Same Love - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft Mary Lambert
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
tripping,
"
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 preconceived idea of what it all meant
For
those that liked 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 predisposition
Playing
God, aw nah here we go
America the
brave still fears what we don't
know
And 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
I can't change
Even if I try
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 become so numb to what we're saying
A
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
When everyone else is more comfortable remaining
voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights
stolen
I might not be the same, but that's not important
No freedom till
we're equal, damn right I support it
(I don't know)
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
the veil over our eyes
We turn our
back on the cause
Till the day that my
uncles can be united by
law
When kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued
by 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 I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
I
can't change
Even if I try
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
(I'm 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
(I'm not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind
(I'm 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
Love is kind
'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
tripping,
"
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 preconceived idea of what it all meant
For
those that liked 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 predisposition
Playing
God, aw nah here we go
America the
brave still fears what we don't
know
And 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
I can't change
Even if I try
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 become so numb to what we're saying
A
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
When everyone else is more comfortable remaining
voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights
stolen
I might not be the same, but that's not important
No freedom till
we're equal, damn right I support it
(I don't know)
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
the veil over our eyes
We turn our
back on the cause
Till the day that my
uncles can be united by
law
When kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued
by 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 I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
I
can't change
Even if I try
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
(I'm 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
(I'm not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind
(I'm 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
Love is kind