Joyner Lus & Emem Try to Recreate ‘Stan’ on ‘What If I Was Gay?’ – Rollg Stone

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• RELEASG JOYNER LUS AND EMEM’S ‘WHAT IF I WAS GAY?’ WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE MISTAKE
• PROBLEMATIC EMEM AND JOYNER LUS SONG 'WHAT IF I WAS GAY?' LEAKS
• FULL VERSN OF EMEM & JOYNER LUS SONG ‘WHAT IF I WAS GAY’ IS HERE
• JOYNER LUS’ EMEM-ASSISTED “WHAT IF I WAS GAY” TRACK LEAKS, TWTER DEMOLISH SONG
• JOYNER LUS AND EMEM SONG "WHAT IF I WAS GAY?" SURFAC ONLE
• THE INTER REACTS TO AN EMEM AND JOYNER LUS LEAK REPORTEDLY TLED ‘WHAT IF I WAS GAY?’
• WHAT IF I WAS GAY? (ALTERNATE VERSN)JOYNER LUSON STRAIGHT FROM THE LAB PART 2 FEATURGEMEMPRODUCED BYBOI-1DAJUL. 19, 20221 VIEWER5 CONTRIBUTORSWHAT IF I WAS GAY? (ALTERNATE VERSN) LYRICS[VERSE 1: JOYNER LUS]UHWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS DIFFERENT?WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT SOMETHG'S MISS'?AND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU WE'RE NOT ALIKEAND THE WAY THAT I FEEL SI IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU PICTUREWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I FEEL DIVID?KEEP TO MYSELF AND I'M AWFULLY QUIETAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I BEEN NFLICTED BY MY OWN THOUGHTSTRAPPED THE DARK, AND I TRIED TO HI NO, I'M NOT A SLAVE TO NO FUCK' FAIRY TALEI BET YOU THK THAT YOU KNOW ME VERY WELLMAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS NOT A CRY FOR HELP'CSE I DON'T OWE NO ONE NO EXPLANATN ON HOW I FEEL[PRE-CHOS: JOYNER LUS]BUT ON THE REAL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS BRAVE?I GREW UP DIFFERENT THAN I WAS RAISEDBUT STILL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M OUT OF PLACE? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GAY?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2: JOYNER LUS]YEAHWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M NOT ALRIGHT?I MEAN, I DON'T FEEL DеAD, BUT I'M NOT ALIVEAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, "I'M NOT LIKE YOU"AND THE SH I'Vе BEEN GO' THROUGH, 'LL PROLLY MAKE YOU CRYAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, "I'M NOT THIS"AND THE PERSON YOU THK YOU KNOW DON'T EXISTLOOK, I'M NOT WHO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WHO YOU WISHI'M NOT WHO YOU WANT ME TO BE, WHAT YOU WANT OM ME ISN'T THISI GREW UP CHURCH WHERE I ULDN'T BE MYSELFI FELT LIKE A PRISONER, ULDN'T LEAVE MY CELLTHEY TOLD ME, "GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY," AND THIS AN UGLY WORLDAND IF I EVER SEEN THGS DIFFERENT, THEN I WOULD BURN HELL[PRE-CHOS: JOYNER LUS]AND ON THE REAL, THIS IS NOT NEW, THIS IS NOT A PHASEI GREW UP DIFFERENT THAN I WAS RAISEDBUT STILL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M OUT OF PLACE? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GAY?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH[VERSE 3: EMEM]WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M HOMOPHOBIC?AND YOU HAVE ZERO NTROL OVER YOUR IMPULSAND THE GEIC FLAW YOUR CHROMOSOM IS THE CULPRIT'S SOMETH' I N'T SUGARAT, 'S REPULSIVEWE WERE HOMI, SCE CHILDREN, I THOUGHT BUT THOUGHT I WAS BUGG', THOUGH'CSE WE'D S, CHILL AND JT TALK CHICKSNOW HOW N WE BE IENDS STILL ON THE BLOCKWHEN SK PIGMENT IS NOT OUR BIGGT DIFFERENCE, 'S AWKWARDDON'T THK 'S SOMETH' I N'T AL WHTHK I'M 'ONNA VOM, I'M GETT' THIS SICK FEEL', I'M NSEOPART OF ME WISH YOU'D KEPT THIS SH, STILL THE CLOSETI'M WHE, BUT THIS IS