Same Love - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Mary Lambert.mp3

[00:00.00]When I was in the third grade
[00:02.13]I thought that I was gay
[00:03.95]Cause I could draw, and my uncle was,and I kept my room straight
[00:07.75]I told my mom tears rushing down my face
[00:10.70]She’s like “Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k shrimp”
[00:14.35]Trippin’, yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she?
[00:17.30]Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
[00:19.45]I remember doing the math like,“yea
[00:22.00]I’m good at little league”
[00:23.50]A preconceived idea of what it all meant For those that liked the same sex
[00:28.40]Had the characteristics
[00:30.30]The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision
[00:33.95]And you can be cured with some treatment
[00:36.40]and religion Man made rewiring of a predisposition Playing god,
[00:40.85]aw nah here we go America the brave still fears what we don’t know
[00:46.00]And god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
[00:49.85]But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
[00:53.95]I don’t know
[00:55.30]And I can’t change
[00:58.70]Even if I tried
[01:02.05]Even if I wanted to
[01:05.35]I can't change
[01:08.55]Even if I try
[01:11.75]Even if I wanted to
[01:14.95]My love My love My love
[01:18.55]She keeps me warm
[01:21.75]She keeps me warm
[01:25.00]She keeps me warm
[01:28.15]She keeps me warm
[01:30.40]If I was gay,
[01:32.25]I would think hip-hop hates me
[01:34.90]Have you read the YouTube comments lately
[01:37.55]"Man, that’s gay" gets dropped on the daily
[01:40.35]We become so numb to what we’re saying
[01:43.30]A culture founded from oppression
[01:46.45]Yet we don’t have acceptance for
[01:48.40]‘em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
[01:52.95]A word rooted in hate,
[01:55.35]yet our genre still ignores it Gay is synonymous with the lesser
[01:59.75]It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion
[02:03.45]Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
[02:07.45]The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
[02:11.45]and be yourself
[02:13.20]When I was at church
[02:15.50]they taught me something else
[02:17.85]If you preach hate at the service
[02:20.65]those words aren ’t anointed
[02:23.25]That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
[02:27.10]When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
[02:31.40]Rather than fighting for humans
[02:34.20]that have had their rights stolen
[02:36.75]I might not be the same,
[02:39.10]but that’s not important
[02:41.50]No freedom till we’re equal,
[02:44.20]damn right I support it
[02:46.50]And I can’t change
[02:49.75]Even if I tried
[02:53.05]Even if I wanted to
[02:56.30]My love My love My love
[02:59.85]She keeps me warm
[03:03.05]She keeps me warm
[03:06.30]She keeps me warm
[03:09.50]She keeps me warm
[03:11.75]We press play,
[03:14.00]don’t press pause
[03:15.70]Progress, march on
[03:17.85]With the veil over our eyes
[03:20.50]We turn our back on the cause Till the day
[03:23.85]that my uncles can be united by law
[03:26.90]When kids are walking ‘round the hallway
[03:30.35]plagued by pain in their heart
[03:33.20]A world so hateful
[03:35.45]some would rather die than be who they are
[03:38.65]And a certificate on paper
[03:41.70]isn’t gonna solve it all
[03:44.25]But it’s a damn good place to start
[03:46.75]No law is gonna change us
[03:49.45]We have to change us
[03:51.80]Whatever god we believe in
[03:54.60]We come from the same one
[03:57.10]Strip away the fear
[03:59.70]Underneath it’s all the same love
[04:02.50]About time that we raised up
[04:05.30]And I can’t change
[04:08.70]Even if I tried
[04:11.90]Even if I wanted to
[04:15.20]I can't change
[04:18.40]Even if I try
[04:21.60]Even if I wanted to
[04:24.80]My love My love My love
[04:28.40]She keeps me warm
[04:31.60]She keeps me warm
[04:34.80]She keeps me warm
[04:38.00]She keeps me warm
[04:40.40]Love is patient
[04:43.40]Love is kind
[04:46.50]Love is patient
[04:49.50]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:52.45]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:55.45]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:58.45]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:01.40]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:04.40]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:07.40]Love is kind (I‘ m not crying on Sundays)
[05:10.50]Love is patient Love is kind