Macklemore’s song Same Love discusses the controversy surrounding homosexuality in society today. The song talks about how everyone is equal and should be treated the same. It also talks about what Macklemore believes in, which is marriage equality in any state or form of government. The song samples the song “Thou Shall Not Steal” by musician, song writer, and poet, Mary Lambert. The song has gone viral on the internet with millions of views.
The song explains how everyone is equal despite what they believe in or who they love. Macklemore also states that he doesn’t want to take rights away from anyone by legalizing gay marriage for everyone. He simply wants people to treat all people equally under the law no matter what gender or race someone is. Macklemore says that it doesn’t make sense for people to be denied their desires because not everyone thinks like them, which leads back to segregation and racism in America today.
Macklemore has gotten a lot of hate over this song/music video because he is telling people his beliefs about homosexuality. Many people support this song and what Macklemore is saying, whereas some do not agree with his song/music video.
The song starts off with Macklemore rapping about how he used to be homophobic, but then talks about his change of heart when a close gay friend died of AIDS, which was diagnosed from unprotected sexual intercourse with multiple partners. The song also brings up current issues such as suicide rates among homosexual youth being four times higher than heterosexual youth, media’ s influence on people’s thoughts regarding the LGBT community, and even religion still treating homosexuality as a sin.
It also talks about hip-hop’s history of homophobia, and Macklemore takes a stand against it. The song then goes into the chorus: Same love, same fight, For our freedom, for our right To be equal, to be free … No law is gonna change us (x2) No law is gonna change us (x2) – The chorus uses very powerful imagery by comparing the fight for gay rights with similar fights such as African Americans’ fighting for their freedom and their right to be equal and free from slavery and oppression.
By saying that no law can change them just like no law could change African Americans during the time of slavery, Macklemore is trying to convey the message that everyone deserves equal rights no matter their sexuality. Everything’s gonna be alright (x4) – The song brings up a lot of serious issues such as suicide and religion. But Macklemore uses the song’s main theme, which is love for everyone, to bring hope to people who might be going through similar struggles by repeating “everything’s going to be alright.
The song ends with a radio DJ stopping a song because he has an announcement about how it’s National Same Sex Kiss Day at a high school in Seattle. Then all of a sudden students start kissing each other in the hallways while teachers just watch from afar. The song then ends with a radio DJ saying that Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ song will not be played on the radio because of its gay marriage advocate message.
Same Love is a song about equality for people who identify as homosexual- it brings up many important issues such as media influencing people’s thoughts about homosexuals, religion still treating homosexuality as a sin, and even hip hop’s history of homophobia. But most importantly, Same Love conveys the point that everyone deserves to have the same rights regardless of their sexual orientation or identification. Macklemore uses clever songwriting tactics such as repetition and powerful imagery in order to convey his supporting messages regarding LGBT rights.
Macklemore recognizes that the song is a sensitive song and has even received some flak from some of his fans for writing it, but he still believes in the song’s message. The song lyrics point out that it does not matter who someone loves or what their sexual orientation is because love is love and everyone deserves to be treated with respect no matter what their sexuality may be. In Macklemore’s song Same Love, Macklemore performs an excellent job of expressing himself through song lyrics about the gay rights movement and the stereotypes that have been formed against it.
In 2012 Macklemore released a song titled “Same Love” which was originally going to be a single on his new album titled Heist. The song was also released as a music video on YouTube on July 18, 2012, and has currently received over forty-three million views. Macklemore is an American artist who first gained widespread recognition in the year 2000 when he won a state song-writing contest for his song Otherside. He later signed with the record label Macklemore LLC where he met Ryan Lewis who also contributed to The Heist album and song Same Love.
Macklemore’s song Same Love is about marriage equality and how everyone deserves to be treated equally no matter what their sexual orientation may be. In the song Macklemore sings: “No freedom till we’re equal, I don’t care if you were born in the middle of the night or in the middle of a gay pride parade. You are my sister, you’re my brother, I don’t care if you were born a pre-op transexual, lesbian, transgender life; I wanna grow up in a world where me and you can be just fucking ike…you and me. (Macklemore)
Macklemore illustrates how everyone deserves to be treated equally no matter who they like or what their sexual orientation is with that song lyric. In June 2012 Macklemore attended an NAACP luncheon in Seattle during which he was presented with the award for Outstanding Hip-Hop Artist by Andre Harrell (former President/CEO at Uptown Records, Executive Producer of Tupac Shakur, and label manager for Mary J. Blige).
At the event Macklemore also performed Same Love song lyrics “And I can’t change, even if I tried, even if I wanted to… My love she keeps me warm. ”(Macklemore) Macklemore performs song lyrics in his song Same Love which helped him receive this award because they are song lyrics that constructively address an issue within society that is popular at the moment. On July 18th 2012 Same Love was released online with a music video of Macklemore rapping about homosexual rights issues such as gay marriage and discrimination against homosexuals.
Macklemore also uses song lyrics to explain how homosexuality has been used in song lyrics throughout music history. In the song Macklemore also sings: “I might not be the same, but that’s not important. No freedom ’til we’re equal I don’t care if you was born in the middle of the night or in the middle of a gay pride parade. “(Macklemore) Same Love song lyrics have been performed over forty-three million times on YouTube and were popular enough to help Macklemore win a VMA for best video with a social message in 2014.