[ti:Same Love (Radio Edit)]
[ar:Mary Lambert]
[al:]
[00:10.50]When I was in the third grade
[00:12.08]I thought that I was gay
[00:13.57]Cause I could draw
[00:14.42]and my uncle was
[00:15.46]and I kept my room straight
[00:16.88]I told my mom tears rushing down my face
[00:19.01]She's like ＂Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k shrimp〃
[00:22.04]Trippin'
[00:23.16]yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she?
[00:25.32]Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
[00:27.70]I remember doing the math like, ＂yea I'm good at little league〃
[00:30.75]A preconceived idea of what it all meant
[00:33.29]For those that liked the same sex
[00:34.81]Had the characteristics
[00:35.93]The right wing conservatives think it's a decision
[00:39.23]And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
[00:41.75]Man made rewiring of a predisposition
[00:44.03]Playing god, aw nah here we go
[00:47.88]America the brave still fears what we don't know
[00:50.66]And god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
[00:52.84]But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
[00:56.86]I don't know
[00:58.18]And I can't change
[01:02.29]Even if I tried
[01:06.47]Even if I wanted to
[01:09.59]I can't change
[01:12.05]Even if I try
[01:14.65]Even if I wanted to
[01:18.00]My love My love My love
[01:20.26]She keeps me warm
[01:23.02]She keeps me warm
[01:25.74]She keeps me warm
[01:28.58]She keeps me warm
[01:33.22]If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
[01:35.83]Have you read the YouTube comments lately
[01:38.68]"Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily
[01:41.25]We become so numb to what we're saying
[01:43.50]A culture founded from oppression
[01:45.47]Yet we don't have acceptance for
[01:47.05]'em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
[01:49.59]A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
[01:52.79]Gay is synonymous with the lesser
[01:55.57]It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion
[01:57.77]Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
[02:00.64]The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
[02:03.60]It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
[02:06.44]Live on and be yourself
[02:09.13]When I was at church they taught me something else
[02:11.52]If you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed
[02:15.02]That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
[02:17.92]When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
[02:20.77]Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
[02:23.73]I might not be the same, but thatˇs not important
[02:26.26]No freedom till we're equal, damn right I support it
[02:38.76]And I can't change
[02:41.73]Even if I tried
[02:44.93]Even if I wanted to
[02:48.07]My love My love My love
[02:50.74]She keeps me warm
[02:53.55]She keeps me warm
[02:55.92]She keeps me warm
[02:58.53]She keeps me warm
[03:03.80]We press play, don't press pause
[03:05.94]Progress, march on
[03:07.63]With the veil over our eyes
[03:09.52]We turn our back on the cause
[03:11.00]Till the day that my uncles can be united by law
[03:13.47]When kids are walking around the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
[03:16.98]A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
[03:19.97]And a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all
[03:22.53]But it's a damn good place to start
[03:24.86]No law is gonna change us
[03:27.06]We have to change us
[03:28.89]Whatever god we believe in
[03:30.17]We come from the same one
[03:31.46]Strip away the fear
[03:32.72]Underneath it's all the same love
[03:34.06]About time that we raised up
[03:36.67]And I can't change
[03:41.01]Even if I tried
[03:44.39]Even if I wanted to
[03:47.56]I can't change
[03:49.90]Even if I try
[03:52.55]Even if I wanted to
[03:55.92]My love My love My love
[03:58.59]She keeps me warm
[04:01.42]She keeps me warm
[04:03.59]She keeps me warm
[04:06.69]She keeps me warm