Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert)

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 pre-conceived idea of what it all meant
 For those that like the same sex 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 pre-disposition
 Playing God, aw nah, here we go
 America the brave still fears what we don't know
 "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 YouTube comments lately?
 "Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily
 We've become so numb to what we're sayin'
 Our 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
 And when everyone else is more comfortable remainin' voiceless
 Rather than fightin' 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
 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 a 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 walkin' 'round the hallway, plagued by a 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 and said something
 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 (I'm 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