Ft. Ryan Lewis & Mary Lambert
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[Verse 1: Macklemore]
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When I was in the 3rd grade
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I thought that I was gay
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Cause I could draw, my uncle was
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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 like
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¡°Yeah, I¡¯m good a little league¡±
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A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant
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For those who like the same sex had the characteristics
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The right-wing conservatives think its 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
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Ahh nah, here we go
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America the brave
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Still fears, what, we don¡¯t know
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And God loves all His children
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Is somehow forgotten
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But we paraphrase a book written
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35 hundred years ago
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I don¡¯t know
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[Hook: Mary Lambert]
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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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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 [x4]
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[Verse 2: Macklemore]
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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¡±
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Gets dropped on the daily
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We¡¯ve become so numb to what we¡¯re sayin¡¯
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Our culture founded from oppression
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Yeah, we don¡¯t have acceptance for ¡®em
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Call each other faggots
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Behind the keys of a message board
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A word routed in hate
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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 and skin color
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Complexion of your pigment
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The same fight that lead people to walk-outs and sit-ins
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It¡¯s human rights for everybody
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There is no difference
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Live on! And be yourself!
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When I was in 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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And that Holy Water
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That you soak in
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Is then poisoned
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When everyone else
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Is more comfortable
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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 ¡¯til we¡¯re equal
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Damn right I support it
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I don¡¯t know
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[Hook: Mary Lambert]
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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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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 [x4]
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[Verse 3: Macklemore]
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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 a veil over our eyes
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We turn our back on the cause
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¡®Till the day
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That my uncles can be united by law
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Kids are walkin¡¯ around the hallway
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Plagued by pain in their heart
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A world so hateful
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Someone would rather die
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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¡¯s gonna change us
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We have to change us
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Whatever god you 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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[Hook: Mary Lambert]
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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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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 [x4]
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[Outro: Mary Lambert]
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Love is patient, love is kind
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Love is patient (not cryin¡¯ on Sundays)
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Love is kind (not crying on Sundays) [x5]
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Same Love
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Macklemore |