GIV' ME MIXED FEELGS, LIKE LOGICI REMEMBER KIDS STEAL' YOUR BIG WHEEL AND LL' YOU SISSY'CSE YOU WOULDN'T DO SH REALLY TO STOP AND NOW ALL MAK SENSEIS THIS THE END OF OUR IENDSHIP?IT'S START' TO SEND CHILLS THROUGH MY BODYYEAH, I'M PISSED OFF A LTLE, THIS IS A CHOICEWE WERE S'POSED TO BE BOYSYOU'RE ACT' LIKE THIS A'T OPTNALWHAT IF I SAID YOU WAS WEAK?'CSE YOU DON'T GOT THE STRENGTH TO NQUER SOME BLOGIL MONSTER THAT'S PART OF YOUTHAT'S RPONSIBLE FOR THEM HOMOSEXUAL THOUGHTSIF YOU DON'T WANT A LECTURE, PARTLIKE A SOFA SECTN OR LONG AS YOUMAKE YOUR CISN AND STAND BY , BUT I N'T BE BI 'CSE FOR ME, THAT'D BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLEOR YOU LEARN TO NTROL YOUR URGYOU SAY, "IT'S LIKE PULL' TEETH AND MORALS ARE ORAL SURGEONS"BUT HOW WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW ANYWAYS IF YOU'RE A VIRGWHY N'T YOU BE A NORMAL PERSON?WHAT IF I TRIED STEER' YOU TOWARDS A GIRLIEND?WOULDN'T WORK, WOULD ? YOU SEEM PRETTY SUREFOOTEDI'M SURE GOOD AT JUDG', BUT I HAVE NO RIGHTI KNOW GOODBYE SEEMS LD, RIGHT?NOT EVEN A FLICKER OF HOPE LIKE A STROBE LIGHTAS I LEAVE AND I SWEAR I STAYED UP THAT WHOLE NIGHTAND NO, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WOULD GO RIGHT HOME AND GO TAKE YOUR OWN LIFEI A'T MEAN FOR THAT SH TO HAPPEN, I SAID I WON'T CRY (SH)FAST-FORWARD, SOME YEARS GO BYMY GIRL'S PREGNANT WH TWS, BOY AND GIRLFAST-FORWARD AGA, THEY JT TURNED SEVENI WISH I HAD A CRYSTAL BALL 'E NOW I S AWEJT UGHT MY SON A BRA PLAY' WH HIS SISTER'S DOLLS WH LIPSTICK ON[CHOS: JOYNER LUS & EMEM]DUH NUH, (FUCK) DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, (I THOUGHT WAS A CHOICE) DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• JOYNER LUS & EMEM ASK “WHAT IF I WAS GAY?” ON LEAKED SONG SNIPPET
• DO DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAVE A GAY CHARACTER?
• EMEM & JOYNER LUS COLLAB “WHAT IF I WAS GAY?” SONG SNIPPET LEAKS: REPORT
• IF I TOLD YOUJOYNER LUSFEATURGEMEMPRODUCED BYBOI-1DA“IF I TOLD YOU” FOC ON A SUPPRSED HOMOSEXUAL G OUT TO HIS IEND—JOYNER TAK THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE GAY MAN G OUT WHILE EMEM TAK THE PERSPECTIVE OF HIS… READ MORE OCT. 31, 20191 VIEWER146.7K VIEWS99 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSPORTUGUêSفارسیENGLISHDTSCHIF I TOLD YOU LYRICS[VERSE 1: JOYNER LUS]UHWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS DIFFERENT?WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT SOMETHG'S MISS'?AND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU WE'RE NOT ALIKEAND THE WAY THAT I FEEL SI IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU PICTUREWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I FEEL DIVID?KEEP TO MYSELF AND I'M AWFULLY QUIETAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I BEEN NFLICTED BY MY OWN THOUGHTSTRAPPED THE DARK, AND I TRIED TO HI NO, I'M NOT A SLAVE TO NO FUCK' FAIRY TALEI BET YOU THK THAT YOU KNOW ME VERY WELLMAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS NOT A CRY FOR HELP'CSE I DON'T OWE NO ONE NO EXPLANATN ON HOW I FEEL[PRE-CHOS: JOYNER LUS]BUT ON THE REAL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS BRAVE?I GREW UP DIFFERENT THAN I WAS RAISEDBUT STILL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M OUT OF PLACE? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GAY?