[00:00:00] Same Love (Interbeat Remix) - Chani/Paulette [00:00:00] When I was in the 3rd grade [00:00:01] I thought that I was gay 'cause I could draw [00:00:03] My uncle was and I kept my room straight straight [00:00:06] I told my mom tears rushing down my face she's like [00:00:09] Ben you've loved girls since before pre K [00:00:12] Trippin' yeah I guess she had a point didn't she [00:00:15] A bunch of stereotypes all in my head [00:00:18] I remember doing the math like [00:00:20] Yeah I'm good a little league [00:00:21] A preconceived idea of what it all meant [00:00:24] For those who like the same sex had the characteristics [00:00:28] The right wing conservatives think it's a decision decision [00:00:31] And you can be cured with some treatment and religion religion [00:00:34] Man made rewiring of a predisposition [00:00:37] Playing God playing God [00:00:39] Ahh nah here we go [00:00:40] America the brave [00:00:41] Still fears what we don't know [00:00:43] And God loves all his children it's somehow forgotten [00:00:46] But we paraphrase a book written 3500 hundred years ago [00:00:49] And I can't change change change change [00:00:53] Oh oh [00:00:55] Even if I tried [00:00:56] Oh oh [00:00:58] Even if I wanted to [00:01:01] And I can't change change change [00:01:04] Even if I tried tried [00:01:07] Even if I wanted to [00:01:11] My love my love my love [00:01:13] She keeps me warm [00:01:16] She keeps me warm [00:01:19] She keeps me warm [00:01:23] She keeps me warm [00:01:27] If I was gay I would think hip hop hates me [00:01:30] Have you read the Youtube comments lately [00:01:34] Man that's gay gets dropped on the daily [00:01:36] We've become so numb to what we're sayin' sayin' [00:01:39] Our culture founded from oppression [00:01:41] Yeah we don't have acceptance for 'em [00:01:43] Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board [00:01:46] A word routed in hate yet our genre still ignores it [00:01:49] Gay is synonymous with the lesser lesser [00:01:52] It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion religion [00:01:55] Gender to skin color the complexion of your pigment [00:01:58] The same fight that lead people to walk outs and sit ins [00:02:01] It's human rights for everybody [00:02:02] There is no difference [00:02:04] Live on [00:02:05] And be yourself yourself [00:02:07] When I was in church [00:02:08] They taught me something else else [00:02:10] If you preach hate at the service [00:02:12] Those words aren't anointed [00:02:13] And that Holy Water [00:02:14] That you soak in is then poisoned [00:02:16] When everyone else [00:02:17] Is more comfortable remaining voiceless [00:02:19] Rather than fighting for humans [00:02:21] That have had their rights stolen [00:02:23] I might not be the same [00:02:25] But that's not important [00:02:26] No freedom 'til we're equal [00:02:28] Damn right I support it [00:02:36] I don't know [00:02:37] I don't know [00:02:41] And I can't change [00:02:44] Even if I tried [00:02:47] Even if I wanted to [00:02:51] My love my love my love [00:02:53] She keeps me warm [00:02:56] She keeps me warm [00:02:59] She keeps me warm [00:03:02] She keeps me warm [00:03:08] We press play don't press pause press pause [00:03:10] Progress march on [00:03:12] With a veil over our eyes [00:03:13] We turn our back on the 'cause [00:03:15] Till the day that my uncles can be united by law [00:03:18] Their kids are walkin' around the hallway [00:03:20] Plagued by pain in their heart [00:03:22] A world so hateful [00:03:22] Some would rather die than be who they are [00:03:25] And a certificate on paper [00:03:27] Isn't gonna solve it all [00:03:28] But it's a damn good place to start place to start [00:03:31] No law's gonna change us [00:03:33] We have to change us [00:03:35] Whatever God you believe in [00:03:36] We come from the same one same one [00:03:38] Strip away the fear [00:03:39] Underneath it's all the same love [00:03:41] About time that we raised up [00:03:43] And I can't change change change change [00:03:49] Even if I tried tried [00:03:52] Even if I wanted to