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 preconceived idea of what it all meant

For those that liked the same s*x

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

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

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 'til 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

'Til 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... s*x

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

(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