[00:42.88]When I was in the third grade
[00:44.76]I thought that I was gay
[00:46.51]Cause I could draw, and my uncle was,and I kept my room straight
[00:48.34]I told my mom tears rushing down my face
[00:52.06]She’s like “Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k shrimp”
[00:54.84]Trippin’, yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she?
[00:58.54]Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
[01:00.57]I remember doing the math like,“yea
[01:01.41]I’m good at little league”
[01:03.26]A preconceived idea of what it all meant For those that liked the same sex
[01:07.46]Had the characteristics
[01:08.75]The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision
[01:12.05]And you can be cured with some treatment
[01:14.69]and religion Man made rewiring of a predisposition Playing god,
[01:19.26]aw nah here we go America the brave still fears what we don’t know
[01:23.34]And god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
[01:25.66]But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
[01:28.77]I don’t know
[01:31.46]And I can’t change
[01:36.53]Even if I tried
[01:39.09]Even if I wanted to
[01:42.54]I can't change
[01:45.10]Even if I try
[01:47.70]Even if I wanted to
[01:51.51]My love My love My love
[01:53.06]She keeps me warm
[01:55.85]She keeps me warm
[01:58.71]She keeps me warm
[02:01.55]She keeps me warm
[02:04.37]If I was gay,
[02:06.40]I would think hip-hop hates me
[02:08.31]Have you read the YouTube comments lately
[02:11.19]"Man, that’s gay" gets dropped on the daily
[02:13.61]We become so numb to what we’re saying
[02:15.90]A culture founded from oppression
[02:17.86]Yet we don’t have acceptance for
[02:19.55]‘em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
[02:22.32]A word rooted in hate,
[02:23.65]yet our genre still ignores it Gay is synonymous with the lesser
[02:27.06]It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion
[02:30.77]Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
[02:33.60]The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
[02:40.69]and be yourself
[02:42.13]When I was at church
[02:43.02]they taught me something else
[02:44.27]If you preach hate at the service
[02:45.96]those words aren ’t anointed
[02:47.56]That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
[02:50.34]When everyone  else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
[02:53.14]Rather than fighting for humans
[02:54.66]that  have had their rights stolen
[02:56.09]I might not be the same,
[02:57.40]but that’s not important
[02:59.16]No freedom till we’re equal,
[03:00.37]damn right I support it
[03:12.40]And I can’t change
[03:15.02]Even if I tried
[03:17.46]Even if I wanted to
[03:21.04]My love My love My love
[03:23.05]She keeps me warm
[03:25.67]She keeps me warm
[03:28.40]She keeps me warm
[03:31.40]She keeps me warm
[03:36.44]We press play,
[03:37.48]don’t press pause
[03:39.05]Progress, march on
[03:40.18]With the veil over our eyes
[03:41.74]We turn our back on the cause Till the day
[03:43.90]that my  uncles can be united by law
[03:45.97]When kids are walking ‘round the hallway
[03:47.67]plagued by  pain in their heart
[03:49.21]A world so hateful
[03:50.49]some would rather die than be who they are
[03:52.27]And a certificate on paper
[03:53.54]isn’t gonna solve it all
[03:55.04]But it’s a damn good place  to start
[03:58.09]No law is gonna change us
[03:59.97]We have to change us
[04:01.24]Whatever god we believe  in
[04:02.37]We come from the same one
[04:03.95]Strip away the fear
[04:04.90]Underneath it’s all the same  love
[04:06.97]About time that we raised up
[04:08.94]And I can’t change
[04:13.89]Even if I tried
[04:16.64]Even if I  wanted to
[04:19.93]I can't change
[04:22.47]Even if I try
[04:25.21]Even if I wanted to
[04:29.04]My love My love My  love
[04:30.78]She keeps me warm
[04:33.39]She keeps me warm
[04:36.09]She keeps me warm
[04:38.97]She keeps me warm
[04:43.46]Love  is patient
[04:46.06]Love is kind
[04:48.53]Love is patient
[04:51.51]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:54.25]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:57.14]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on  Sundays)
[04:59.61]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:02.40]Love is kind (I‘m not  crying on Sundays)
[05:05.59]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:08.35]Love is kind (I‘ m not crying on Sundays)
[05:11.05]Love is patient Love is kind
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