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2: JOYNER LUS]YEAHWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M NOT ALRIGHT?I MEAN, I DON'T FEEL AD, BUT I'M NOT ALIVEAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, "I'M NOT LIKE YOU"AND THE SH I'VE BEEN GO' THROUGH, 'LL PROLLY MAKE YOU CRYAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, "I'M NOT THIS"AND THE PERSON YOU THK YOU KNOW DON'T EXISTLOOK, I'M NOT WHO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WHO YOU WISHI'M NOT WHO YOU WANT ME TO BE, WHAT YOU WANT OM ME ISN'T THISI GREW UP CHURCH WHERE I ULDN'T BE MYSELFI FELT LIKE A PRISONER, ULDN'T LEAVE MY CELLTHEY TOLD ME, "GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY," AND THIS AN UGLY WORLDAND IF I EVER SEEN THGS DIFFERENT, THEN I WOULD BURN HELL[PRE-CHOS: JOYNER LUS]AND ON THE REAL, THIS IS NOT NEW, THIS IS NOT A PHASEI GREW UP DIFFERENT THAN I WAS RAISEDBUT STILL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M OUT OF PLACE? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GAY?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH[VERSE 3: EMEM]WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M HOMOPHOBIC?AND YOU HAVE ZERO NTROL OVER YOUR IMPULSAND THE GEIC FLAW YOUR CHROMOSOM IS THE CULPRIT'S SOMETHG I N'T SUGARAT, 'S REPULSIVEWE WERE HOMI, SCE CHILDREN, I THOUGHT BUT THOUGHT I WAS BUGG', THOUGH'CSE WE'D S, CHILL AND JT TALK CHICKSNOW HOW N WE BE IENDS STILL AFTER ALL THISUNLS, I N NVCE YOU TO REPENTASK GOD TO FIVE YOU FOR YOUR SSAND BEG HEAL' YOUR NSCIENCEAND RID YOU OF THIS SICK ILLNS THAT PART OF ME WISH YOU'D KEPT THIS SH, STILL THE CLOSETI'M WHE BUT I'M GETT' MIXED FEELGS LIKE LOGICYEAH, I'M PISSED OFF A LTLE, THIS IS A CHOICEWE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BOYSYOU'RE ACT' LIKE THIS A'T OPTNALWHAT IF I SAID YOU WAS WEAK?'CSE YOU DON'T GOT THE STRENGTH TO NQUER SOME BLOGIL MONSTER THAT'S PART OF YOUTHAT'S RPONSIBLE FOR THEM HOMOSEXUAL THOUGHTSIF YOU DON'T WANT A LECTURE, PARTLIKE A SOFA SECTN OR LONG AS YOUMAKE YOUR CISN AND STAND BY , BUT I N'T BE BI 'CSE FOR ME, THAT'D BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLEOR YOU LEARN TO NTROL YOUR URGYOU SAY, "IT'S LIKE PULL' TEETH AND MORALS ARE ORAL SURGEONS"BUT HOW WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW ANYWAYS IF YOU'RE A VIRGWHY N'T YOU BE A NORMAL PERSON?WHAT IF I TRIED STEER' YOU TOWARDS A GIRLIEND?WOULDN'T WORK, WOULD ? YOU SEEM PRETTY SUREFOOTEDI'M SURE GOOD AT JUDG', BUT I HAVE NO RIGHTI KNOW GOODBYE SEEMS LD, RIGHT?NOT EVEN A FLICKER OF HOPE LIKE A STROBE LIGHTAS I LEAVE AND I SWEAR I STAYED UP THAT WHOLE NIGHTAND NO, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WOULD GO RIGHT HOME AND GO TAKE YOUR OWN LIFEI A'T MEAN FOR THAT SH TO HAPPEN, I SAID I WON'T CRYI LET THE BT IEND THAT I'VE EVER KNOWN DIEALONE, WAS GONNA TELL YOU THE NEXT DAYI'M SO SORRY, I'M FIGHT' MY OWN MONS, I WON'T LIETHEY WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE, EATG AT MY SOUL, THIS WHOLE TIMEI'VE BEEN TORTURED, IMPRISONED MY OWN MDA BORN AGA CHRISTIAN BUT LORD IF YOU'RE LISTEN'WE MIGHT BE HEAD FOR A LLISN'CSE WHEN I TOLD MY BOY I ULDN'T SUPPORT HIS CISNI WAS TRYNA MAKE SEEM LIKE A CHOICE, WHEN ISN'TCAN'T BE CURED WH A PRAYER TO SAT JUWHAT IF I TOLD YOU MY WISH NEVER ME TE?WHAT IF I'M A HYPOCRE WHO'S AAID TO JT FACE TTH? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M GAY TOO?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH19EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
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RELEASG JOYNER LUS AND EMEM’S ‘WHAT IF I WAS GAY?’ WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE MISTAKE

