Same Love (Cali Remix) - Cali/Macklemore.mp3

[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
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[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
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