Same Love

	  		

Intro:
 
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When I was in the third grade I thought I was gay 
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'Cause I could draw, an' 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," trippin' 
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Yea 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 I'm good at little league" 
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A preconceived idea of what it all meant 

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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 


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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'm acting strange 
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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, 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" get 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, 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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A 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 
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 


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When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless 
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Rather than fighting for humans 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 till we're equal, damn right I support it 

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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 

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And press play, 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 the back on the cause 
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Till 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 we believe in 
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 
About time 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'm acting strange 
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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 
She keeps me warm 
She keeps me warm 
She keeps me warm 

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Love is patient 
Love is kind 
Love is patient 
Love is kind 
(I'm not crying on Sundays) 
Love is patient 
(I'm not crying on Sundays) 
Love is kind 
(I'm not crying on Sundays) 
Love is patient 
(I'm not crying on Sundays) 
Love is kind 
(I'm not crying on Sundays) 
Love is patient 
(I'm not crying on Sundays) 
Love is kind 
(I'm not crying on Sundays) 
Love is patient 
Love is kind