Releasg Joyner Lus and Emem’s ‘What If I Was Gay? That’s why the existence of Joyner’s “What If I Was Gay? To Joyner and Emem’s cred, seems the pair likely knew never to release “What If I Was Gay.

No matter how well-meang the tent is, the hackneyed lyrics sound exactly like what would happen if a straight man tried to scribe what he thks the gay experience is like over a beat that would have been left on 808s & Heartbreak‘s cuttg room floor:. What if I told you that I was gay? From the moment Em asks, “What if I told you I’m homophobic?

The verse ends wh a fal twist that’s supposed to be revelatory but stead rgs wh a sad hollowns: “What if I’m a hypocre who is aaid to jt face tth / What if I told you I’m gay too? The man who spent the entirety of his reer droppg homophobic slurs, but also performg at The Grammys wh Elton John jt rapped, “What if I told you I’m gay, too?

PROBLEMATIC EMEM AND JOYNER LUS SONG 'WHAT IF I WAS GAY?' LEAKS

“What If I Was Gay? Instead of two straight mal spendg five mut tryg to answer “what if I was gay, ” maybe the world would be better off wh them answerg, “who is this song really for?

FULL VERSN OF EMEM & JOYNER LUS SONG ‘WHAT IF I WAS GAY’ IS HERE

A scrapped llaboratn between Emem and Joyner Lus, 'What If I Was Gay' has leaked onle, [...

A scrapped llaboratn between Emem and Joyner Lus, "What If I Was Gay" has leaked onle, and fans of both artists are crgg. "What If I Was Gay" was an untentnal leak of a stud mo, acrdg to a report by Rollg Stone. Wa / What if I told you that I was gay?

JOYNER LUS’ EMEM-ASSISTED “WHAT IF I WAS GAY” TRACK LEAKS, TWTER DEMOLISH SONG

"The song already had listeners unfortable, as they felt Lus was ill-equipped to speculate on the ner monologue of a gay character. "What if I told you I'm homophobic?

" he rapped, unterg Lus' seemed to play a iend of Lus' character this dialogue, voicg his worst homophobic feelgs. In a seri of fast, gasp-ducg l he suggted that homosexualy is a "geic flaw, " that "'s repulsive" and that is a "s" for which Lus needs to "repent. "What if I Was Gay (ft.

JOYNER LUS AND EMEM SONG "WHAT IF I WAS GAY?" SURFAC ONLE

"Wa, what if I told you I'm gay too?

Many also thought was too soon for Emem to try and make any statement on homosexualy, as he has ntued to e homophobic slurs even his most recent album.

THE INTER REACTS TO AN EMEM AND JOYNER LUS LEAK REPORTEDLY TLED ‘WHAT IF I WAS GAY?’

That clus one se where he ed one agast Tyler, The Creator, who opened up about his same-sex attractn on his latt rerd, the most part, "What If I Was Gay" has been removed om the Inter. A uple of days ago, a snippet of a song om Emem and Joyner Lus lled ‘What if I Was Gay’ surfaced onle and several opns were ma on social media even though the perspective on the short sound be wasn’t really, the full versn of the track has e out om unknown origs but mak the ntext much clearer. The song is super tertg, pecially bee Emem has been acced of beg homophobic almost his entire reer.

The song, “What If I Was Gay” was teased then released Halloween, and the fan reactn is harsher than expected.

