I was raised by both a father and a mother

They raised me and loved me like no other

I was taught by them to always follow my heart

And that following the crowd I shouldn’t start

Then as I got older I began to notice change

But some people thought that I was strange

They told me that the way I felt was wrong

And their hatred towards me was strong

The preacher said that I was living in sin

And that I was only in love with the skin

The preacher he advised me that I should pray

Because he said it was wrong for me to be gay

While I thought I could change by following God

But it didn’t matter inside I still felt like a fraud

As time went by I couldn’t lie to myself anymore

I decided that I wouldn’t life a live that I abhor

So I came out to my entire loved ones about me

Told them that this was the way that it had to be

That I was living my life that I was going to be free

And while some loved me others despised me

But I decided that I would do what I felt was right

And that I was still going to walk in God’s light

While fighting for mine and others like me rights

So here I said and vowed that I will choose to love

Because that’s the order God gave me from above