I feel I thought that way when I first came out as pansexual that I desevered to die bc everyone hated me bulled me to the point I almost did but I realized I am who I am and I shouldn't care and I dont i am who i am
That's me and my dad right there. I still call her my dad because she will always be my dad but I still respect her. I am so excited to give her away to my mother at their new wedding! I love them so much!
@@cheesuscheese2001 im strait but when i listened to this song in junior high I really felt that line. I hated who I was and I hated feeling so different. Time has changed that and now the things that I hated and become who I am today, its amazing to be unique and to be yourself.
I remember seeing Macklemore and Mary Lambert perform this 10 years ago. The crowd would no stop clapping. This song changed me as a straight kid, and as a straight man I appreciate everyone
I was lucky enough to have seen Macklemore's concert in Sydney at the Hordern Pavilion over the weekend with my Wife and Daughter. I have seen some of the biggest artists in the world in stadium concerts including MJ, U2 and Adele and I have to say it was one of the greatest shows I have been too. This was also my Daughters first concert! Much love to Ben from my family to his. The world needs more people like you!
I grew up in, what is by some measurements, the most religious city in the US. I never heard gay used as anything other than an insult before hearing this song. It was huge for helping make sure I didn't adopt the views of many of the environment I grew up in, and realize that gay people were just people. I have to thank Macklemore for that. Interestingly enough, three years later, I realized I was bisexual. Funny how the world works.
"I can't change, even if I tried, even if I wanted too" Means something completely different to me...I'm always depressed and on a path of self harm. I've been trying so hard to rewire my brain, but no matter how hard I try the negative voices come back.
"love is patient, love is kind." the ending to this song always hit me as a kid and I never really knew why. When I started to finally understand what being gay was and when I discovered that I was a lesbian, I think I started to understand why. when I started dating girls, even though I live in the South and in hindsight probably should've been more careful about my own safety (asian and lesbian), but I just couldn't bring myself to care. I was so in love and I wanted to show her off everywhere. I couldn't bring myself to scared, not when I loved her so much. I was so blessed to not be on the end of bullying or extreme ostracization, because I don't know how I would've acted or where I would be right now. Because of that, I was able to love so openly, even if people still disliked it, I was still able to love. And that line. Love is patient and love is kind. It truly is. Love feels so nice because it is a lot of things. All of my relationships have shown me that.
"A world so hateful someone would rather die than be who they are" Damn that got me.. ชอบค่ะ NO FREEDOM TO WERE EQUAL DAMN RIGHT I SUPPORT IT. This song keeps me sane :33
This song hits me in the heart. I'm in between lesbian and Polysexual, but head-over-heels in love with this girl I have a hard time seeing anymore. I am a Christian, and unfortunately, they aren't very accepting. I've been going to these therapy sessions with a pastor and small group leader, and they think that they can pray these feelings out of me. And every sunday, I get to see this girl who has stolen my heart, and gives me the strength to keep fighting. To try to connect with Him, but to also be comfortable with myself. Not to read a couple words and see myself as filth. If you're reading this, and you're experiencing the same thing I am, just know that you matter, you are loved.
Thank you. I'm bi and I know most of my family won't accept that, especially my dad. He doesn't approve and I definitely can't tell him because he'll soak me in holy water till I'm wrinkled, praying, trying to get me to "snap" out of it. And i can't tell my friends because whenever the here something about being LGBTQ+, they look at each other and snicker and it breaks me down that the people that love me and I love don't approve of something I am. I cry going to bed because it gives me anxiety.
You absolutely can have a relationship with God and still be who you are. Never forget that. HE loves you regardless. Ignore the "Christians" who don't preach love. Because that was Jesus's message over all else.
