Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert & Eighty4 Fly)

When I was in the third grade, I thought that I was gay 'Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight I told my mom, tears rushing down my face She's like, "Ben, you've loved girls since before pre-K" Trippin', yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she? Bunch of stereotypes all in my head I remember doing the math like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league." A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant For those that like the same sex had the characteristics The right-wing conservatives think it's a decision And you can be cured with some treatment and religion Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition Playing God, aw nah, here we go America the brave still fears what we don't know "God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago I don't know And I can't change Even if I tried, even if I wanted to And I can't change, even if I tried Even if I wanted to, my love, my love, my love She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me Have you read the YouTube comments lately? "Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily We've become so numb to what we're sayin' Our culture founded from oppression Yet, we don't have acceptance for 'em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it "Gay" is synonymous with the lesser It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment The same fight that led people to walk-outs and sit-ins It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference Live on and be yourself When I was at church, they taught me something else If you preach hate at the service, those words aren't anointed That holy water that you soak in, has been poisoned And when everyone else is more comfortable remainin' voiceless Rather than fightin' for humans that have had their rights stolen I might not be the same, but that's not important No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right, I support it And I can't change, even if I tried Even if I wanted to, my love, my love, my love She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm We press play, don't press pause Progress, march on With a veil over our eyes, we turn our back on the cause 'Til the day that my uncles can be united by law When kids are walkin' 'round the hallway, plagued by a pain in their heart A world so hateful, some would rather die than be who they are And a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all But it's a damn good place to start No law is gonna change us, we have to change us Whatever god you believe in, we come from the same one Strip away the fear, underneath it's all the same love About time that we raised up and said something And I can't change Even if I tried, even if I wanted to And I can't change, even if I tried Even if I wanted to, my love, my love, my love She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm Love is patient Love is kind Love is patient Love is kind (not crying on Sundays) Love is patient (I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is patient (not crying on Sundays) Love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is patient (not crying on Sundays) Love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is patient Love is kind