Same Love - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft Mary Lambert (lyrics) [Macklemore:] When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay \u0027Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight I told my mom, tears rushing down my face She\u0027s like \u0022Ben you\u0027ve loved girls since before Pre-K, trippin\u0027\u0022 Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn\u0027t she? Bunch of stereotypes all in my head I remember doing the math like, \u0022Yeah, I\u0027m good at little league\u0022 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\u0027s a decision And you can be cured with some treatment and religion Man-made rewiring of a pre-disposition Playing God, aw nah here we go America the brave still fears what we don\u0027t know And \u0022God loves all his children\u0022 is somehow forgotten But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago I don\u0027t know [Mary Lambert:] And I can\u0027t change Even if I tried Even if I wanted to And I can\u0027t 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 [Macklemore:] If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me Have you read the YouTube comments lately? \u0022Man, that\u0027s gay\u0022 gets dropped on the daily We\u0027ve become so numb to what we\u0027re sayin\u0027 Our culture founded from oppression Yet we don\u0027t have acceptance for \u0027em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it \u0022Gay\u0022 is synonymous with the lesser It\u0027s the same hate that\u0027s 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\u0027s 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\u0027t 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\u0027s not important No freedom \u0027til we\u0027re equal, damn right I support it (I don\u0027t know) [Mary Lambert:] And I can\u0027t 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 [Macklemore:] We press play, don\u0027t press pause Progress, march on With a veil over our eyes We turn our back on the cause \u0027Til the day that my uncles can be united by law When kids are walking \u0027round 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\u0027t gonna solve it all But it\u0027s a damn good place to start No law\u0027s 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\u0027s all the same love About time that we raised up [Mary Lambert:] And I can\u0027t change Even if I tried Even if I wanted to And I can\u0027t 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 (I\u0027m not crying on Sundays) Love is patient (Not crying on Sundays) Love is kind (I\u0027m not crying on Sundays) Love is patient (Not crying on Sundays) Love is kind (I\u0027m not crying on Sundays) Love is patient Love is kind