Hi, how are you guys? I’m really late to the party, so I don’t know if anyone will see this, but I wanted to say that one of the biggest things I was taught in a Christian high school in a state considered part of the South is that Jesus and God love everyone, no matter who you are. Since, I’ve separated from the Church because my views regarding more controversial topics don’t really align with it and I got tired of listening to people who were rather hypocritical, but I do think that there are some good messages in Christianity. It could be helpful to keep in mind that the Bible has been translated, reworded, translated again, and interpreted countless times. Something I’ve always thought is that the people who tell you being LGBTQ+ is a sin are going against the second of the Ten Commandments because they are using God’s name to justify mistreating people (I personally believe that Commandment applies more to using the name of God to justify being a terrible person than saying “oh my God”) and they are misinterpreting something meant to make people feel loved and try to keep them from hurting others (isn’t that ironic). Another thing is that those books and scrolls were written thousands of years ago. Are we still using Hammurabi’s Code eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth thing? No. Things are fluid and change. It’s just a part of life.
@@seajay4476 i agree my mother was raised by strictish catholics and she only distanced herself from those beliefs when she took african studies in collage and went to africa and found new cultures and beliefs.
To people who think Macklemore is gay... no, he's not. Just pro-LGBT rights. You can be straight as an arrow and STILL be pro-LGBT rights. I'm personally straight, but I support equality... which gets me a lot of crap here in the South just for THAT, but it is what it is...
😮 babe if ya cant be yourself around the people who you love,i feel so sorry for ya. Cause no matter what in the end you are our children and we should love ya unconditionally.
Sadly, It took a LONG time for my brother to tell our parents he was gay 😥 If YOUR PARENTS can’t love you for WHO YOU ARE…That’s unacceptable!!! Surround yourself with people who love and support you AND never judge or criticize 💕💕
I grew up listening to this song, I have so many memories with this song. But when I was little I had no idea what this song was about, as I got older I found out what it was about and it changed my whole view about the song. Growing up lgbtq you go through stuff that other people wouldn’t go through, I never knew that I would be able to say that I was gay openly. I’m proud of how far I’ve come
I've listened to this over the years while I battled my sexually for years. I stand as bisexual, but my heart had to move on from someone to fulfill that path. Being comfortable in your own skin and feeling different isn't fun already. This song brings so much peace and a bright welcoming to anyone struggling. This song is definitely timeless!
Wow, I'm just hearing this song and this hits hard at home. I was raised by a single Catholic dad and I knew there was something different about me. I'm bi and I gave a guy a chance to sweep me off my feet. I've learned to be a better person with him and how to heal and love. No matter what we face in the future, we're gonna keep on fighting together 💓
I'm pansexual myself and a combat vet I lean more right in economics and I lean left in personal liberty (classical liberal). But to this day this is a proud moment Love is Love....no matter who it is with as mature adults. It's a personal decision but we all show up to work on Monday.
This song tought me what gay was. I was like "holy shit girls can kiss girls"? I'm now happily in a relationship with a girl who supports and loves me more than any guy ever has. I didn't know what this song was about really when it came out. I was in the third grade myself. But the lyrics and the sadness it carved in a part of my soul that I'm happy to have
I seriously told ALLL my friends about this song. Most of them hated it bc "being gay is a sin" or wutever (theyre words not mine) so i stopped being those guy's friends.Being gay is NOT wrong being Bi is NOT wrong, Find out who you are and tell the world and if the world doesnt like it, then they have to get used to it or leave
Probably the last good rappin in modern hip hop... that's just good writing!!! Good words, soulful melody, and them horns in the mix??? Damn right!!! Badass. Loving 😎🤙
I have listening to this song so many times, and years after it came out it STILL gives me goosebumps all over. He and his music are so passionate, so strong, and it makes my heart soar. More people need to learn from him.
