Same Love

It takes balls for a straight rapper to risk his career and call out the homophobia in the Hip-Hop industry. Good for you.

oh my god, i just heard this song for the first time. and watched the video.

tears in my eyes. this is so beautiful, and so much truth... truly, all love is equal, and true love is unconditional. this isn't just in relation to romantic love, but every type, every display, and every manifestation of love as the force which connects each living thing to every other.

love connects back together what hate has separated... and what hate has destroyed, love is that which rebuilds. with most things, there are shades of grey, a spectrum of possibilities which lie between two extremes. but not love. because hate, often thought of as the opposite of love, is really nothing more than the absence of it. until love is the only thing we can see, we'll always be blind.

and i say it's time that every one of us begins the process of filling the emptiness inside ourselves with the only thing that can... the only thing worth fighting for, because once we win, there won't be anything left to battle against.

Macklemore is one the very few Socially aware rappers he understands that how much influence rappers can have on people these days. He cleverly raps about Homophobia and how he supports gay marriages. He starts out the rap with a strong first stanza

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

Not only did he recognize the fact that there were pretty unreasonable stereotypes about people who like each other in the same sex but that stereotypes are already invading the brains of the new generations at a very young age and how it's influencing our society.

This song is quite direct and forward. The whole purpose is just to say that we have to look at how we throw harmfull words around without any caution. Calling someone a faggot may not be meant as bad as it can be taken. Someone that's having a tough time w/their sexuality may hear that word and feel more pushed away by society.

The lingering "I can't change" is done so elegantly that it reminds us that whether studies, science, religion or anyting says...it's not something you can just change. Love is natural and easier than hate. Yet those who love the same sex are oppressed and judged faster than anyone.

The line about the holy water being poison is referencing sermons that spew hate instead of love. Most religions preach love and compassion over everything else.

This song is the best track on the entire CD. I was blown away when I heard it. This is my 10th time hearing it tonight.

The fact is, being gay isn't genetic. It isn't something you learn or choose to be. Homosexual people can't help it. The title "Same Love" captures it very well - gay people love the same way straight people do. Even if you think of the word "gay", it means happy. They are happy loving the same sex. I'm not gay, but even people who aren't need to realize that coming out of the closet is hard for a lot of people because of the way they know people will react. Why do gay people have to be treated differently then straight people? Gays even have less rights than straight people do in America. Up until recently, gays weren't allowed in the army. In many places, homosexuals still aren't allowed to marry. Although gay rights are expanding, gay people are having their rights as Americans restricted because of their feelings towards a certain sex. They are American citizens too. They have rights under the constitution. They have freedom of speech, freedom of religion, just like straight people do, but they don't have the most important freedom - the freedom to love.

People are so afraid and hate what the can not understand. But if people would open their minds to new things, then they may have the chance to at least try to understand why people do what they do. Being gay, owning a gun, coming from a different country, all these people are the same, nothing is different but our beliefs. There's is one common thing that we all share, we all are human and deserve to live the way we want to.. When I first heard this song, I nearly died. The goose bumps i had where strikingly noticable. Seeing the video made me cry. This song has not only good lyrics and meaning but an amazing beat and I give Macklemore and others the credit to keep making amazing songs!

Get this hate out of here...that is not what Macklemore is about.

I gotta say, being a pastor's kid, growing up in the church, and falling in love with a man who was (at the time) a closet transgender... This song really hits home for me. My hubby/girlfriend has now come partially out, but telling the two extreme Christian families this is who he/she is, and who I love dearly, is going to be hard. I cried when I heard Mary's chorus... It was exactly how I feel towards my love.

And to the people who believe you choose this life, and aren't born with it: My husband fought with himself for YEARS trying to get rid of his female self... begged God, went down to the altar at many different churches, pleaded with pastors to heal him, and fasted for days. Finally, a couple years ago, when I told him to just accept her, he was free. He no longer falls asleep crying out to God for acceptance; now he just accepts himself, and lives his/her life.

I want to start this off by saying that I'm a Christian. Yes, I support gay marriage/relationships. There are a lot of religious extremists out there who ruin the whole religious image for everyone. People who aren't religious tend to think we are all just wacko crazy. That's also something that needs to change.

Really, all problems, whether it be in regards to sex preference, religion, gun rights, race, etc... People just need to be understanding. I'm not going to tell a woman that she can't love another women, that her love isn't real, because I would never want someone to tell ME (a female) that my love for my fiance (a male) isn't genuine or correct. I would never tell someone to not own a gun, because I wouldn't want someone to tell me that I can't own a knife. I refuse to tell someone that they can't celebrate Kwanza or Hanuka, because I don't want someone to tell me that I can't celebrate Christmas.

It's really not anyone else's business what other people do. What right does anyone have to judge someone else? Maybe if more people judged themselves, and kept their noses out of other people's lives, we wouldn't have so many problems like this song describes.

When it says "A world so hateful, some would rather die than be who we are", that applies to a lot of situations. I knew two people who committed suicide while I was in high school. One was gay. He had kept it a secret from everyone, until he walked into the school holding hands with his boyfriend. Between the students, teachers, and even his damn PARENTS, he lasted almost a year. He died in my Junior year. Now I know that teenagers are nasty, but the adults at least should have had more maturity and sensibility than that. The other boy was obese, and severely depressed because of it, and the teasing he received.

I hope that one day, songs like this won't be needed.

People are so afraid and hate what the can not understand. But if people would open their minds to new things, then they may have the chance to at least try to understand why people do what they do. Being gay, owning a gun, coming from a different country, all these people are the same, nothing is different but our beliefs. There's is one common thing that we all share, we all are human and deserve to live the way we want to.. When I first heard this song, I nearly died. The goose bumps i had where strikingly noticable. Seeing the video made me cry. This song has not only good lyrics and meaning but an amazing beat and I give Macklemore and others the credit to keep making amazing songs!