[00:42.100]When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay
[00:44.910]‘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
[00:50.450]She’s like “Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k tripping,”
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[00:54.340]Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she?
[00:56.590]Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
[00:59.090]I remember doing the math like, “Yeah, I’m good at little league”
[01:01.880]A preconceived idea of what it all meant
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[01:04.430]But those that liked the same sex
[01:06.190]Had the characteristics
[01:07.600]The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision
[01:10.540]And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
[01:13.190]Man made rewiring of a predisposition
[01:15.780]Playing god, aw nah here we go
[01:18.880]America the brave still fears what we don’t know
[01:21.580]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
[01:29.160]And I can’t change
[01:34.900]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
[01:50.970]My love
[01:51.520]She keeps me warm
[01:54.360]She keeps me warm
[01:57.200]She keeps me warm
[02:00.020]She keeps me warm
[02:04.470]If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
[02:07.370]Have you read the YouTube comments lately
[02:09.960]"Man, that’s gay" gets dropped on the daily
[02:12.710]We become so numb to what we’re saying
[02:15.160]A culture founded from oppression
[02:16.710]Yet we don’t have acceptance for ‘em
[02:18.310]Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
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[02:21.020]A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
[02:24.190]Gay is synonymous with the lesser
[02:26.980]It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion
[02:29.440]Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
[02:32.500]The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
[02:34.890]It’s human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
[02:37.790]Live on and be yourself
[02:40.830]When I was at church they taught me something else
[02:43.420]If you preach hate at the service those words aren’t anointed
[02:46.580]That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
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[02:48.970]When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
[02:51.920]Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
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[02:55.250]I might not be the same, but that’s not important
[02:57.750]No freedom till we’re equal, damn right I support it
[03:10.990]And I can’t change
[03:13.640]Even if I tried
[03:16.380]Even if I wanted to
[03:20.620]My love
[03:21.010]My love
[03:21.610]My love
[03:22.110]She keeps me warm
[03:24.910]She keeps me warm
[03:27.750]She keeps me warm
[03:30.600]She keeps me warm
[03:35.510]We press play, don’t press pause
[03:37.960]Progress, march on
[03:39.360]With the veil over our eyes
[03:40.500]We turn our back on the cause
[03:42.190]Till the day that my uncles can be united by law
[03:48.280]A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
[03:50.420]
[03:50.730]When kids are walking ‘round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
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[03:56.030]And a certificate on paper isn’t gonna solve it all
[03:57.030]But it’s a damn good place to start
[04:00.320]No law is gonna change us
[04:01.170]We have to change us
[04:01.570]Whatever god you believe in
[04:02.560]Strip away the fear
[04:02.650]We come from the same one
[04:04.170]Underneath it’s all the same love
[04:05.030]About time that we raised up
[04:08.170]And I can’t change
[04:12.710]Even if I tried
[04:15.920]Even if I wanted to
[04:19.060]I can't change
[04:21.510]Even if I try
[04:25.560]Even if I wanted to
[04:29.400]My love
[04:29.900]My love
[04:30.190]My love
[04:30.850]She keeps me warm
[04:33.800]She keeps me warm
[04:36.590]She keeps me warm
[04:38.540]She keeps me warm
[04:42.500]Love is patient
[04:43.200]Love is kind
[04:48.130]Love is patient
[04:50.030]Love is kind
[04:53.530](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:54.180]Love is patient
[04:56.840](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:56.980]Love is kind
[04:59.920](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:00.680]Love is patient
[05:02.520](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:03.060]Love is kind
[05:05.120](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:06.320]Love is patient
[05:07.960](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:09.120]Love is kind
[05:10.510](I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:11.970]Love is patient
[05:14.540]Love is kind