WHAT IF I WAS GAY? (ALTERNATE VERSN)JOYNER LUSON STRAIGHT FROM THE LAB PART 2 FEATURGEMEMPRODUCED BYBOI-1DAJUL. 19, 20221 VIEWER5 CONTRIBUTORSWHAT IF I WAS GAY? (ALTERNATE VERSN) LYRICS[VERSE 1: JOYNER LUS]UHWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS DIFFERENT?WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT SOMETHG'S MISS'?AND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU WE'RE NOT ALIKEAND THE WAY THAT I FEEL SI IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU PICTUREWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I FEEL DIVID?KEEP TO MYSELF AND I'M AWFULLY QUIETAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I BEEN NFLICTED BY MY OWN THOUGHTSTRAPPED THE DARK, AND I TRIED TO HI NO, I'M NOT A SLAVE TO NO FUCK' FAIRY TALEI BET YOU THK THAT YOU KNOW ME VERY WELLMAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS NOT A CRY FOR HELP'CSE I DON'T OWE NO ONE NO EXPLANATN ON HOW I FEEL[PRE-CHOS: JOYNER LUS]BUT ON THE REAL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS BRAVE?I GREW UP DIFFERENT THAN I WAS RAISEDBUT STILL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M OUT OF PLACE? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GAY?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2: JOYNER LUS]YEAHWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M NOT ALRIGHT?I MEAN, I DON'T FEEL DеAD, BUT I'M NOT ALIVEAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, "I'M NOT LIKE YOU"AND THE SH I'Vе BEEN GO' THROUGH, 'LL PROLLY MAKE YOU CRYAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, "I'M NOT THIS"AND THE PERSON YOU THK YOU KNOW DON'T EXISTLOOK, I'M NOT WHO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WHO YOU WISHI'M NOT WHO YOU WANT ME TO BE, WHAT YOU WANT OM ME ISN'T THISI GREW UP CHURCH WHERE I ULDN'T BE MYSELFI FELT LIKE A PRISONER, ULDN'T LEAVE MY CELLTHEY TOLD ME, "GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY," AND THIS AN UGLY WORLDAND IF I EVER SEEN THGS DIFFERENT, THEN I WOULD BURN HELL[PRE-CHOS: JOYNER LUS]AND ON THE REAL, THIS IS NOT NEW, THIS IS NOT A PHASEI GREW UP DIFFERENT THAN I WAS RAISEDBUT STILL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M OUT OF PLACE? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GAY?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH[VERSE 3: EMEM]WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M HOMOPHOBIC?AND YOU HAVE ZERO NTROL OVER YOUR IMPULSAND THE GEIC FLAW YOUR CHROMOSOM IS THE CULPRIT'S SOMETH' I N'T SUGARAT, 'S REPULSIVEWE WERE HOMI, SCE CHILDREN, I THOUGHT BUT THOUGHT I WAS BUGG', THOUGH'CSE WE'D S, CHILL AND JT TALK CHICKSNOW HOW N WE BE IENDS STILL ON THE BLOCKWHEN SK PIGMENT IS NOT OUR BIGGT DIFFERENCE, 'S AWKWARDDON'T THK 'S SOMETH' I N'T AL WHTHK I'M 'ONNA VOM, I'M GETT' THIS SICK FEEL', I'M NSEOPART OF ME WISH YOU'D KEPT THIS SH, STILL THE CLOSETI'M WHE, BUT THIS IS GIV' ME MIXED FEELGS, LIKE LOGICI REMEMBER KIDS STEAL' YOUR BIG WHEEL AND LL' YOU SISSY'CSE YOU WOULDN'T DO SH REALLY TO STOP AND NOW ALL MAK SENSEIS THIS THE END OF OUR IENDSHIP?IT'S START' TO SEND CHILLS THROUGH MY BODYYEAH, I'M PISSED OFF A LTLE, THIS IS A CHOICEWE WERE S'POSED TO BE BOYSYOU'RE ACT' LIKE THIS A'T OPTNALWHAT IF I SAID YOU WAS WEAK?'CSE YOU DON'T GOT THE STRENGTH TO NQUER SOME BLOGIL MONSTER THAT'S PART OF YOUTHAT'S RPONSIBLE FOR THEM HOMOSEXUAL THOUGHTSIF YOU DON'T WANT A LECTURE, PARTLIKE A SOFA SECTN OR LONG AS YOUMAKE YOUR CISN AND STAND BY , BUT I N'T BE BI 'CSE FOR ME, THAT'D BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLEOR YOU LEARN TO NTROL YOUR URGYOU SAY, "IT'S LIKE PULL' TEETH AND MORALS ARE ORAL SURGEONS"BUT HOW WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW ANYWAYS IF YOU'RE A VIRGWHY N'T YOU BE A NORMAL PERSON?WHAT IF I TRIED STEER' YOU TOWARDS A GIRLIEND?WOULDN'T WORK, WOULD ? YOU SEEM PRETTY SUREFOOTEDI'M SURE GOOD AT JUDG', BUT I HAVE NO RIGHTI KNOW GOODBYE SEEMS LD, RIGHT?NOT EVEN A FLICKER OF HOPE LIKE A STROBE LIGHTAS I LEAVE AND I SWEAR I STAYED UP THAT WHOLE NIGHTAND NO, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WOULD GO RIGHT HOME AND GO TAKE YOUR OWN LIFEI A'T MEAN FOR THAT SH TO HAPPEN, I SAID I WON'T CRY (SH)FAST-FORWARD, SOME YEARS GO BYMY GIRL'S PREGNANT WH TWS, BOY AND GIRLFAST-FORWARD AGA, THEY JT TURNED SEVENI WISH I HAD A CRYSTAL BALL 'E NOW I S AWEJT UGHT MY SON A BRA PLAY' WH HIS SISTER'S DOLLS WH LIPSTICK ON[CHOS: JOYNER LUS & EMEM]DUH NUH, (FUCK) DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, (I THOUGHT WAS A CHOICE) DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

