T.G.A. (The Gay Anthem)
The Human Link · Track 7
I'm with it, I will stand up\r\nI'm with it, put my hands up\r\nMy friends across the planet\r\nIt's who we were born to be\r\n\r\nI like rock and roll and that was my first goal\r\nHad to practice really hard and eat my Total\r\nBut I'm totally gone, bringing my man along\r\nHe's down to get famous with me and stay strong\r\nCuz he is my muse so please accuse\r\nMe of being gay cuz see apparently\r\nIt doesn't mean I can't rap\r\nIt doesn't mean I have the clap\r\nOr HIV man, open up your eyes and see\r\n\r\nThis is the gay anthem\r\nIf you're with it put your hands up\r\nIf you're with it won't you stand up\r\nRepeat it back to me\r\n(open up your eyes and see)\r\nI'm with it, I will stand up\r\nI'm with it, put my hands up (woo!)\r\nMy friends across the planet (listen to me)\r\n(open up your eyes and see)\r\nIt's who we were born to be\r\n\r\nListen up, I can keep a beat just as well as a straight man\r\nActually I do it better with a mic in my hand\r\nWho's Fred Phelps, he's a Christian man?\r\nFocus on your own family, damn!\r\nThey say God hates us, but they will mistake us\r\nI am living proof that you're not able to change us\r\nProtest them, decorate the church\r\nShowing that we're worth more than bodies in a hearse\r\nLift that curse, hate reversed, that's E-T-A-H, let love disperse\r\nAnger, frustration, falling out nation\r\nLyrical bombs from sons and moms\r\nBut I don't wanna talk about the war this time\r\nThis time I'm making my rainbow shine\r\nWriting this rhyme to stop bullies online\r\nBreaking barriers, be yourself, it's not a crime\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is the gay anthem\r\nIf you're with it put your hands up\r\nIf you're with it won't you stand up\r\nRepeat it back to me\r\nI'm with it, I will stand up (woo!)\r\nI'm with it, put my hands up\r\nMy friends across the planet\r\nIt's who we were born to be\r\n\r\nIt's not a crime\r\n\r\nIn 2008 we started beating hate\r\nAnd then along came Prop 8 and you know what to say\r\nGay, straight, black, white, I just want my civil rights\r\nHey hey, homophobia's got to go\r\nCall me a maggot, call me a fairy\r\nCall me anything that'll make you feel manly\r\nManly is me, and mainly it's thee\r\nWho's holding up my marriage opportunity\r\nSo let me be free, and let me be me\r\nYou don't gotta see what I do in the sheets\r\nBut everyone else can talk about sex\r\nWhy can't I? What did you expect?\r\nExpect to see me on the cover of a zine\r\nOn your radio and in your man's dreams\r\nThe gays are coming to the stage\r\nOn the front page, winning the fight in the cage\r\nTransforming our age, no more teenage\r\nI'm screaming outrage, I'm about to engage\r\nI'm 'bout to wage, a peaceful war\r\nIf you don't start letting us be\r\nOf this country, a part\r\n\r\nI'm with it, I will stand up\r\nI'm with it, (woo!) put my hands up\r\nMy friends across the planet\r\nIt's who we were born to be\r\n(let us be a part)\r\n\r\nThis is the gay anthem (woo!)\r\nIf you're with it put your hands up\r\n(open up your eyes and see)\r\nIf you're with it won't you stand up\r\nRepeat it back to me\r\n(breaking barriers, it's okay to be me)\r\nI'm with it, I will stand up\r\nI'm with it, put my hands up\r\nMy friends across the planet\r\nIt's who we were born to be