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When I was in the
third-grade, I thought that I was gay
Because 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? A 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 like the same sex have
the characteristics,
The right wing conservatives think it's a decision and
you can be cured with some treatment and religion. A man-made rewiring
of a predisposition. Playin' God, oh no
here we go.
America the brave, still fears what we don't know. And God loves 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 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. And gay is synonymous with the lesser. It's the
same hate that's caused wars from religion,
gender, and skin color, the complexion of your pigment.
The same fight that led people
to walk-outs and sit-ins. It's human rights for every body
there is no difference. Live on and
be yourself
When i was in 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 until we're equal, damn right I support it.
We press play, don't press pause. Progress
march on.
With the veil over our eyes
we turn our back on the cause. Until the day that my uncles could be united by law.
When kids are walking around the hallway, plagued by pain in their heart. A world
so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
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 we 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.
She keeps me warm, She keeps me warm
Love is patient, love is kind
I'm not crying on Sunday
Love is patient, love is kind.