Same Love Lyrics - The Heist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

When I was in the 3rd 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" 

Tripping yeah 

I guess she had a point, didn't she 

A bunch of stereotypes all in my head 

I remember doing the math like 

"Yeah, I'm good at little league" 

A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant 

For those that like 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 pre-disposition 

Playing God 

Ahh nah, here we go 

America the brave 

Still fears what we don't know 

And God loves all his children it's somehow forgotten 

But we paraphrase a book written 

35 hundreds years ago 

I don't know 

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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 

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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've become so numb to what we're saying 

Our culture founded from oppression 

Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em 

Call each other faggots 

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 lead people to walk-outs and sit-ins 

Human rights for everybody 

There is no difference 

Live on! And be yourself! 

When I was in church 

They taught me something else 

If you preach hate at the service 

Those words aren't anointed 

And that Holy Water 

That you soak in 

Is then 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 til 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 

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 a veil over our eyes 

We turn our back on the cause 

'Till the day 

That my uncles can be united by law 

Kids are walkin' around 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's 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 

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) 

Love is patient (not crying on Sundays) 

Love is kind (not crying on Sundays) 

Love is patient (not crying on Sundays) 

Love is kind (not crying on Sundays) 

Love is patient (not crying on Sundays) 

Love is kind (not crying on Sundays) 

Love is patient, love is kind