WHEN I WAS IN
THE THIRD GRADE
I THOUGHT THAT
I WAS GAY
'CAUSE I COULD
DRAW MY UNCLE WAS
AND I KEPT MY
ROOM STRAIGHT
I TOLD MY MOM TEARS
RUSHING DOWN MY FACE
SHE'S LIKE BEN
YOU'VE LOVED
GIRLS SINCE BEFORE
PRE-K TRIPPIN'
YEAH I GUESS SHE HAD
A POINT DIDN'T SHE
BUNCH OF STEREOTYPES
ALL IN MY HEAD
I REMEMBER DOING
THE MATH LIKE
YEAH I'M GOOD
AT LITTLE LEAGUE
A PRECONCEIVED IDEA
OF WHAT IT ALL MEANT
FOR THOSE THAT
LIKED THE SAME SEX
HAD THE
CHARACTERISTICS
THE RIGHT WING
CONSERVATIVES
THINK IT'S A DECISION
AND YOU CAN
BE CURED WITH
SOME TREATMENT
AND RELIGION
MAN-MADE REWIRING
OF A PREDISPOSITION
PLAYING GOD AW
NAH HERE WE GO
AMERICA THE BRAVE STILL
FEARS WHAT WE DON'T KNOW
AND GOD LOVES ALL HIS
CHILDREN IS
SOMEHOW FORGOTTEN
BUT WE PARAPHRASE
A BOOK WRITTEN
THIRTY-FIVE-HUNDRED
YEARS AGO
I DON'T KNOW
AND I CAN'T CHANGE
EVEN IF I TRIED
EVEN IF I WANTED TO
AND I CAN'T CHANGE
EVEN IF I TRIED
EVEN IF I WANTED TO
MY LOVE
MY LOVE
MY LOVE
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
IF I WAS GAY I WOULD
THINK HIP-HOP HATES ME
HAVE YOU READ THE
YOUTUBE COMMENTS LATELY
MAN THAT'S GAY GETS
DROPPED ON THE DAILY
WE BECOME SO NUMB
TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING
A CULTURE FOUNDED
FROM OPPRESSION
YET WE DON'T HAVE
ACCEPTANCE FOR 'EM
CALL EACH OTHER
F###### BEHIND
THE KEYS OF A
MESSAGE BOARD
A WORD ROOTED
IN HATE YET
OUR GENRE STILL
IGNORES IT
GAY IS SYNONYMOUS
WITH THE LESSER
IT'S THE SAME
HATE THAT'S
CAUSED WARS
FROM RELIGION
GENDER TO SKIN
COLOR THE
COMPLEXION OF
YOUR PIGMENT
THE SAME FIGHT
THAT LED PEOPLE
TO WALK OUTS AND SIT INS
IT'S HUMAN RIGHTS
FOR EVERYBODY
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE
LIVE ON AND BE YOURSELF
WHEN I WAS AT CHURCH THEY
TAUGHT ME SOMETHING ELSE
IF YOU PREACH HATE
AT THE SERVICE
THOSE WORDS
AREN'T ANOINTED
THAT HOLY WATER THAT YOU
SOAK IN HAS BEEN POISONED
WHEN EVERYONE
ELSE IS MORE
COMFORTABLE
REMAINING VOICELESS
RATHER THAN FIGHTING
FOR HUMANS
THAT HAVE HAD THEIR
RIGHTS STOLEN
I MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME
BUT THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT
NO FREEDOM TILL WE'RE EQUAL
DAMN RIGHT I SUPPORT IT
I DON'T KNOW
AND I CAN'T CHANGE
EVEN IF I TRIED
EVEN IF I WANTED TO
MY LOVE
MY LOVE
MY LOVE
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
WE PRESS PLAY
DON'T PRESS PAUSE
PROGRESS MARCH ON
WITH THE VEIL
OVER OUR EYES
WE TURN OUR BACK
ON THE CAUSE
TILL THE DAY THAT MY
UNCLES CAN BE
UNITED BY LAW
WHEN KIDS ARE
WALKING 'ROUND THE
HALLWAY PLAGUED BY
PAIN IN THEIR HEART
A WORLD SO HATEFUL
SOME WOULD
RATHER DIE THAN
BE WHO THEY ARE
AND A CERTIFICATE ON PAPER
ISN'T GONNA SOLVE IT ALL
BUT IT'S A DAMN GOOD
PLACE TO START
NO LAW IS GONNA
CHANGE US
WE HAVE TO
CHANGE US
WHATEVER GOD
YOU BELIEVE IN
WE COME FROM
THE SAME ONE
STRIP AWAY THE FEAR
UNDERNEATH IT'S
ALL THE SAME LOVE
ABOUT TIME THAT
WE RAISED UP SEX
AND I CAN'T CHANGE
EVEN IF I TRIED
EVEN IF I WANTED TO
AND I CAN'T CHANGE
EVEN IF I TRIED
EVEN IF I WANTED TO
MY LOVE
MY LOVE
MY LOVE
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
LOVE IS PATIENT
LOVE IS KIND
LOVE IS PATIENT
LOVE IS KIND
NOT CRYING
ON SUNDAYS
NOT CRYING
ON SUNDAYS
I'M NOT CRYING
ON SUNDAYS
NOT CRYING
ON SUNDAYS
I'M NOT CRYING
ON SUNDAYS
NOT CRYING
ON SUNDAYS
I'M NOT CRYING
ON SUNDAYS
LOVE IS KIND