[00:42.400]When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay
[00:45.210]‘Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight
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[00:47.800]I told my mom tears rushing down my face
[00:50.750]She’s like “Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k tripping,”
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[00:54.640]Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she?
[00:57.190]Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
[00:59.390]I remember doing the math like, “Yeah, I’m good at little league”
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[01:02.180]A preconceived idea of what it all meant
[01:04.730]But those that liked the same sex
[01:06.490]Had the characteristics
[01:07.900]The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision
[01:10.540]And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
[01:13.490]Man made rewiring of a predisposition
[01:16.080]Playing god, aw nah here we go
[01:19.780]America the brave still fears what we don’t know
[01:22.180]And god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
[01:24.480]But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
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[01:28.320]I don’t know
[01:29.760]And I can’t change
[01:35.200]Even if I tried
[01:37.760]Even if I wanted to
[01:40.790]I can't change
[01:43.340]Even if I try
[01:46.140]Even if I wanted to
[01:50.020]My love
[01:50.570]My love
[01:51.270]My love
[01:52.120]She keeps me warm
[01:54.960]She keeps me warm
[01:57.800]She keeps me warm
[02:00.620]She keeps me warm
[02:05.070]If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
[02:07.970]Have you read the YouTube comments lately
[02:10.560]"Man, that’s gay" gets dropped on the daily
[02:13.310]We become so numb to what we’re saying
[02:15.760]A culture founded from oppression
[02:17.310]Yet we don’t have acceptance for ‘em
[02:18.910]Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
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[02:21.620]A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
[02:25.090]Gay is synonymous with the lesser
[02:27.880]It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion
[02:30.340]Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
[02:33.100]The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
[02:35.790]It’s human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
[02:38.690]Live on and be yourself
[02:41.430]When I was at church they taught me something else
[02:44.020]If you preach hate at the service those words aren’t anointed
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[02:47.480]That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
[02:49.870]When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
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[02:52.820]Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
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[02:55.850]I might not be the same, but that’s not important
[02:59.250]No freedom till we’re equal, damn right I support it
[03:11.890]And I can’t change
[03:14.540]Even if I tried
[03:17.280]Even if I wanted to
[03:21.220]My love
[03:21.910]My love
[03:22.210]My love
[03:22.710]She keeps me warm
[03:25.510]She keeps me warm
[03:28.350]She keeps me warm
[03:31.800]She keeps me warm
[03:36.710]We press play, don’t press pause
[03:39.160]Progress, march on
[03:40.560]With the veil over our eyes
[03:42.000]We turn our back on the cause
[03:43.690]Till the day that my uncles can be united by law
[03:46.020]when kids are walking around the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
[03:49.180]A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
[03:56.630]And a certificate on paper isn’t gonna solve it all
[03:57.630]But it’s a damn good place to start
[04:00.920]No law is gonna change us
[04:02.070]We have to change us
[04:02.770]Whatever god you believe in
[04:03.250]We come from the same one
[04:04.360]Strip away the fear
[04:05.970]Underneath it’s all the same love
[04:06.830]About time that we raised up
[04:08.770]And I can’t change
[04:14.510]Even if I tried
[04:16.520]Even if I wanted to
[04:19.660]I can't change
[04:22.110]Even if I try
[04:26.160]Even if I wanted to
[04:30.000]My love
[04:30.500]My love
[04:30.790]My love
[04:31.450]She keeps me warm
[04:34.400]She keeps me warm
[04:37.190]She keeps me warm
[04:40.040]She keeps me warm
[04:44.600]Love is patient
[04:47.100]Love is kind
[04:49.930]Love is patient
[04:52.730]Love is kind
[04:54.730](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:55.980]Love is patient
[04:57.440](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:58.780]Love is kind
[05:00.520](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:01.580]Love is patient
[05:03.420](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:04.260]Love is kind
[05:05.720](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:06.920]Love is patient
[05:08.560](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:09.720]Love is kind
[05:11.110](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:12.570]Love is patient
[05:15.140]Love is kind