[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 *** 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]