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
