[00:42.880]When I was in the third grade
[00:44.760]I thought that I was gay
[00:46.510]Cause I could draw, and my uncle was,and I kept my room straight
[00:48.340]I told my mom tears rushing down my face
[00:52.060]She’s like “Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k shrimp”
[00:54.240]Trippin’, yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she?
[00:57.940]Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
[00:59.970]I remember doing the math like,“yea
[01:00.810]I’m good at little league”
[01:02.660]A preconceived idea of what it all meant For those that liked the same sex
[01:06.860]Had the characteristics
[01:08.150]The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision
[01:11.450]And you can be cured with some treatment
[01:14.090]and religion Man made rewiring of a predisposition Playing god,
[01:18.660]aw nah here we go America the brave still fears what we don’t know
[01:22.740]And god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
[01:25.060]But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
[01:28.170]I don’t know
[01:30.860]And I can’t change
[01:35.930]Even if I tried
[01:38.490]Even if I wanted to
[01:41.940]I can't change
[01:44.500]Even if I try
[01:47.100]Even if I wanted to
[01:50.910]My love My love My love
[01:52.460]She keeps me warm
[01:55.250]She keeps me warm
[01:58.110]She keeps me warm
[02:00.950]She keeps me warm
[02:03.770]If I was gay,
[02:05.800]I would think hip-hop hates me
[02:07.710]Have you read the YouTube comments lately
[02:10.590]"Man, that’s gay" gets dropped on the daily
[02:13.010]We become so numb to what we’re saying
[02:15.300]A culture founded from oppression
[02:17.260]Yet we don’t have acceptance for
[02:18.950]‘em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
[02:21.720]A word rooted in hate,
[02:23.950]yet our genre still ignores it Gay is synonymous with the lesser
[02:27.960]It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion
[02:31.670]Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
[02:34.500]The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
[02:41.590]and be yourself
[02:43.030]When I was at church
[02:43.920]they taught me something else
[02:45.170]If you preach hate at the service
[02:46.860]those words aren ’t anointed
[02:48.460]That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
[02:51.240]When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
[02:54.040]Rather than fighting for humans
[02:55.560]that have had their rights stolen
[02:56.990]I might not be the same,
[02:58.300]but that’s not important
[03:00.060]No freedom till we’re equal,
[03:01.270]damn right I support it
[03:13.300]And I can’t change
[03:15.920]Even if I tried
[03:18.360]Even if I wanted to
[03:21.940]My love My love My love
[03:23.950]She keeps me warm
[03:26.570]She keeps me warm
[03:29.300]She keeps me warm
[03:32.300]She keeps me warm
[03:37.340]We press play,
[03:38.380]don’t press pause
[03:39.950]Progress, march on
[03:41.080]With the veil over our eyes
[03:42.640]We turn our back on the cause Till the day
[03:44.800]that my uncles can be united by law
[03:46.870]When kids are walking ‘round the hallway
[03:48.570]plagued by pain in their heart
[03:50.110]A world so hateful
[03:51.390]some would rather die than be who they are
[03:53.170]And a certificate on paper
[03:54.440]isn’t gonna solve it all
[03:55.940]But it’s a damn good place to start
[03:58.990]No law is gonna change us
[04:00.870]We have to change us
[04:02.140]Whatever god we believe in
[04:03.270]We come from the same one
[04:04.850]Strip away the fear
[04:05.800]Underneath it’s all the same love
[04:07.870]About time that we raised up
[04:09.840]And I can’t change
[04:14.790]Even if I tried
[04:17.540]Even if I wanted to
[04:20.830]I can't change
[04:23.370]Even if I try
[04:26.110]Even if I wanted to
[04:29.940]My love My love My love
[04:31.680]She keeps me warm
[04:34.290]She keeps me warm
[04:36.990]She keeps me warm
[04:39.870]She keeps me warm
[04:44.360]Love is patient
[04:46.960]Love is kind
[04:49.430]Love is patient
[04:52.410]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:55.150]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:58.040]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:00.510]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:03.300]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:06.490]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:09.250]Love is kind (I‘ m not crying on Sundays)
[05:11.950]Love is patient Love is kind