[00:00:00] Same Love - MC Cologne [00:00:11] When I was in the 3rd grade [00:00:13] I thought that I was gay [00:00:14] Cause I could draw my uncle was [00:00:16] And I kept my room straight [00:00:17] I told my mom tears rushing down my face [00:00:20] She's like "Ben you've loved girls since before pre-K" [00:00:22] Trippin' yeah I guess she had a point didn't she [00:00:26] A bunch of stereotypes all in my head [00:00:28] I remember doing the math like [00:00:30] "Yeah I'm good at little league" [00:00:31] A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant [00:00:34] For those who like the same sex had the characteristics [00:00:37] The right-wing conservatives think its a decision [00:00:40] And you can be cured with some treatment and religion [00:00:42] Man-made rewiring of a predisposition [00:00:45] Playing God [00:00:47] Ahh nah here we go [00:00:48] America the brave [00:00:49] Still fears what we don't know [00:00:51] And God loves all His children [00:00:52] Is somehow forgotten [00:00:54] But we paraphrase a book written [00:00:55] 35 hundred years ago [00:00:57] I don't know [00:00:58] And I can't change [00:01:04] Even if I tried [00:01:07] Even if I wanted to [00:01:10] And I can't change [00:01:13] Even if I tried [00:01:15] Even if I wanted to [00:01:19] My love my love my love [00:01:21] She keeps me warm [00:01:24] She keeps me warm [00:01:26] She keeps me warm [00:01:29] She keeps me warm [00:01:34] If I was gay [00:01:34] I would think hip-hop hates me [00:01:36] Have you read the YouTube comments lately [00:01:39] "Man that's gay" [00:01:40] Gets dropped on the daily [00:01:42] We've become so numb to what we're sayin' [00:01:44] Our culture founded from oppression [00:01:46] Yeah we don't have acceptance for 'em [00:01:48] Call each other faggots [00:01:49] Behind the keys of a message board [00:01:51] A word routed in hate [00:01:52] Yet our genre still ignores it [00:01:53] Gay is synonymous with the lesser [00:01:56] It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion [00:01:59] Gender and skin color [00:02:00] Complexion of your pigment [00:02:01] The same fight that lead people to walk-outs and sit-ins [00:02:04] It's human rights for everybody [00:02:06] There is no difference [00:02:07] Live on And be yourself [00:02:10] When I was in church [00:02:11] They taught me something else [00:02:12] If you preach hate at the service [00:02:14] Those words aren't anointed [00:02:16] And that Holy Water [00:02:16] That you soak in [00:02:18] Is then poisoned [00:02:18] When everyone else [00:02:19] Is more comfortable [00:02:20] Remaining voiceless [00:02:22] Rather than fighting for humans [00:02:23] That have had their rights stolen [00:02:24] I might not be the same [00:02:26] But that's not important [00:02:27] No freedom 'til we're equal [00:02:28] Damn right I support it [00:02:36] I don't know [00:02:40] And I can't change [00:02:43] Even if I tried [00:02:46] Even if I wanted to [00:02:50] My love my love my love [00:02:51] She keeps me warm [00:02:54] She keeps me warm [00:02:57] She keeps me warm [00:03:00] She keeps me warm [00:03:04] We press play [00:03:05] Don't press pause [00:03:07] Progress march on [00:03:08] With a veil over our eyes [00:03:10] We turn our back on the cause [00:03:11] 'Till the day [00:03:12] That my uncles can be united by law [00:03:14] Kids are walkin' around the hallway [00:03:16] Plagued by pain in their heart [00:03:17] A world so hateful [00:03:18] Someone would rather die [00:03:19] Than be who they are [00:03:21] And a certificate on paper [00:03:22] Isn't gonna solve it all [00:03:23] But it's a damn good place to startXX [00:03:26] No law's gonna change us [00:03:28] We have to change us [00:03:29] Whatever god you believe in [00:03:30] We come from the same one [00:03:32] Strip away the fear [00:03:33] Underneath it's all the same love [00:03:35] About time that we raised up [00:03:37] And I can't change [00:03:42] Even if I tried [00:03:45] Even if I wanted to [00:03:48] And I can't change [00:03:51] Even if I tried [00:03:53] Even if I wanted to