My teacher played this in class once, at the time I had a girlfriend (I’m a female) and I just started bawling because it reminded me that I’m accepted in that environment. Sadly she broke up with me but we are still good friends. This songs just reminds me that there are so many others who accept me and so many others
I always listen to this song when I feel less than becuase I’m trans but born a female and I like girls to I always have ever since i can remember I when people ask me the question when did you realize you liked girls I don’t have an answer bc I never realized I always knew for as long as I can remember my whole life I knew even when I was 7-8 years old but didn’t realize I was trans till I was 16 I’m 19 now and this song makes me happy and feel safe because it reminds me it’s ok the be me there’s nothing wrong with it
Randomly thought of this song today. Still brings tears to my eyes. When gay marriage was being legalized, I was in high school and this song came out. I had a lot of friends that were part of the LGBTQ+ community. I was supporting them and rooting for them. I didn’t know that I was also rooting for my future self. ❤🏳️🌈
I remember listening to this as a kid I had never heard a woman singing my love SHE keeps me warm it hits different now I'm grown I know the meaning it's BIG🙌🏿
Lyrics: When I was in the 3rd 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 a little league" A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant For those who like the same sex had the characteristics The right-wing conservatives think its a decision And you can be cured with some treatment and religion Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition. Playing God Ahh nah, here we go America the brave Still fears what we don't know And God loves all his children it's somehow forgotten But we paraphrase a book written 3, 500 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 CZcams 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 Yeah, we don't have acceptance for 'em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board A word routed 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 lead 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 And that Holy Water, that you soak in is then 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 'til 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 Their kids are walkin' 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 Love is patient, love is kind Love is patient Love is kind (Not crying on Sundays) Love is patient, (Not crying on Sundays) love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is patient, (Not crying on Sundays) love is kind(I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is patient, (Not crying on Sundays) love is kind(I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is patient, love is kind
I always listen to this song whenever i get the chance to because im always bullied because me and my best friend have feelings for each other it just sets the mood of things...
This song is so true. People are just wanting everyone to see them as just people. Dont judge their opinion about someone else according to race, beliefs, the color of one anothers skin, or who we choose to be our husband or wife. Just people!
I'm 25 now. I have listened to you since you were known as Professor Macklemore. Open Your Eyes was the album that put me on. Can't believe how fast time flies. Thank you for inspiring me, man. Much love and thank you for helping me get through this crazy ass journey that we all call LIFE.
As a straight man this song still makes me so happy , everyone deserves unconditional love no matter your gender or sexual orientation. If you really believe in god then you know he loves EVERYONE no matter how you feel or what you do ❤
I can't believe I never understood the meaning of this song, even though I heard it quite a few times growing up. That's probably because I wasn't really taught about sexuality or identity though, besides the fact I knew two of my grandpas were married, but I barely even understood that because I was so young and hetereo relationships were a very normalized daily thing in my early life, so seeing two people of the same gender together was foreign to me! I'm happy I learned more overtime after getting more access to the internet, figuring out I was bisexual about 3-4 years ago and genderfluid a year ago, but I wish I learned it sooner. It would've saved me a lot of confusion and I would have known more, would've been more understanding. Listening to this song again is like looking back at my younger self, when I was oblivious and didn't know any better. I'm realizing I was quite lost, and yet I didn't even know it.
When I was a kid, I legit thought this song was about something else until I watched the music video. I still love this song and it moves me to tears a lot. I also remember driving home to a shelter when my family was homeless during like 2013-14. This song would always play on the radio at night and I promise you this song is the perfect night driving song. Changes the mood entirely.
"A world so hateful someone would rather die than be who they are" Damn that got me..
I feel I thought that way when I first came out as pansexual that I desevered to die bc everyone hated me bulled me to the point I almost did but I realized I am who I am and I shouldn't care and I dont i am who i am
That's me and my dad right there. I still call her my dad because she will always be my dad but I still respect her. I am so excited to give her away to my mother at their new wedding! I love them so much!
It really does get you...
messed up this hate needs to stop
@@cheesuscheese2001 im strait but when i listened to this song in junior high I really felt that line. I hated who I was and I hated feeling so different. Time has changed that and now the things that I hated and become who I am today, its amazing to be unique and to be yourself.
Who listening in 2024??
I never knew you were so profound clitclapper7784
I remember seeing Macklemore and Mary Lambert perform this 10 years ago. The crowd would no stop clapping. This song changed me as a straight kid, and as a straight man I appreciate everyone
I listened to this song a lot when I was 12. I listened to it when I felt like shit. It's great to hear these voices again.
Gwyneth Faelene SAME!
same but when i was 10
same i was 7 when this came out and i loved it, i still do
i was listening to this since i was 7 years old, i can rap every part of it now
I'd love to hear a remake since this is still an issue today.
I was lucky enough to have seen Macklemore's concert in Sydney at the Hordern Pavilion over the weekend with my Wife and Daughter. I have seen some of the biggest artists in the world in stadium concerts including MJ, U2 and Adele and I have to say it was one of the greatest shows I have been too. This was also my Daughters first concert! Much love to Ben from my family to his. The world needs more people like you!
