[00:42.650]When I was in the 3rd grade
[00:44.330]I thought that I was gay
[00:45.330]Cause I could draw, my uncle was
[00:46.890]And I kept my room straight
[00:47.770]I told my mom, tears rushing down my face
[00:50.770]She's like, "Ben you've loved girls since before pre-K"
[00:53.770]Trippin', yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she
[00:56.830]A bunch of stereotypes all in my head
[00:59.460]I remember doing the math like
[01:00.770]"Yeah, I'm good at little league"
[01:02.460]A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant
[01:05.020]For those who like the same sex had the characteristics
[01:07.780]The right-wing conservatives think its a decision
[01:10.530]And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
[01:13.660]Man-made, rewiring of a predisposition
[01:14.910]Playing God
[01:18.150]Ahh nah, here we go
[01:19.530]America the brave
[01:19.900]Still fears what we don't know
[01:22.210]And God loves all His children
[01:24.840]Is somehow forgotten
[01:25.130]But we paraphrase a book written
[01:26.070]35 hundred years ago
[01:28.070]I don't know
[01:30.260]And I can't change
[01:35.250]Even if I tried
[01:38.130]Even if I wanted to
[01:41.260]And I can't change
[01:43.690]Even if I tried
[01:46.630]Even if I wanted to
[01:50.690]My love, my love, my love
[01:52.070]She keeps me warm
[01:54.950]She keeps me warm
[01:57.760]She keeps me warm
[02:00.440]She keeps me warm
[02:05.070]If I was gay
[02:06.010]I would think hip-hop hates me
[02:07.460]Have you read the YouTube comments lately
[02:10.650]"Man that's gay"
[02:11.710]Gets dropped on the daily
[02:13.090]We've become so numb to what we're sayin'
[02:15.840]Our culture founded from oppression
[02:17.280]Yeah, we don't have acceptance for 'em
[02:18.900]Call each other faggots
[02:19.710]Behind the keys of a message board
[02:21.650]A word routed in hate
[02:22.830]Yet our genre still ignores it
[02:24.280]Gay is synonymous with the lesser
[02:27.460]It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion
[02:30.020]Gender and skin color
[02:30.650]Complexion of your pigment
[02:32.710]The same fight that lead people to walk-outs and sit-ins
[02:35.330]It's human rights for everybody
[02:36.780]There is no difference
[02:38.280]Live on! And be yourself!
[02:41.090]When I was in church
[02:42.030]They taught me something else
[02:43.770]If you preach hate at the service
[02:45.150]Those words aren't anointed
[02:46.470]And that Holy Water
[02:47.710]That you soak in
[02:48.710]Is then poisoned
[02:49.590]When everyone else
[02:50.020]Is more comfortable
[02:51.520]Remaining voiceless
[02:52.210]Rather than fighting for humans
[02:53.580]That have had their rights stolen
[02:55.650]I might not be the same
[02:56.710]But that's not important
[02:57.980]No freedom 'til we're equal
[02:59.110]Damn right I support it
[03:07.700]I don't know
[03:11.570]And I can't change
[03:14.230]Even if I tried
[03:16.990]Even if I wanted to
[03:20.560]My love, my love, my love
[03:22.240]She keeps me warm
[03:25.190]She keeps me warm
[03:27.930]She keeps me warm
[03:30.810]She keeps me warm
[03:35.980]We press play
[03:36.920]Don't press pause
[03:37.920]Progress, march on!
[03:39.360]With a veil over our eyes
[03:41.100]We turn our back on the cause
[03:42.610]'Till the day
[03:43.230]That my uncles can be united by law
[03:45.290]Kids are walkin' around the hallway
[03:46.110]Plagued by pain in their heart
[03:48.730]A world so hateful
[03:49.600]Someone would rather die
[03:50.290]Than be who they are
[03:52.040]And a certificate on paper
[03:52.860]Isn't gonna solve it all
[03:54.360]But it's a damn good place to startXX
[03:56.740]
[03:57.860]No law's gonna change us
[03:58.730]We have to change us
[04:00.600]Whatever god you believe in
[04:01.540]We come from the same one
[04:02.790]
[04:03.290]Strip away the fear
[04:04.480]Underneath it's all the same love
[04:06.100]About time that we raised up
[04:08.110]And I can't change
[04:13.330]Even if I tried
[04:16.790]Even if I wanted to
[04:19.270]And I can't change
[04:21.850]Even if I tried
[04:24.540]Even if I wanted to
[04:28.660]My love, my love, my love
[04:30.530]She keeps me warm
[04:32.890]She keeps me warm
[04:35.700]She keeps me warm
[04:38.580]She keeps me warm
[04:44.760]Love is patient, love is kind
[04:47.860]Love is patient not cryin' on Sundays
[04:53.190]Love is kind not crying on Sundays
[04:56.760]
[04:57.320]Love is kind not crying on Sundays
[04:59.320]Love is kind not crying on Sundays
[05:02.000]Love is kind not crying on Sundays
[05:05.500]Love is kind not crying on Sundays