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When I was in the third grade |
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I thought that I was gay |
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Cause I could draw, and my uncle was,and I kept my room straight |
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I told my mom tears rushing down my face |
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She’s like “Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k shrimp” |
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Trippin’, yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she? |
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Bunch of stereotypes all in my head. |
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I remember doing the math like,“yea |
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I’m good at little league” |
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A preconceived idea of what it all meant For those that liked the same sex |
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Had the characteristics |
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The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision |
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And you can be cured with some treatment |
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and religion Man made rewiring of a predisposition Playing god, |
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aw nah here we go America the brave still fears what we don’t know |
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And god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten |
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But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago |
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I don’t know |
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And I can’t change |
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Even if I tried |
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Even if I wanted to |
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I can't change |
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Even if I try |
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Even if I wanted to |
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My love My love My love |
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She keeps me warm |
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She keeps me warm |
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She keeps me warm |
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She keeps me warm |
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If I was gay, |
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I would think hip-hop hates me |
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Have you read the YouTube comments lately |
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"Man, that’s gay" gets dropped on the daily |
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We become so numb to what we’re saying |
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A culture founded from oppression |
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Yet we don’t have acceptance for |
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‘em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board |
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A word rooted in hate, |
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yet our genre still ignores it Gay is synonymous with the lesser |
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It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion |
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Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment |
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The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins |
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and be yourself |
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When I was at church |
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they taught me something else |
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If you preach hate at the service |
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those words aren ’t anointed |
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That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned |
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When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless |
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Rather than fighting for humans |
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that have had their rights stolen |
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I might not be the same, |
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but that’s not important |
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No freedom till we’re equal, |
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damn right I support it |
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And I can’t change |
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Even if I tried |
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Even if I wanted to |
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My love My love My love |
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She keeps me warm |
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She keeps me warm |
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She keeps me warm |
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She keeps me warm |
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We press play, |
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don’t press pause |
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Progress, march on |
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With the veil over our eyes |
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We turn our back on the cause Till the day |
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that my uncles can be united by law |
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When kids are walking ‘round the hallway |
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plagued by pain in their heart |
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A world so hateful |
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some would rather die than be who they are |
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And a certificate on paper |
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isn’t gonna solve it all |
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But it’s a damn good place to start |
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No law is gonna change us |
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We have to change us |
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Whatever god we believe in |
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We come from the same one |
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Strip away the fear |
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Underneath it’s all the same love |
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About time that we raised up |
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And I can’t change |
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Even if I tried |
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Even if I wanted to |
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I can't change |
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Even if I try |
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Even if I wanted to |
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My love My love My love |
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She keeps me warm |
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She keeps me warm |
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She keeps me warm |
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She keeps me warm |
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Love is patient |
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Love is kind |
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Love is patient |
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Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays) |
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Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays) |
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Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays) |
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Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays) |
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Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays) |
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Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays) |
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Love is kind (I‘ m not crying on Sundays) |
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Love is patient Love is kind |
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