Same Love (Feat. Mary Lambert)-Macklemore/Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Mary Lambert

[00:42.57]When I was in the 3rd grade [00:44.13]I thought that I was gay [00:45.33]Cause I could draw, my uncle was [00:46.92]And I kept my room straight [00:48.81]I told my mom, tears rushing down my face [00:50.91]She's like, "Ben you've loved girls since before pre-K " [00:53.94]Trippin', yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she [00:56.82]A bunch of stereotypes all in my head [00:59.67]I remember doing the math like [01:01.05]"Yeah, I'm good in little league " [01:02.55]A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant [01:04.98]For those who like the same sex had the characteristics [01:08.22]The right-wing conservatives think it's a decision [01:11.07]And you can be cured with some treatment and religion [01:13.80]Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition [01:16.35]Playing God [01:18.33]Ahh nah, here we go [01:19.62]America the brave [01:20.73]Still fears what we don't know [01:22.32]And God loves all His children [01:23.82]And somehow forgotten [01:24.90]But we paraphrase a book written [01:26.43]3,500 hundred years ago [01:28.38]I don't know [01:29.22][Hook: Mary Lambert] [01:30.00]And I can't change [01:35.37]Even if I tried [01:38.19]Even if I wanted to [01:41.25]And I can't change [01:43.80]Even if I tried [01:46.62]Even if I wanted to [01:50.43]My love, my love, my love [01:52.11]She keeps me warm [ x4] [01:58.05][Verse 2: Macklemore] [02:05.01]If I was gay [02:05.88]I would think hip-hop hates me [02:08.07]Have you read the YouTube comments lately [02:10.32]" Man that's gay " [02:11.76]Gets dropped on the daily [02:13.05]We've become so numb to what we're sayin' [02:15.57]Our culture founded from oppression [02:17.40]Yeah, we don't have acceptance for 'em [02:18.93]Call each other faggots [02:19.95]Behind the keys of a message board [02:21.81]A word rooted in hate [02:23.01]Yet our genre still ignores it [02:24.63]Gay is anonymous with the lesser [02:27.54]It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion [02:30.06]Gender to skin color [02:31.47]Complexion of your pigment [02:32.85]The same fight that lead people to walk-outs and sit-ins [02:35.58]Human rights for everybody [02:37.02]There is no difference [02:38.40]Live on! And be yourself! [02:41.07]When I was in church [02:42.06]They taught me something else [02:43.86]If you preach hate at the service [02:45.63]Those words aren't anointed [02:46.98]And that Holy Water [02:47.91]That you soak in [02:48.72]Has been poisoned [02:49.62]When everyone else [02:50.58]Is more comfortable [02:51.51]Remaining voiceless [02:52.47]Rather than fighting for humans [02:53.82]That have had their rights stolen [02:55.68]I might not be the same [02:56.97]But that's not important [02:58.26]No freedom 'til we're equal [02:59.76]Damn right I support it [03:02.28][Trombone ] [03:06.06]I don't know [03:19.25][Hook: Mary Lambert ] [03:25.50][Verse 3: Macklemore] [03:35.82]We press play [03:36.78]Don't press pause [03:38.28]Progress, march on! [03:39.75]With a veil over our eyes [03:41.16]We turn our back on the cause [03:42.75]'Till the day [03:43.23]That my uncles can be united by law [03:45.42]Kids are walkin' around the hallway [03:47.04]Plagued by pain in their heart [03:48.75]A world so hateful [03:49.62]Someone would rather die [03:50.55]Than be who they are [03:51.78]And a certificate on paper [03:53.34]Isn't gonna solve it all [03:54.60]But it's a damn good place to start [03:57.54]No law's gonna change us [03:59.34]We have to change us [04:00.63]Whatever god you believe in [04:01.92]We come from the same one [04:03.39]Strip away the fear [04:04.62]Underneath it's all the same love [04:06.54]About time that we raised up [04:26.48][Hook: Mary Lambert] [04:33.27][Outro: Mary Lambert ] [04:42.81]Love is patient, love is kind [04:48.36]Love is patient (not cryin' on Sundays) [04:56.97]Love is kind (not cryin' on Sundays) [ x5]