Same Love Freestyle

Hi Mom, I'm really scared right now, but I have to.

At Age 13, my mother knew I wasn't straight.
She didn't understand it but she had so much to say.
She sat me on the couch and looked me straight in my face,
And said "You'll burn in hell or probably die of AIDS."
It's funny now but at 13 it was pain,
To be almost sure of who you are and have it ripped away,
And I'm sorry if it's too real for some of you to fathom,
But hate for who you love isn't exactly what you'd imagine.
Oh, and I guess it was disastrous
Cause everything that happened afterwards was just madness.
Locked away for 2 years to keep me on the inside
Because she'd rather see a part of me die than me thrive.
And it's tougher when it's something you can't deny,
And ignorance teaches us it's something that you decide
You're driven by your choices, an optical illusion,
Here's to understanding it's not always confusion.
'Cause,

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.

I walked the halls of my school and I've seen kids hide
Behind walls and footballs and things like pride,
I've seen innocent children suffer beneath bruises,
Suffer beneath every single hand that chooses,
Ignorance, fuck your religion, fuck constitutions, fuck superstitions,
There are no lakes of fire here, we're here on earth,
And the only thing to do is, put love first,
And so I stand, for the boy who, died by his hand,
To the sound of his father screaming "woman loves man,
This is Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve."
And I stand for the girl with the, cuts up her sleeve.
And her, heart in her hand, and a, chip on her shoulder.
And I stand for it all until ignorance is over.
This is for you. For knowing who you are.
For never letting your magic, outside of your heart.
Be you, be brave,
And understand that things do change.
I accept you for you,
When I don't understand.
And I love you for you,
Cause this is who I am
I accepted you for you,
When I didn't understand,
Now love me for me,
Cause this is who I am

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.

Here's a message to the people who just don't get it.
Love is love, there is no difference.
Not a medication to fix it, there is no prescription.
No rehab to visit, it is not an addiction. It's love.
And it's selfless, it's yours, and everybody else's,
So don't badger and abuse, the solemnly defenseless.
See us as yourself there's no equality or difference.
Until we all get it, we'll be drowning in the same blood
Despite orientation, we all feel the same love,
We'll be drowning in the same blood
Despite orientation, we all feel the same love.

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.

We are boxed in and labeled,
Before we're ever able to speak who we believe we are
Or who we dream we'll become, like drumbeats forever changing their rhythm
I am living today as someone I had not yet become yesterday,
And tonight I'll only borrow pieces of who I am today to carry with me, to tomorrow.
No I'm not gay.
No I'm not straight.
And I sure as hell am not bisexual.
Dammit I am whoever I am when I am it.
Loving whoever you are when the stars shine,
And whoever you'll be when the sun rise.
So here's to being able.
Here's to love.
Here's to loving, just because.
Here's to acceptance.
Here's to never fearing the fear of rejection.
Here's to love and never neglecting who it is you feel you are.
Here's to bullies 'cause beatings cannot last forever.
Here's to the moment that you realize things do get better.
Here's to the parents who will get it when it's too late.
Here's to second chances,
Here's to new faith
Here's to every single moment you've ever had to hide you,
Here's to the single star shining bright inside you, asking you to guide you.
Here's to who you'll be when you figure it all out.
Here's to momentary doubt.
Here's to feeling, because we all feel it the same.
Here's to the moment that things will change.

Cause we all feel love, we all feel it the same.
Here's to love.
Here's to change.