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MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS lyrics : "SAME LOVE feat. MARY LAMBERT"

[Piano Intro]

[Verse 1: Macklemore]

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
3,500 years ago
I don't know


[Hook: Mary Lambert]
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 [x4]

[Verse 2: Macklemore]

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 !@$)gots

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

Complexion of your pigment
The same fight that led 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


[Trombone]
I don't know

[Hook]


[Verse 3: Macklemore]
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

[Hook]

[Outro: Mary Lambert]

Love is patient, love is kind
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 (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)

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