Same Love (Feat. Mary Lambert)

When I was in the third grade

我唸小學三年級的時候

I thought that I was gay

我以為我是同志

'Cause I could draw, my uncle was

因為我很會畫畫，我的舅舅是同志

And I kept my room straight

而且我的房間相當整齊

I told my mom, tears rushing down my face

我淚流滿面的跟我媽說

She's like, “Ben you've loved girls since before pre-K, shrimp”

她說”Ben，你從幼稚園開始就喜歡女生了，親愛的“

Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she

對啊，我想她說得很對，不是嗎？

A bunch of stereotypes all in my head

一大堆的刻板印象在我的腦海

I remember doing the math like

我記得我算了一下

“Yeah, I'm good at little league”

對啊，我還蠻會打棒球的

A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant

既有的成見成了它所代表的意思

For those who like the same *** had the characteristics

對於那些喜歡相同性別的人所擁有的特質

The right-wing conservatives think its a decision

右翼保守派覺得這是一個經過選擇後的決定

And you can be cured with some treatment and religion

你可以用治療或宗教來讓它痊癒

Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition

人為的，重新設定

Playing God

扮演上帝

Ah nah, here we go

不， 又開始了

America the brave

勇敢的美國人

Still fears what we don't know

仍然害怕我們所不知道的

And God loves all His children

上帝愛他的子民

Is somehow forgotten

似乎被忘記了

But we paraphrase a book written

然而我們卻試著解釋一本書

3500 hundred years ago

寫於三千五百年前

I don't know

我不知道

And I can’t change

我無法改變

Even if I tried

即使我試著

Even if I wanted to

即使我想要

And I can't change

我無法改變

Even if I tried

即使我試著

Even if I wanted to

即使我想要

My love, my love, my love

我的愛，我的愛，我的愛

She keeps me warm [x4]

她溫暖了我

If I was gay

假如我是同志

I would think hip-hop hates me

我會覺得嘻哈音樂恨我

Have you read the YouTube comments lately?

你最近有看YouTube上面的評論嗎？

“Man that's gay”

哇！那太同志了吧！

Gets dropped on the daily

每天都可以看到

We've become so numb to what we're sayin'

我們對我們所說的話變得如此的麻木不仁

Our culture founded from oppression

我們的文化基礎是反壓迫

Yet we don’t have acceptance for 'em

然而我們對他們卻沒有接受

Call each other faggots

稱呼彼此死同性戀

Behind the keys of a message board

在訊息板的鍵盤後面

A word rooted in hate

一個用仇恨寫出來的字

Yet our genre still ignores it

然而我們這類的人仍舊不在乎

Gay is synonymous with the lesser

同志是個少數人的同義字

It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion

這樣的仇恨跟由種族引起的仇恨是一樣的

Gender and skin color

性別與膚色

The complexion of your pigment

你的原色

The same fight that lead people to walk-outs and sit-ins

這是與讓人們走上街頭或靜坐抗議同樣的抗爭

Human rights for everybody

每個人的人權

There is no difference

沒有不同

Live on! And be yourself!

活下去！ 做你自己

When I was in church

我從前教堂的時候

They taught me something else

他們教了我一些其他的事

If you preach hate at the service

假如你宣揚仇恨

Those words are anointed

這些話語經過加持神化

That Holy Water

那聖水

That you soak in

你受洗的

Is then poisoned

也就被毒化了

When everyone else

當每個人

Is more comfortable

都覺得比較自在

Remaining voiceless

選擇沈默不出聲

Rather than fighting for humans

而不是為人權抗爭

They have had their rights stolen

他們的權利被都偷走了

I might not be the same

我可能不一樣

But that's not important

但那不重要

No freedom 'til we're equal

在我們平等前沒有自由

Damn right I support it

沒錯，我支持它

And I can't change

我無法改變

Even if I tried

即使我試著

Even if I wanted to

即使我想要

My love, my love, my love

我的愛，我的愛，我的愛

She keeps me warm [x4]

她溫暖了我

We press play

我們按下播放鍵

Don't press pause

不要按暫停鍵

Progress, march on!

前進，往前衝！

With a veil over our eyes

我們的眼睛被蒙蔽了

We turn our back on the cause

我們轉身不去看原因

'Til the day 直到這天

That my uncles can be united by law

我的舅舅們能夠在法律上結合

Kids are walkin' around the hallway

小孩們在走廊上走著

Plagued by pain in their heart

他們的心中充滿了痛苦

A world so hateful

一個如此仇恨的世界

Someone would rather die

人們寧願死

Than be who they are

而不願做自己

And a certificate on paper

一張證書

Isn't gonna solve it all

不能解決所有的事

But it’s a damn good place to start

然後這是個好的開始

No law's gonna change us

沒有法律可以改變我們

We have to change us

我們必須改變自己

Whatever god you believe in

不論你相信的是哪個上帝

We come from the same one

我們都從相同的地方來的

Strip away the fear

脫去恐懼

Underneath it's all the same love

在裡面的是相同的愛

About time that we raised up

是我們站起來的時候了

And I can't change

我無法改變

Even if I tried

即使我試著

Even if I wanted to

即使我想要

And I can't change

我無法改變

Even if I tried

即使我試著

Even if I wanted to

即使我想要

My love, my love, my love

我的愛，我的愛，我的愛

She keeps me warm [x4]

她溫暖了我

Love is patient, love is kind

愛是忍耐，愛是慈悲

Love is patient (not cryin' on Sundays)

愛是忍耐 （不在星期天哭泣）

Love is kind (not crying on Sundays)

愛是慈悲 （不在星期天哭泣）