[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?
Trippin', 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 a little league?
A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant

For those who like the same sex had the characteristics
The right-wing conservatives think its 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

Is somehow forgotten
But we paraphrase a book written
35 hundred 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 sayin'
Our culture founded from oppression
Yeah, we don't have acceptance for 'em

Call each other !@$)gots
Behind the keys of a message board
A word routed 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 and skin color
Complexion of your pigment
The same fight that lead 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 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


[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 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
Someone 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: 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]

[Outro: Mary Lambert]
Love is patient, love is kind
Love is patient (not cryin' on Sundays)

Love is kind (not crying on Sundays) [x5]