Angel Haze - Same Love (Freestyle) lyrics

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

At age thirteen
My mother knew I wasn’t straight
She didn’t understand
But she had so much to say
She sat me on the couch
Looked me straight in my face
And said you’ll burn in hell
Or probably die of AIDS
It’s funny now, but at thirteen 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 is
Not exactly what you’d imagine
And I guess it was disastrous
Because everything that happened afterwards
Was just madness
Locked away for two 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 that it’s
Not always confusion

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’ve 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
They’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 the 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

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 in 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

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 drum beats 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
Damn it 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 rises
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 you feel you are
Here’s to bullies because beatings
Cannot last forever
Here's to the moment 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 fate
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
Because we all feel love
We all feel it the same
Here’s to love, here’s to change