{"id":8966,"date":"2013-02-11T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/?p=8966"},"modified":"2013-08-06T02:20:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T16:20:43","slug":"mojo-magic-tips-its-all-about-same-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/2013\/02\/mojo-magic-tips-its-all-about-same-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Mojo Magic Tips: It’s all about SAME LOVE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heartbreaking<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe become so numb to what we are saying.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n

I couldn\u2019t believe it when I heard these words sing out of the car radio.\u00a0 I had heard the song Same Love<\/em><\/strong> a few times on the radio before and loved the beat and feel of the song.<\/p>\n

But, now I sat up and listened the lyrics.<\/p>\n

My heart soared with love and gratitude.<\/p>\n

Only the night before I had a dream. The first in a long time that I remembered and thought about the moment I woke up.<\/p>\n

I was dreaming that I was chatting with another blogger, Emma’s Brain<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what we were talking about, but whatever it was, I spoke before my brain thought.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh that is so gay.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She looked at me and I realized what I said. I turned scarlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my God. I am so embarrassed. I can\u2019t believe I just said that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the first time in my 36 years I really was.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how many times I have used that expression to describe something that is really silly or something to be embarrassed about.<\/p>\n

In my dream I said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt amazes me how I have said that expression for years, without ever thinking about what I was saying.”<\/h3>\n

And now the next morning Macklemore reinforced it for me.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cMan, that\u2019s gay\u201d gets dropped on the daily
\nWe become so numb to what we\u2019re saying.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I sat up and listened to every lyric.<\/p>\n

The song finished,\u00a0 I changed channels just as it started playing on another station. I turned the volume a little louder.<\/p>\n

I fell in love with the powerful message.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m calling it already the song of the year.<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s what I believe to my core, regardless of what my stupid automatic conditioned response can be.<\/p>\n

I intend to do better and delete these idiotic words from my repertoire, those that breed hatred instead of love.<\/p>\n

Same love.<\/h3>\n

Today\u2019s magic tip is this song.<\/p>\n

To remind you about Same LOVE.\u00a0 The one thing we all have in common no matter our life choices. The one thing we should be focusing on to unite us rather than divide.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wanted to quote some lyrics from the song, but couldn\u2019t pick a single line, as each line is so friggen powerful.<\/p>\n

I LOVE it.<\/h3>\n

This is the magic that you can create when you speak from your heart<\/strong> and allow your voice to share its passionate power. You CAN change the world.<\/p>\n

There is nothing more for me to say except listen<\/p>\n

<\/object><\/p>\n

And then read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay
\n\u2018Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight
\nI told my mom tears rushing down my face
\nShe\u2019s like \u201cBen you’ve loved girls since before pre-k tripping,\u201d
\nYeah, I guess she had a point, didn\u2019t she?
\nBunch of stereotypes all in my head.
\nI remember doing the math like, \u201cYeah, I\u2019m good at little league\u201d
\nA preconceived idea of what it all meant
\nFor those that liked the same sex
\nHad the characteristics
\nThe right wing conservatives think it\u2019s a decision
\nAnd you can be cured with some treatment and religion
\nMan made rewiring of a predisposition
\nPlaying god, aw nah here we go
\nAmerica the brave still fears what we don\u2019t know
\nAnd god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
\nBut we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
\nI don\u2019t know<\/p>\n

And I can\u2019t change
\nEven if I tried
\nEven if I wanted to
\nI can’t change
\nEven if I try
\nEven if I wanted to
\nMy love
\nMy love
\nMy love
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm<\/p>\n

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
\nHave you read the YouTube comments lately
\n“Man, that\u2019s gay” gets dropped on the daily
\nWe become so numb to what we\u2019re saying
\nA culture founded from oppression
\nYet we don\u2019t have acceptance for \u2018em
\nCall each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
\nA word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
\nGay is synonymous with the lesser
\nIt\u2019s the same hate that\u2019s caused wars from religion
\nGender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
\nThe same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
\nIt\u2019s human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
\nLive on and be yourself
\nWhen I was at church they taught me something else
\nIf you preach hate at the service those words aren\u2019t anointed
\nThat holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
\nWhen everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
\nRather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
\nI might not be the same, but that\u2019s not important
\nNo freedom till we\u2019re equal, damn right I support it<\/p>\n

And I can\u2019t change
\nEven if I tried
\nEven if I wanted to
\nMy love
\nMy love
\nMy love
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm<\/p>\n

We press play, don\u2019t press pause
\nProgress, march on
\nWith the veil over our eyes
\nWe turn our back on the cause
\nTill the day that my uncles can be united by law
\nWhen kids are walking \u2018round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
\nA world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
\nAnd a certificate on paper isn\u2019t gonna solve it all
\nBut it\u2019s a damn good place to start
\nNo law is gonna change us
\nWe have to change us
\nWhatever god you believe in
\nWe come from the same one
\nStrip away the fear
\nUnderneath it\u2019s all the same love
\nAbout time that we raised up<\/p>\n

And I can\u2019t change
\nEven if I tried
\nEven if I wanted to
\nI can’t change
\nEven if I try
\nEven if I wanted to
\nMy love
\nMy love
\nMy love
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm
\nShe keeps me warm
\nLove is patient
\nLove is kind
\nLove is patient
\nLove is kind
\n(I\u2018m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is patient
\n(I\u2018m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is kind
\n(I\u2018m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is patient
\n(I\u2018m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is kind
\n(I\u2018m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is patient
\n(I\u2018m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is kind
\n(I\u2018m not crying on Sundays)
\nLove is patient
\nLove is kind<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With SAME LOVE<\/strong> in your heart for all, you can be magic and help create a truly magical world. It’s about time we RAISED<\/strong> up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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