Strip away the fear
[04:04.78]Underneath it’s all the same love
[04:06.27]About time that we raised up
[04:08.51]And I can’t change
[04:10.34]
[04:13.77]Even if I tried
[04:16.56]Even if I wanted to
[04:19.60]I can't change
[04:22.09]Even if I try
[04:24.83]Even if I wanted to
[04:28.91]My love
[04:29.21]My love
[04:29.56]My love
[04:30.36]She keeps me warm
[04:33.14]She keeps me warm
[04:35.93]She keeps me warm
[04:38.77]She keeps me warm
[04:43.45]Love is patient
[04:45.63]Love is kind
[04:48.47]Love is patient
[04:51.16]Love is kind
[04:53.21](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:54.41]Love is patient
[04:56.15](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:57.19]Love is kind
[04:58.74](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:59.93]Love is patient
[05:01.72](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:02.97]Love is kind
[05:04.36](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:05.50]Love is patient
[05:07.35](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:08.44]Love is kind
[05:10.03](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:11.23]Love is patient
[05:13.82]Love is kind
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