Karaoké Same Love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis & Mary Lambert

When I was in the third grade

I thought that I was gay

'Cos 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

Tripping, yeah I guess she had a point didn't she

A 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

Ah 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

YouTube comments lately?

Man that's gay gets dropped on the daily

We've become so numb to what we're saying

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 in church they taught me something else

If you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed

And 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

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 'till the day that my uncles can be united by law

When kids are walking around 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's 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 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 not crying on sundays not crying on sundays not crying on sundays

Not crying on sundays not crying on sundays not crying on sundays