The five-mute track featur Lus rappg om the perspective of a young man ntemplatg the reactn of him g out as gay wh Slim Shady rappg om the angle of a iend hearg the revelatn.

A song entled "What If I Was Gay?

/ Wa, what if I told you that I was gay? / Wa, what if I told you I'm gay too? "Wh the song makg s way around social media and Redd, some shared their (mostly) negative thoughts on "What If I Was Gay?

JOYNER LUS & EMEM ASK “WHAT IF I WAS GAY?” ON LEAKED SONG SNIPPET

This week, a snippet of a new llaboratn wh Joyner Lus surfaced, which was later followed by the whole song, which is reportedly tled “What If I Was Gay? ” Emem for the third verse and begs, “What if I told you I’m homophobic? Wa / What if I told you I’m gay too?

DO DISNEY’S ‘LU’ HAVE A GAY CHARACTER?

Naturally, this song sparked plenty of reactns, pecially sce Emem has faced backlash over a number of allegedly homophobic lyrics om throughout his disgraphy. Emem and Joyner Lus are makg a song lled “what if I was gay, ” provg once aga my pot that the worst rappers alive DEFINITELY aren’t the “mumble rappers” — jt/wtsi gunn stan acct (@twntybeatz) October 29, 2019.

EMEM & JOYNER LUS COLLAB “WHAT IF I WAS GAY?” SONG SNIPPET LEAKS: REPORT

Emem said he shov a gerbil his ass through a tube to an openg track of his greatt hs album and people are shocked over the lyrics:"What if I told you I was gay"?

ah y emem, the arber of gay rights, makg a song around the plight of beg gay… the same guy that lled tyler a f*ggot on kamikaze and has said untls other hateful thgs about the gay muny…. “What if I was a hypocre and aaid to face tth… what if I told you I was gay too”— Emem.

