{"id":2003,"date":"2013-05-28T07:55:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T13:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2013-05-28T07:55:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T13:55:05","slug":"same-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/2013\/05\/same-love\/","title":{"rendered":"SAME LOVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Someone introduced me to this song called SAME LOVE\u2026I love it\u2026I love it as an expression of creativity. This man is a rap artist who grew up with two gay uncles as a child.\u00a0 This song is inspired by them and his wish for equality for all. Which is the mission of this blog, \u201cwe are not free till everyone is free and equal.\u201d\u00a0 I have friends who are gay and lesbians and I love them. Deal with it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSame Love\u201d<\/strong>
\n(with Ryan Lewis)
\n(feat. Mary Lambert)<\/p>\n

When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay,
\n\u2018Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight.
\nI told my mom, tears rushing down my face
\nShe\u2019s like \u201cBen you\u2019ve loved girls since before pre-k, trippin\u2019 \u201d
\nYeah, I guess she had a point, didn\u2019t she?
\nBunch of stereotypes all in my head.
\nI remember doing the math like, \u201cYeah, I\u2019m good at little league\u201d
\nA preconceived idea of what it all meant
\nFor those that liked the same sex
\nHad the characteristics
\nThe right wing conservatives think it\u2019s a decision
\nAnd you can be cured with some treatment and religion
\nMan-made rewiring of a predisposition
\nPlaying God, aw nah here we go
\nAmerica the brave still fears what we don\u2019t know
\nAnd God loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
\nBut we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
\nI don\u2019t know<\/p>\n

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
\nHave you read the YouTube comments lately?
\n\u201cMan, that\u2019s gay\u201d gets dropped on the daily
\nWe become so numb to what we\u2019re saying
\nA culture founded from oppression
\nYet we don\u2019t have acceptance for \u2019em
\nCall each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
\nA word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
\nGay is synonymous with the lesser
\nIt\u2019s the same hate that\u2019s caused wars from religion
\nGender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
\nThe same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
\nIt\u2019s human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
\nLive on and be yourself
\nWhen I was at church they taught me something else
\nIf you preach hate at the service those words aren\u2019t anointed
\nThat holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
\nWhen everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
\nRather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
\nI might not be the same, but that\u2019s not important
\nNo freedom till we\u2019re equal, damn right I support it<\/p>\n

(I don\u2019t know)<\/p>\n

And I can\u2019t change
\nEven if I tried
\nEven if I wanted to
\nMy love
\nMy love
\nMy love
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm<\/p>\n

We press play, don\u2019t press pause
\nProgress, march on
\nWith the veil over our eyes
\nWe turn our back on the cause
\nTill the day that my uncles can be united by law
\nWhen kids are walking \u2019round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
\nA world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
\nAnd a certificate on paper isn\u2019t gonna solve it all
\nBut it\u2019s a damn good place to start
\nNo law is gonna change us
\nWe have to change us
\nWhatever God you believe in
\nWe come from the same one
\nStrip away the fear
\nUnderneath it\u2019s all the same love
\nAbout time that we raised up<\/p>\n

And I can\u2019t change
\nEven if I tried
\nEven if I wanted to
\nAnd I can\u2019t change
\nEven if I try
\nEven if I wanted to
\nMy love
\nMy love
\nMy love
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm
\nLove is patient
\nLove is kind
\nLove is patient
\nLove is kind
\n(I\u2019m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is patient
\n(I\u2019m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is kind
\n(I\u2019m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is patient
\n(I\u2019m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is kind
\n(I\u2019m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is patient
\n(I\u2019m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is kind
\n(I\u2019m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is patient
\nLove is kind<\/p>\n

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