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Fresh out of high school, glad cause he hated it
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Everybody in the senior class'll call him gay but it
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It never bothered him, his name Johnathan
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Best friend Julie, she was cool, she went to prom with him
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The principal said prom was no place for a queer couple
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If he showed up with a boy then it'd be real trouble
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Empty threats, but what really got to him
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Is that his boyfriend didn't wanna go to prom with him
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Boyfriend Roderick, kept the secret closeted
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Scared to come out into this world of zero tolerance
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Kinda popular, played a lot of politics
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Johnathan was book smart, just received a scholarship
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Off to college, wanted Roderick to follow him
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He see him in the halls but Rod would never acknowledge him
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Away from school though, he was so affectionate
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John had a good thing, no use in upsetting it
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Besides in college everything would be different
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Everyone is educated, no one would be tripping
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He had it all figured out
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Plus his parents were excited just to get him out the house
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So they bought him a ticket, even bought one for Roderick
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Said to leave the end of summer, they would pay for all of it
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So excited on his way to work at In-N-Out
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End of his shift, he drove straight up to Roderick's house
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He hopped out, saw him with his crew
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He walked right up, he was ready to share the news
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It had been a few days, he forgot how much he missed him
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So excited that he moved in and kissed him
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Roderick dissed him, threw him to the floor
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He said, "you faggot! What'd you have to do that for?"
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Looked at his homies, "You know I'm not gay"
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They just shook their heads, turned and walked away
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("Fuck. Fuck's wrong with you?")
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Now he's screaming at Johnathan, what the hell was wrong with him
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John said, "Okay, it's over? Let's be honest then
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They never knew the real you, they not your real friends"
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He drove away and vowed to never speak to him again
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It had been a few weeks
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Before John left for college, he thought that they should speak
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Scared to do it, for fear of rejection
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But either way, he knew the world would never accept him
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(Dear America, when you tell gay Americans that they can't serve their country openly or marry the person that they love, you're telling that to kids too.)
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Roderick was seventeen, in and out of jail since ten
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Never knew his father or spent time with any other men
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He started running in them circles with the hustlers
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Gangbanging, dope slanging, had some loyal customers
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Locked him up at a very young age
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Found religion and it ended all his criminal ways
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He also found his first boyfriend when he was locked up
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Came home conflicted so he really didn't talk much
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Felt beginnings of a double life
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The chaplain back in juve used to tell him that it wasn't right
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His bond with God was strong
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That was until he met John
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And it felt so perfect
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But suffering eternal damnation, was it worth it?
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He still had to see him
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It had been two years, he knew that he could never leave him
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So he lived in fear of God's wrath
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The preacher said God loves us all except fags
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And that made him so mad he started packing his bags
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Said he'd run away with John until it went all bad
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John slipped in front of his friends and started kissing him
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Now everything was different
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He shut him out, never thought about forgiving him
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Until he got that text
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John wanted to meet up the day after next
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They met at In-N-Out, on his dinner break
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But he was so mad that he couldn't look him in the face
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Soon as he spoke, they both started crying
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Said he missed him so much, he felt like he was dying
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John said, "I can't describe how much I missed you"
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That's when Roderick pulled his pistol
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He shot him right between the eyes
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Then turned it on hisself cause he refused to live a lie
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Suicide was against his beliefs
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But knew it was the only way they'd ever find peace
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