This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard. I'm struggling not to cry at work ❤
Stay strong buddy
i'm 100% straight and this song practically just brought me to tears. you don't have to be LGBTQ+ to support equal rights.
its great to have suporters
exactly. thats like saying just because you support animal rights or enviormental crap that youre a dog-tree hybrid as well
You just got to be human(e).
I agree U^U
At the same time I dont feel its right to be yelled at for not being able to call a defined man who chooses to be called by title Mrs. Sir.
My step dad sent this to me never been happier. He said he thought of me then told me he 100% supported me and loved me. Thanks dad ❤
I grew up in, what is by some measurements, the most religious city in the US. I never heard gay used as anything other than an insult before hearing this song. It was huge for helping make sure I didn't adopt the views of many of the environment I grew up in, and realize that gay people were just people. I have to thank Macklemore for that.
Interestingly enough, three years later, I realized I was bisexual. Funny how the world works.
This song always makes me want to cry, it just makes me feel so valid.
This song will always hold a special place in my heart
I miss songs like this :( huhuhu hello 2020?
2021🏳️🌈
@@user-yg9lu3xm5f hello fellow lesbian
"I can't change, even if I tried, even if I wanted too"
Means something completely different to me...I'm always depressed and on a path of self harm. I've been trying so hard to rewire my brain, but no matter how hard I try the negative voices come back.
We all deserve the same love spread kindness around the world
That opening is still just so beautiful. This is such a wonderful song and it’s been a while since I’ve listened to it ❤
"love is patient, love is kind."
the ending to this song always hit me as a kid and I never really knew why. When I started to finally understand what being gay was and when I discovered that I was a lesbian, I think I started to understand why. when I started dating girls, even though I live in the South and in hindsight probably should've been more careful about my own safety (asian and lesbian), but I just couldn't bring myself to care.
I was so in love and I wanted to show her off everywhere. I couldn't bring myself to scared, not when I loved her so much.
I was so blessed to not be on the end of bullying or extreme ostracization, because I don't know how I would've acted or where I would be right now. Because of that, I was able to love so openly, even if people still disliked it, I was still able to love.
And that line. Love is patient and love is kind. It truly is. Love feels so nice because it is a lot of things. All of my relationships have shown me that.
🖤good on you. Love and respect
Yess I love it because that’s a scripture from 1 Corinthians 13 about love !! So I really appreciate them putting it at the end of song.
That’s a Bible verse
11 years and still crying
❤
As a lesbian, this song and all the allies in the comments have brought me to tears.
All love matters ❤️
🏳️🌈❤🏳️🌈
"A world so hateful someone would rather die than be who they are" Damn that got me..
ชอบค่ะ
NO FREEDOM TO WERE EQUAL DAMN RIGHT I SUPPORT IT.
This song keeps me sane :33
yesss
Just saw him in concert the other day. He played this song. I cried. Best live song ever.
This song hits me in the heart. I'm in between lesbian and Polysexual, but head-over-heels in love with this girl I have a hard time seeing anymore. I am a Christian, and unfortunately, they aren't very accepting. I've been going to these therapy sessions with a pastor and small group leader, and they think that they can pray these feelings out of me. And every sunday, I get to see this girl who has stolen my heart, and gives me the strength to keep fighting. To try to connect with Him, but to also be comfortable with myself. Not to read a couple words and see myself as filth.
If you're reading this, and you're experiencing the same thing I am, just know that you matter, you are loved.
Thank you. I'm bi and I know most of my family won't accept that, especially my dad. He doesn't approve and I definitely can't tell him because he'll soak me in holy water till I'm wrinkled, praying, trying to get me to "snap" out of it. And i can't tell my friends because whenever the here something about being LGBTQ+, they look at each other and snicker and it breaks me down that the people that love me and I love don't approve of something I am. I cry going to bed because it gives me anxiety.
You absolutely can have a relationship with God and still be who you are. Never forget that. HE loves you regardless. Ignore the "Christians" who don't preach love. Because that was Jesus's message over all else.
