[00:41.680]When I was in the third grade
[00:43.560]I thought that I was gay
[00:45.310]Cause I could draw, and my uncle was,and I kept my                            room straight
[00:47.140]I told my mom tears rushing down my face
[00:50.860]She’s like “Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k                             shrimp”
[00:53.640]Trippin’, yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she?
[00:57.340]Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
[00:59.370]I remember doing the math like,“yea
[01:00.210]I’m good at little league”
[01:02.060]A preconceived idea of what it all meant For those that                        liked the same sex
[01:06.260]Had the characteristics
[01:07.550]The right wing conservatives think it’s a decision
[01:10.850]And you can be cured with some treatment
[01:13.490]and religion Man made rewiring of a predisposition                              Playing god,
[01:18.060]aw nah here we go America the brave still fears what we                       don’t know
[01:22.140]And god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
[01:24.460]But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred                         years ago
[01:27.570]I don’t know
[01:30.260]And I can’t change
[01:35.330]Even if I tried
[01:37.890]Even if I wanted to
[01:41.340]I can't change
[01:43.900]Even if I try
[01:47.100]Even if I wanted to
[01:50.910]My love My love My love
[01:52.460]She keeps me warm
[01:55.250]She keeps me warm
[01:58.110]She keeps me warm
[02:02.450]She keeps me warm
[02:04.370]If I was gay,
[02:06.700]I would think hip-hop hates me
[02:08.310]Have you read the YouTube comments lately
[02:10.890]"Man, that’s gay" gets dropped on the daily
[02:13.010]We become so numb to what we’re saying
[02:15.000]A culture founded from oppression
[02:16.660]Yet we don’t have acceptance for
[02:18.350]‘em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a                                  message board
[02:21.120]A word rooted in hate,
[02:22.450]yet our genre still ignores it Gay is synonymous with the                      lesser
[02:25.860]It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion
[02:30.770]Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
[02:33.600]The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
[02:40.690]and be yourself
[02:42.130]When I was at church
[02:43.020]they taught me something else
[02:44.270]If you preach hate at the service
[02:45.960]those words aren ’t anointed
[02:47.560]That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
[02:50.340]When everyone  else is more comfortable remaining                           voiceless
[02:53.140]Rather than fighting for humans
[02:54.660]that  have had their rights stolen
[02:56.090]I might not be the same,
[02:57.400]but that’s not important
[02:59.160]No freedom till we’re equal,
[03:00.370]damn right I support it
[03:12.400]And I can’t change
[03:15.020]Even if I tried
[03:17.460]Even if I wanted to
[03:21.040]My love My love My love
[03:23.050]She keeps me warm
[03:25.670]She keeps me warm
[03:28.400]She keeps me warm
[03:31.400]She keeps me warm
[03:36.440]We press play,
[03:38.980]don’t press pause
[03:40.250]Progress, march on
[03:41.380]With the veil over our eyes
[03:42.940]We turn our back on the cause Till the day
[03:45.100]that my  uncles can be united by law
[03:47.170]When kids are walking ‘round the hallway
[03:48.870]plagued by  pain in their heart
[03:50.410]A world so hateful
[03:51.690]some would rather die than be who they are
[03:53.470]And a certificate on paper
[03:55.040]isn’t gonna solve it all
[03:56.540]But it’s a damn good place  to start
[03:59.590]No law is gonna change us
[04:01.470]We have to change us
[04:02.740]Whatever god we believe  in
[04:03.870]We come from the same one
[04:05.450]Strip away the fear
[04:06.400]Underneath it’s all the same  love
[04:08.470]About time that we raised up
[04:10.440]And I can’t change
[04:15.390]Even if I tried
[04:18.140]Even if I  wanted to
[04:21.430]I can't change
[04:23.970]Even if I try
[04:26.710]Even if I wanted to
[04:30.540]My love My love My  love
[04:32.280]She keeps me warm
[04:34.890]She keeps me warm
[04:37.590]She keeps me warm
[04:40.470]She keeps me warm
[04:44.960]Love  is patient
[04:47.560]Love is kind
[04:50.030]Love is patient
[04:53.010]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:55.750]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[04:58.640]Love is kind (I‘m not crying on  Sundays)
[05:01.110]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:03.900]Love is kind (I‘m not  crying on Sundays)
[05:07.090]Love is patient (I‘m not crying on Sundays)
[05:09.850]Love is kind (I‘ m not crying on Sundays)
[05:12.550]Love is patient Love is kind