Death is around the corner

The norm stares in abhor

Anxious, Heart rate's rising

You think of running but don't want to be chased

Facing discrimination for something that's found in nature

It's absurd when you come to realise

It was in 1970 when

We had our first march but

'Till this day we still suffer

Our love can't be shown (be shown)

In the eyes of the unknown (oh no, no no)

In some places the law says we can (we can)

But some people can't accept

Desolated that they can't perceive (perceive)

That it's written in our genes

We could be dispatched (or even worse than that)

'Cause we're not what they expect

Oh no

Jilt when you're out the closet

You thought their love was honest

Believed it would remain

But their reactions are what's causing you pain

The urge you feel to explain
 (feel to explain)

The pain that they are causing (they are cause…)

It's absurd when you come to realise

That in some ancient cultures on earth

We were being honoured

But these days we agonise

Our love can't be shown (be shown)

In the eyes of the unknown (oh no, no no)

In some places the law says we can (we can)

But some people can't accept

Desolated that they can't perceive (perceive)

That it's written in our genes

We could be dispatched (or even worse than that)

'Cause we're not what they expect

Oh no

Our love can't be shown (be shown)

In the eyes of the unknown (oh no, no no)

In some places the law says we can (we can)

But some people can't accept

Desolated that they can't perceive (perceive)

That it's written in our genes

We could be dispatched (or even worse than that)

'Cause we're not what they expect

Community has flaws of it's own

Discrimination to those we know

Oversettling standards

Some look down on

A, Bi, Pan, Trans, 2Spirit too

Forget 1980s when Lesbians chose to give

Black People forsaken

Culture Is taken

'Cause we're not what they expect

Oh we're not what they expect

Guess it's not what you'd expect