[00:00:00] Same Love - Energy Club [00:00:11] When I was in the 3rd grade [00:00:12] I thought that I was gay [00:00:14] 'Cause I could draw my uncle was [00:00:15] And I kept my room straight [00:00:17] I told my mom tears rushing down my face [00:00:19] She's like Ben you've loved girls [00:00:21] Since before pre-K [00:00:22] Tripping yeah I guess she had a point didn't she [00:00:25] 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 [00:00:33] For those who like the same sex had [00:00:35] The characteristics [00:00:37] The right-wing conservatives think its a decision [00:00:39] And you can be cured with some treatment and religion [00:00:42] Man-made rewiring of a predisposition [00:00:44] 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 [00:00:53] 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 [00:01:12] Even if I tried [00:01:15] Even if I wanted to [00:01:18] My love my love my love [00:01:21] She keeps me warm [00:01:23] 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 saying [00:01:44] Our culture founded from oppression [00:01:46] Yeah we don't have acceptance for 'em [00:01:47] Call each other faggots [00:01:48] Behind the keys of a message board [00:01:50] A word routed in hate [00:01:51] 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 [00:01:57] Caused wars from religion [00:01:58] Gender and skin color [00:02:00] Complexion of your pigment [00:02:01] The same fight that lead people [00:02:03] To walk-outs and sit-ins [00:02:04] It's human rights for everybody [00:02:05] There is no difference [00:02:07] Live on And be yourself [00:02:09] When I was in church [00:02:10] 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 [00:02:17] That you soak in [00:02:18] Is then poisoned [00:02:18] When everyone else [00:02:19] Is more comfortable [00:02:19] Remaining voiceless [00:02:20] Rather than fighting for humans [00:02:22] 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 until we're equal [00:02:28] Damn right I support it [00:02:40] And I can't change [00:02:43] Even if I tried [00:02:45] Even if I wanted to [00:02:49] My love my love my love [00:02:51] She keeps me warm [00:02:54] She keeps me warm [00:02:56] She keeps me warm [00:02:59] She keeps me warm [00:03:05] We press play [00:03:06] Don't press pause [00:03:07] Progress march on [00:03:08] With a veil over our eyes [00:03:09] We turn our back on the 'cause [00:03:11] Till the day [00:03:12] That my uncles can be united by law [00:03:13] Kids are walking around the hallway [00:03:15] Plagued by pain in their heart [00:03:17] A world so hateful [00:03:17] Someone would rather die [00:03:19] Than be who they are [00:03:20] 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 start [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 [00:03:31] We come from the same one [00:03:32] Strip away the fear [00:03:33] Underneath it's all the same love [00:03:34] 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 [00:03:50] Even if I tried [00:03:53] Even if I wanted to