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When I was in the third grade, I thought that I was gay |
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‘Cause I could draw, 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!" |
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Trippin', yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she? |
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A bunch of stereotypes all in my head |
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I remember doing the math |
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Like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league." |
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A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant |
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For those that like the same sex 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 and religion |
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Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition |
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Playing God, aw, nah, here we go |
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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 |
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Written thirty-five hundred years ago, I don't know |
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And I can't change, even if I tried |
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Even if I wanted to |
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And I can't change, even if I tried |
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Even if I wanted to |
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And I can't change |
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If I was gay 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've become so numb to what we're saying |
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Our culture founded from oppression |
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Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em |
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Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board |
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A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it |
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"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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It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference |
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Live on! And be yourself! |
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When I was in church they taught me something else |
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If you preach hate at the service, 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, but that's not important |
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No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it |
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And I can't change, even if I tried |
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Even if I wanted to |
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And I can't change, even if I tried |
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Even if I wanted to |
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And I can't change |
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And I can't change, even if I tried |
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Even if I wanted to |
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And I can't change, even if I tried |
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Even if I wanted to |
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And I can't change |
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