
Date of issue: 08.10.2012
Song language: English
Same Love |
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 |
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? |
Bunch of stereotypes all in my head |
I remember doing the math like, «Yeah, I’m good at little league.» |
A preconceived idea of what it all meant |
For those that liked the same sex |
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 predisposition |
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 |
My love |
My love |
My love |
She keeps me warm |
She keeps me warm |
She keeps me warm |
She keeps me warm |
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 become so numb to what we’re saying |
A 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 at 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 |
(I don’t know) |
And I can’t change |
Even if I tried |
Even if I wanted to |
My love |
My love |
My love |
She keeps me warm |
She keeps me warm |
She keeps me warm |
She keeps me warm |
We press play, don’t press pause |
Progress, march on |
With the veil over our eyes |
We turn our back on the cause |
'Til the day that my uncles can be united by law |
When kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart |
A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are |
And a certificate on paper isn’t gonna solve it all |
But it’s a damn good place to start |
No law is gonna change us |
We have to change us |
Whatever God you believe in |
We come from the same one |
Strip away the fear |
Underneath it’s all the same love |
About time that we raised up… sex |
And I can’t change |
Even if I tried |
Even if I wanted to |
My love |
My love |
My love |
She keeps me warm |
She keeps me warm |
She keeps me warm |
She keeps me warm |
Love is patient |
Love is kind |
Love is patient |
Love is kind |
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Glorious ft. Skylar Grey | 2017 |
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Wing$ ft. Macklemore | 2012 |
These Days ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore, Dan Caplen | 2018 |
Growing Up ft. Ed Sheeran, Ryan Lewis | 2016 |
Secrets | 2014 |
Downtown ft. Ryan Lewis, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel | 2016 |
Willy Wonka ft. Offset | 2017 |
Dance Off ft. Ryan Lewis, Anderson .Paak, Idris Elba | 2016 |
White Walls ft. ScHoolboy Q, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis | 2012 |
So Far Away | 2014 |
Growing Up ft. Ryan Lewis, Ed Sheeran | 2016 |
St. Ides ft. Ryan Lewis | 2016 |
House of Mirrors ft. Macklemore | 2019 |
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Artist lyrics: Macklemore
Artist lyrics: Ryan Lewis
Artist lyrics: Mary Lambert