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[00:42.880]When I was in the third grade [00:44.760]I thought that I was gay [00:46.510]Cause I could draw, and my uncle was,and I kept my room straight [00:48.340]I told my mom tears rushing down my face [00:52.060]She’s like “Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k shrimp” [00:54.840]Trippin’, yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she? [00:58.540]Bunch of stereotypes all in my head. [01:00.570]I remember doing the math like,“yea [01:01.410]I’m good at little league” [01:03.260]A preconceived idea of what it all meant For those that liked the same *** [01:07.460]Had the characteristics [01:08.750]The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision [01:12.050]And you can be cured with some treatment [01:14.690]and religion Man made rewiring of a predisposition Playing god, [01:19.260]aw nah here we go America the brave still fears what we don’t know [01:23.340]And god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten [01:25.660]But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago [01:28.770]I don’t know [01:31.460]And I can’t change [01:36.530]Even if I tried [01:39.090]Even if I wanted to [01:42.540]I can't change [01:45.100]Even if I try [01:47.700]Even if I wanted to [01:51.510]My love My love My love [01:53.060]She keeps me warm [01:55.850]She keeps me warm [01:58.710]She keeps me warm [02:01.550]She keeps me warm [02:04.370]If I was gay, [02:06.400]I would think hip-hop hates me [02:08.310]Have you read the YouTube comments lately [02:11.190]"Man, that’s gay" gets dropped on the daily [02:13.610]We become so numb to what we’re saying [02:15.900]A culture founded from oppression [02:17.860]Yet we don’t have acceptance for [02:19.550]‘em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board [02:22.320]A word rooted in hate, [02:23.650]yet our genre still ignores it Gay is synonymous with the lesser [02:27.060]It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion [02:30.770]Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment [02:33.600]The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins [02:40.690]and be yourself [02:42.130]When I was at church [02:43.020]they taught me something else [02:44.270]If you preach hate at the service [02:45.960]those words aren ’t anointed [02:47.560]That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned [02:50.340]When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless [02:53.140]Rather than fighting for humans [02:54.660]that have had their rights stolen [02:56.090]I might not be the same, [02:57.400]but that’s not important [02:59.160]No freedom till we’re equal, [03:00.370]damn right I support it [03:12.400]And I can’t change [03:15.020]Even if I tried [03:17.460]Even if I wanted to [03:21.040]My love My love My love [03:23.050]She keeps me warm [03:25.670]She keeps me warm [03:28.400]She keeps me warm [03:31.400]She keeps me warm [03:36.440]We press play, [03:37.480]don’t press pause [03:39.050]Progress, march on [03:40.180]With the veil over our eyes [03:41.740]We turn our back on the cause Till the day [03:43.900]that my uncles can be united by law [03:45.970]When kids are walking ‘round the hallway [03:47.670]plagued by pain in their heart [03:49.210]A world so hateful [03:50.490]some would rather die than be who they are [03:52.270]And a certificate on paper [03:53.540]isn’t gonna solve it all [03:55.040]But it’s a damn good place to start [03:58.090]No law is gonna change us [03:59.970]We have to change us [04:01.240]Whatever god we believe in [04:02.370]We come from the same one [04:03.950]Strip away the fear [04:04.900]Underneath it’s all the same love [04:06.970]About time that we raised up [04:08.940]And I can’t change [04:13.890]Even if I tried [04:16.640]Even if I wanted to [04:19.930]I can't change [04:22.470]Even if I try [04:25.210]Even if I wanted to [04:29.040]My love My love My love [04:30.780]She keeps me warm [04:33.390]She keeps me warm [04:36.090]She keeps me warm [04:38.970]She keeps me warm [04:43.460]Love is patient [04:46.060]Love is kind [04:48.530]Love is patient [04:51.510]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays) [04:54.250]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays) [04:57.140]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays) [04:59.610]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays) [05:02.400]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays) [05:05.590]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays) [05:08.350]Love is kind (I‘ m not crying on Sundays) [05:11.050]Love is patient Love is kind