@@glowbug4322 exactly my aunt is christian and supports equal rights
Hi, how are you guys? I’m really late to the party, so I don’t know if anyone will see this, but I wanted to say that one of the biggest things I was taught in a Christian high school in a state considered part of the South is that Jesus and God love everyone, no matter who you are. Since, I’ve separated from the Church because my views regarding more controversial topics don’t really align with it and I got tired of listening to people who were rather hypocritical, but I do think that there are some good messages in Christianity. It could be helpful to keep in mind that the Bible has been translated, reworded, translated again, and interpreted countless times. Something I’ve always thought is that the people who tell you being LGBTQ+ is a sin are going against the second of the Ten Commandments because they are using God’s name to justify mistreating people (I personally believe that Commandment applies more to using the name of God to justify being a terrible person than saying “oh my God”) and they are misinterpreting something meant to make people feel loved and try to keep them from hurting others (isn’t that ironic). Another thing is that those books and scrolls were written thousands of years ago. Are we still using Hammurabi’s Code eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth thing? No. Things are fluid and change. It’s just a part of life.
@@seajay4476 i agree my mother was raised by strictish catholics and she only distanced herself from those beliefs when she took african studies in collage and went to africa and found new cultures and beliefs.
She keep me worm 🪱 🥺
I am not even gay but in my opinion this is one of the most important song's to have been written in a long time
To people who think Macklemore is gay... no, he's not. Just pro-LGBT rights. You can be straight as an arrow and STILL be pro-LGBT rights. I'm personally straight, but I support equality... which gets me a lot of crap here in the South just for THAT, but it is what it is...
it's like saying "if support animal rights, you must be a llama"
I know what you mean exactly feel the same! I'm also not gay still I support LGBT rights!
bro same lmao
He has a wife and daughter
@XXDEATH GR1PXX You being 12 doesn't matter, you have a voice, and your opinion matters♡
NO FREEDOM TO WERE EQUAL DAMN RIGHT I SUPPORT IT.
🤓
I'm a proud bisexual male & i love this song
Here here
I seriously cannot listen to this song without crying. I have yet to tell my parents. My sister knows but nobody else…
Be strong ❤️❤️❤️
Stay strong and just know we all love you 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
😮 babe if ya cant be yourself around the people who you love,i feel so sorry for ya. Cause no matter what in the end you are our children and we should love ya unconditionally.
Sadly, It took a LONG time for my brother to tell our parents he was gay 😥 If YOUR PARENTS can’t love you for WHO YOU ARE…That’s unacceptable!!!
Surround yourself with people who love and support you AND never judge or criticize 💕💕
2024 and this song still applies it's kinda sad... 😒
I grew up listening to this song, I have so many memories with this song. But when I was little I had no idea what this song was about, as I got older I found out what it was about and it changed my whole view about the song. Growing up lgbtq you go through stuff that other people wouldn’t go through, I never knew that I would be able to say that I was gay openly. I’m proud of how far I’ve come
Shame to the people who dislike this
Posted this on Facebook today when someone at church gave a big anti gay pro straight sermon.
people like you make my day a lot better :)
Thank you!
love this
Here in 2024 haven’t heard this song since highschool
WE NEED THIS SONG NOW MORE THAN EVER 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿 HATE WILL NEVER WIN
You're a derp
@@dinosehic4158nah. I am.
I love Mary Lambert she has a amazing voice
It's amazing when one of your favorite artists is a big equal rights supporter, this song really makes me feel like we're almost there
This is a BEAUTIFUL song. I believe in LOVE!!!
When I was at church they taught me something else, if you preach hate, those words aren't anointed.
listen to his lyrics. He is NOT gay, he supports it though. gahhh he is amazing.
these days People dont get that sadly enough
@@youritje6225 yup
Yes
He said in an interview that this song was for his uncle
@@youritje6225 a
Listening to this for the first time. Macklemore's has a lesson for everyone in his songs. I love his songs and I'm only 15
theres nothing wrong with you. there are some people in the world that dont know how to love. be proud of how you love.
