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Pause

from Scholar by Blake Brandes

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In the beginning, there was a man in the garden
And the first transgression would’ve become the first pardon
But the other end of the bargain was the knowledge of self
And ever since that day we’ve been callin’ for help
After that morning there was Eve in the scenery
The core of the problem was a seed of indecency
Or so it’s been reported, even more so recently
Morsels of judgment growin’ with increasin’ frequency

But please, consider for a moment
If two straight parents are the only one component
That could help a kid in foster care, or even adopt
The debate’s not between havin’ straight or gay pops
It’s between havin’ some parents or none at all
Social care sittin’ there, make a hundred calls
New family needed who will both love and feed him
But the same folks who beat him also claim to love freedom
Except when it comes to the parentin’, arrogant
We’ll take ten divorces, but no gay marriages
What’s the definition? We already changed it
To be about love, not a property arrangement
It used to be the property of daughter turned to wife
No legal protection and a poverty of rights
But thankfully it shifted from the black and the white
To include two adults who just want to make a life
Together, whether they have children or not
Are monogamous or callin’ friends to chill at the spot
Whether tolerant, religious, or a bigoted knot
No matter how they configured, they still gettin’ it got

I’m an ally – I’m allied with the truth
Labels are unstable when applied to a group
So friends stay strong, we reppin’ your cause
Until all the laws will allow us to pause

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from Scholar, released May 31, 2011

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