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[00:43.02]When I was in the third grade, I thought that I was gay
[00:47.49]'Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight
[00:48.98]I told my mom, tears rushing down my face
[00:51.56]She's like, "Ben, you've loved girls since before pre-K"
[00:54.03]Trippin', yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she?
[00:57.13]Bunch of stereotypes all in my head
[00:59.74]I remember doing the math like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league."
[01:02.87]A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant
[01:05.35]For those that like the same sex had the characteristics
[01:08.30]The right-wing conservatives think it's a decision
[01:11.28]And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
[01:13.64]Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition
[01:16.26]Playing God, aw nah, here we go
[01:19.91]America the brave still fears what we don't know
[01:22.98]"God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten
[01:25.39]But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago
[01:28.31]I don't know
[01:30.97]And I can't change
[01:32.60]Even if I tried, even if I wanted to
[01:37.85]And I can't change, even if I tried
[01:46.45]Even if I wanted to, my love, my love, my love
[01:52.55]She keeps me warm
[01:56.07]She keeps me warm
[01:57.68]She keeps me warm
[02:00.64]She keeps me warm
[02:03.67]If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
[02:07.67]Have you read the YouTube comments lately?
[02:10.78]"Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily
[02:13.44]We've become so numb to what we're sayin'
[02:15.64]Our culture founded from oppression
[02:17.88]Yet, we don't have acceptance for 'em
[02:19.77]Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
[02:21.92]A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
[02:24.67]"Gay" is synonymous with the lesser
[02:26.52]It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion
[02:29.87]Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
[02:32.70]The same fight that led people to walk-outs and sit-ins
[02:35.87]It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference
[02:38.43]Live on and be yourself
[02:41.76]When I was at church, they taught me something else
[02:43.77]If you preach hate at the service, those words aren't anointed
[02:49.51]That holy water that you soak in, has been poisoned
[02:50.39]And when everyone else is more comfortable remainin' voiceless
[02:52.73]Rather than fightin' for humans that have had their rights stolen
[02:55.32]I might not be the same, but that's not important
[02:58.17]No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right, I support it
[03:18.23]And I can't change, even if I tried
[03:25.04]Even if I wanted to, my love, my love, my love
[03:30.15]She keeps me warm
[03:33.23]She keeps me warm
[03:36.39]She keeps me warm
[03:39.09]She keeps me warm
[03:42.80]We press play, don't press pause
[03:46.07]Progress, march on
[03:47.66]With a veil over our eyes, we turn our back on the cause
[03:50.33]'Til the day that my uncles can be united by law
[03:54.54]When kids are walkin' 'round the hallway, plagued by a pain in their heart
[03:57.14]A world so hateful, some would rather die than be who they are
[03:59.32]And a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all
[04:02.38]But it's a damn good place to start
[04:04.59]No law is gonna change us, we have to change us
[04:08.10]Whatever god you believe in, we come from the same one
[04:11.25]Strip away the fear, underneath it's all the same love
[04:13.70]About time that we raised up and said something
[04:16.57]And I can't change
[04:18.57]Even if I tried, even if I wanted to
[04:23.58]And I can't change, even if I tried
[04:31.97]Even if I wanted to, my love, my love, my love
[04:41.03]She keeps me warm
[04:41.80]She keeps me warm
[04:43.63]She keeps me warm
[04:46.40]She keeps me warm
[04:49.02]Love is patient
[04:53.04]Love is kind
[04:55.55]Love is patient
[04:57.04]Love is kind (not crying on Sundays)
[04:58.21]Love is patient (I'm not crying on Sundays)
[04:59.36]Love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays)
[05:00.28]Love is patient (not crying on Sundays)
[05:01.67]Love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays)
[05:04.50]Love is patient (not crying on Sundays)
[05:08.07]Love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays)
[05:10.56]Love is patient
[05:13.68]Love is kind
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