Hah gay
I've listened to this over the years while I battled my sexually for years. I stand as bisexual, but my heart had to move on from someone to fulfill that path. Being comfortable in your own skin and feeling different isn't fun already. This song brings so much peace and a bright welcoming to anyone struggling. This song is definitely timeless!
Wow, I'm just hearing this song and this hits hard at home. I was raised by a single Catholic dad and I knew there was something different about me. I'm bi and I gave a guy a chance to sweep me off my feet. I've learned to be a better person with him and how to heal and love. No matter what we face in the future, we're gonna keep on fighting together 💓
Yes we are
This song always makes me tear up in the chorus
Listened to this song a lot when it came out back in high school. Came back to listen 10 years later
I heard this song for the 1st time today. It is beautiful.
I’m 100% straight, but this song is absolutely beautiful
I'm pansexual myself and a combat vet I lean more right in economics and I lean left in personal liberty (classical liberal). But to this day this is a proud moment Love is Love....no matter who it is with as mature adults. It's a personal decision but we all show up to work on Monday.
"A world so hateful someone would rather die than be who they are" Damn that got me..
This is what I hum during school with my friends
This song tought me what gay was. I was like "holy shit girls can kiss girls"? I'm now happily in a relationship with a girl who supports and loves me more than any guy ever has. I didn't know what this song was about really when it came out. I was in the third grade myself. But the lyrics and the sadness it carved in a part of my soul that I'm happy to have
This is... So fucking wholesome
❤👌
Damn, this song made you gay, that's crazy
Don’t blame you
It's not to late to escape the devil
I seriously told ALLL my friends about this song. Most of them hated it bc "being gay is a sin" or wutever (theyre words not mine) so i stopped being those guy's friends.Being gay is NOT wrong being Bi is NOT wrong, Find out who you are and tell the world and if the world doesnt like it, then they have to get used to it or leave
I LOVE YOUR COMMENT. AMEN TIMES A BILLION. :)
Why thank you, my comment is just what i think
u have the right thought , god bless u and amarica
no one can change that
I agree
Probably the last good rappin in modern hip hop... that's just good writing!!! Good words, soulful melody, and them horns in the mix??? Damn right!!! Badass. Loving 😎🤙
I have listening to this song so many times, and years after it came out it STILL gives me goosebumps all over. He and his music are so passionate, so strong, and it makes my heart soar. More people need to learn from him.
✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Even more relevant today than ever.
Why’s that?
Happy Pride 2019 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Everyone deserves equality!! 🏳️🌈
one of the best openings and endings to a song
My teacher played this in class once, at the time I had a girlfriend (I’m a female) and I just started bawling because it reminded me that I’m accepted in that environment. Sadly she broke up with me but we are still good friends. This songs just reminds me that there are so many others who accept me and so many others
I always listen to this song when I feel less than becuase I’m trans but born a female and I like girls to I always have ever since i can remember I when people ask me the question when did you realize you liked girls I don’t have an answer bc I never realized I always knew for as long as I can remember my whole life I knew even when I was 7-8 years old but didn’t realize I was trans till I was 16 I’m 19 now and this song makes me happy and feel safe because it reminds me it’s ok the be me there’s nothing wrong with it
I might not be the same thats not important no freedom till equal dam right I support it ✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏾✊🏿
I understand what Macklmore is trying to say
I heard this song for the 1st time today. It is beautiful.
Tbh I was against the whole LGBTQ community but I've got a change of heart... be who you are and forget the negativity. We are all EQUAL
Amen
The world needs this song now more than ever
Beautifulllll song ❤
Randomly thought of this song today. Still brings tears to my eyes. When gay marriage was being legalized, I was in high school and this song came out. I had a lot of friends that were part of the LGBTQ+ community. I was supporting them and rooting for them. I didn’t know that I was also rooting for my future self. ❤🏳️🌈
I remember listening to this as a kid I had never heard a woman singing my love SHE keeps me warm it hits different now I'm grown I know the meaning it's BIG🙌🏿
Love Doesnt Discriminate
Ignorance Does !!!
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In my opinion this is the single-handedly the most important song he brings up race religion and the LGBT community
"The right wing conservatives think it's a decision and you can be cured with some treatment and religion" god those lyrics are perfect
Totally forgot about this tune 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Still listening to this song in 2017😌
Patricio Ramirez Me in 2018
Love Wins
A little late to say but this song reminded me of June 26.
