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22/5/17 Same love

Canción: Same Love

Artista: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert

Álbum: The Heist (2012)

Letra original:

When I was in the 3rd grade
I thought that I was gay
Because 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 predisposition
Playing God

Ah no, 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've become so numb to what we're saying
Our culture founded from oppression
Yet we don't have acceptance for them
Call each other fa**ots
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 in 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 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 walking 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