🎵 Same Perspective // by El Zoinko

1 ContributorSame Perspective Lyrics [Intro: Brooklyn Grinnell, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons] Macklemore’s evil I know No, I mean actually evil [Verse 1: Macklemore] When I was in the third 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 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 pre-disposition Playing God, aw 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 thirty-five hundred years ago [Pre-Chorus: Macklemore] I might not be the same, but that's not important No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it [Chorus: P!nk] If someone said three years from now You'd be long gone I'd stand up and punch them out 'Cause they're all wrong I know better 'cause you said forever And ever, who knew? [Verse 2: Macklemore, Amanda Seyfried] 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 Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em Call each other evil behind the keys of a message board A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it And "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 at 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 [Pre-Chorus: Macklemore] Strip away the fear, underneath it's all the same love About time that we raised up, sing [Chorus: P!nk] When someone said count your blessings now 'Fore they're long gone I guess I just didn't know how I was all wrong They knew better, still, you said forever And ever, who knew? (Yeah, yeah) [Bridge: Daft Punk, Rivers Cuomo] Ooh, I don't know what to do About this dream and you I wish this dream comes true Singing oh, oh, whoa, whoa Oh, whoa [Chorus: P!nk] If someone said three years from now You'd be long gone I'd stand up and punch them out 'Cause they're all wrong and That last kiss, I'll cherish until we meet again And time makes it harder, I wish I could remember But I keep your memory, you visit me in my sleep My darling, who knew? My darling, my darling, who knew? [Outro: P!nk] My darling, I miss you My darling, who knew? Who knew?