I suppport it! #BLM ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼
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I understand what Macklmore is trying to say
Lyrics:
When I was in the 3rd 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 a little league"
A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant
For those who like the same sex had the characteristics
The right-wing conservatives think its a decision
And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition. Playing God
Ahh nah, here we go
America the brave
Still fears what we don't know And God loves all his children it's somehow forgotten
But we paraphrase a book written 3, 500 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 CZcams 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
Yeah, we don't have acceptance for 'em
Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
A word routed 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 lead 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
And that Holy Water, that you soak in is then 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 'til 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
Their kids are walkin' 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
Love is patient, love is kind
Love is patient
Love is kind (Not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient, (Not crying on Sundays) love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient, (Not crying on Sundays) love is kind(I'm not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient, (Not crying on Sundays) love is kind(I'm not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient, love is kind
Tysm
I always listen to this song whenever i get the chance to because im always bullied because me and my best friend have feelings for each other it just sets the mood of things...
I hope things went better for you the last few years ❤️
I heard this song for the 1st time today. It is beautiful.
NO FREEDOM TO WERE EQUAL DAMN RIGHT I SUPPORT IT.
I listened to this after I came out as bisexual 😊
I am who I am I love this song because it speaks truth to me
Makes me cry every time 💙💙💙
2020?
Respect people's sexual preference. Simple as that.
Preference AND identity. It's easy as pie people. Quit trying to live in the old times and get with the new age where times are.different
This song is so true. People are just wanting everyone to see them as just people. Dont judge their opinion about someone else according to race, beliefs, the color of one anothers skin, or who we choose to be our husband or wife. Just people!
EVERYONE DESERVES RIGHTS WE ALL HUMAN AT THE END OF THE DAY LET PPL LOVE WHO THEY WANT TO DOESNT MAKE U LESS OF ANYTHING
I'm 25 now. I have listened to you since you were known as Professor Macklemore. Open Your Eyes was the album that put me on. Can't believe how fast time flies. Thank you for inspiring me, man. Much love and thank you for helping me get through this crazy ass journey that we all call LIFE.
Gotta worship Macklemore
I can’t help but cry as soon as I hear “I can’t change, even if I tried…” ❤️🩹
Love is patience, love is kind...
Were all too uncomfortable with who we are we all need to stop caring and love each other
I heard this song for the 1st time today. It is beautiful.
Gotta worship Macklemore
As a straight man this song still makes me so happy , everyone deserves unconditional love no matter your gender or sexual orientation. If you really believe in god then you know he loves EVERYONE no matter how you feel or what you do ❤
I can't believe I never understood the meaning of this song, even though I heard it quite a few times growing up. That's probably because I wasn't really taught about sexuality or identity though, besides the fact I knew two of my grandpas were married, but I barely even understood that because I was so young and hetereo relationships were a very normalized daily thing in my early life, so seeing two people of the same gender together was foreign to me! I'm happy I learned more overtime after getting more access to the internet, figuring out I was bisexual about 3-4 years ago and genderfluid a year ago, but I wish I learned it sooner. It would've saved me a lot of confusion and I would have known more, would've been more understanding. Listening to this song again is like looking back at my younger self, when I was oblivious and didn't know any better. I'm realizing I was quite lost, and yet I didn't even know it.
Love always wins
When I was a kid, I legit thought this song was about something else until I watched the music video. I still love this song and it moves me to tears a lot.
I also remember driving home to a shelter when my family was homeless during like 2013-14. This song would always play on the radio at night and I promise you this song is the perfect night driving song. Changes the mood entirely.
This is what I hum during school with my friends
Same! My friend started playing the opening notes on the piano one day and we all started singing.
Happy Pride Month everyone :D
2023 y todavia sigo escuchandola. amo esta cancion.
Everyone deserves basic human rights it is NOT a debate LOVE WINS 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
My sister started to cry and I said to her that this guy is a very very good man love you!
"Not crying on sundays" hurts so much.
Does the piano on this song remind anyone else of say it ain’t so by weezer?
I love this song it made my cry