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? 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 *** 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 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 And I can't change 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 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 And I can't change, even if I tried Even if I wanted to And I can't change
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 And I can't change
[00:12.28]When I was in the third grade, I thought that I was gay [00:15.72]‘Cause I could draw, my uncle was and I kept my room straight [00:19.62]I told my mom, tears rushing down my face [00:21.98]She's like, "Ben, you've loved girls since before Pre-K!" [00:25.34]Trippin', yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she? [00:28.98]A bunch of stereotypes all in my head [00:31.77]I remember doing the math [00:33.34]Like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league." [00:35.13]A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant [00:38.10]For those that like the same *** had the characteristics [00:41.48]The right-wing conservatives think it's a decision [00:44.86]And you can be cured with some treatment and religion [00:47.93]Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition [00:51.02]Playing God, aw, nah, here we go [00:54.67]America the brave still fears what we don't know [00:57.69]And "God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten [01:00.73]But we paraphrase a book [01:02.17]Written thirty-five hundred years ago, I don't know [01:03.19]And I can't change, even if I tried [01:12.33]Even if I wanted to [01:15.73]And I can't change, even if I tried [01:25.13]Even if I wanted to [01:28.49]And I can't change [01:30.28]If I was gay I would think hip-hop hates me [01:33.76]Have you read the YouTube comments lately? [01:36.82]"Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily [01:39.25]We've become so numb to what we're saying [01:42.08]Our culture founded from oppression [01:44.34]Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em [01:45.99]Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board [01:49.15]A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it [01:52.40]"Gay" is synonymous with the lesser [01:55.63]It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion [01:58.71]Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment [02:01.76]The same fight that led people to walk-outs and sit-ins [02:04.74]It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference [02:08.11]Live on! And be yourself! [02:11.09]When I was in church they taught me something else [02:14.29]If you preach hate at the service, those words aren't anointed [02:17.87]That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned [02:20.73]When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless [02:24.06]Rather than fighting for humans [02:25.71]That have had their rights stolen [02:27.71]I might not be the same, but that's not important [02:30.75]No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it [02:33.05]And I can't change, even if I tried [02:42.31]Even if I wanted to [02:45.65]And I can't change, even if I tried [02:55.08]Even if I wanted to [02:58.53]And I can't change [03:01.42] [03:24.40]And I can't change, even if I tried [03:33.60]Even if I wanted to [03:37.05]And I can't change, even if I tried [03:46.40]Even if I wanted to [03:49.90]And I can't change [03:54.26]