IF I TOLD YOUJOYNER LUSFEATURGEMEMPRODUCED BYBOI-1DA“IF I TOLD YOU” FOC ON A SUPPRSED HOMOSEXUAL G OUT TO HIS IEND—JOYNER TAK THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE GAY MAN G OUT WHILE EMEM TAK THE PERSPECTIVE OF HIS… READ MORE OCT. 31, 20191 VIEWER146.7K VIEWS99 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSPORTUGUêSفارسیENGLISHDTSCHIF I TOLD YOU LYRICS[VERSE 1: JOYNER LUS]UHWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS DIFFERENT?WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT SOMETHG'S MISS'?AND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU WE'RE NOT ALIKEAND THE WAY THAT I FEEL SI IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU PICTUREWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I FEEL DIVID?KEEP TO MYSELF AND I'M AWFULLY QUIETAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I BEEN NFLICTED BY MY OWN THOUGHTSTRAPPED THE DARK, AND I TRIED TO HI NO, I'M NOT A SLAVE TO NO FUCK' FAIRY TALEI BET YOU THK THAT YOU KNOW ME VERY WELLMAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS NOT A CRY FOR HELP'CSE I DON'T OWE NO ONE NO EXPLANATN ON HOW I FEEL[PRE-CHOS: JOYNER LUS]BUT ON THE REAL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS BRAVE?I GREW UP DIFFERENT THAN I WAS RAISEDBUT STILL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M OUT OF PLACE? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GAY?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2: JOYNER LUS]YEAHWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M NOT ALRIGHT?I MEAN, I DON'T FEEL AD, BUT I'M NOT ALIVEAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, "I'M NOT LIKE YOU"AND THE SH I'VE BEEN GO' THROUGH, 'LL PROLLY MAKE YOU CRYAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, "I'M NOT THIS"AND THE PERSON YOU THK YOU KNOW DON'T EXISTLOOK, I'M NOT WHO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WHO YOU WISHI'M NOT WHO YOU WANT ME TO BE, WHAT YOU WANT OM ME ISN'T THISI GREW UP CHURCH WHERE I ULDN'T BE MYSELFI FELT LIKE A PRISONER, ULDN'T LEAVE MY CELLTHEY TOLD ME, "GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY," AND THIS AN UGLY WORLDAND IF I EVER SEEN THGS DIFFERENT, THEN I WOULD BURN HELL[PRE-CHOS: JOYNER LUS]AND ON THE REAL, THIS IS NOT NEW, THIS IS NOT A PHASEI GREW UP DIFFERENT THAN I WAS RAISEDBUT STILL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M OUT OF PLACE? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GAY?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH[VERSE 3: EMEM]WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M HOMOPHOBIC?AND YOU HAVE ZERO NTROL OVER YOUR IMPULSAND THE GEIC FLAW YOUR CHROMOSOM IS THE CULPRIT'S SOMETHG I N'T SUGARAT, 'S REPULSIVEWE WERE HOMI, SCE CHILDREN, I THOUGHT BUT THOUGHT I WAS BUGG', THOUGH'CSE WE'D S, CHILL AND JT TALK CHICKSNOW HOW N WE BE IENDS STILL AFTER ALL THISUNLS, I N NVCE YOU TO REPENTASK GOD TO FIVE YOU FOR YOUR SSAND BEG HEAL' YOUR NSCIENCEAND RID YOU OF THIS SICK ILLNS THAT PART OF ME WISH YOU'D KEPT THIS SH, STILL THE CLOSETI'M WHE BUT I'M GETT' MIXED FEELGS LIKE LOGICYEAH, I'M PISSED OFF A LTLE, THIS IS A CHOICEWE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BOYSYOU'RE ACT' LIKE THIS A'T OPTNALWHAT IF I SAID YOU WAS WEAK?'CSE YOU DON'T GOT THE STRENGTH TO NQUER SOME BLOGIL MONSTER THAT'S PART OF YOUTHAT'S RPONSIBLE FOR THEM HOMOSEXUAL THOUGHTSIF YOU DON'T WANT A LECTURE, PARTLIKE A SOFA SECTN OR LONG AS YOUMAKE YOUR CISN AND STAND BY , BUT I N'T BE BI 'CSE FOR ME, THAT'D BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLEOR YOU LEARN TO NTROL YOUR URGYOU SAY, "IT'S LIKE PULL' TEETH AND MORALS ARE ORAL SURGEONS"BUT HOW WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW ANYWAYS IF YOU'RE A VIRGWHY N'T YOU BE A NORMAL PERSON?WHAT IF I TRIED STEER' YOU TOWARDS A GIRLIEND?WOULDN'T WORK, WOULD ? 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WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M GAY TOO?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH19EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

are we surprised emem is gay? Kanye lov J and Emem is gay.

Lus prevly teased the llaboratn on Instagram Live wh Jan and Joyner Lus ma the news yet aga on current ntroversy stems om a leaked song lled "What if I was Gay" that origally appeared on Redd.

WaWhat if I told you that I was gay? [Chos: Joyner Lus]Duh nuh, duh nuh nuh duhDuh nuh, duh nuh nuh duhDuh nuh, duh nuh nuh duhDuh nuhDuh nuh, duh nuh nuh duhDuh nuh, duh nuh nuh duhDuh nuh, duh nuh nuh duhDuh nuh[Verse 3: Emem]What if I told you I'm homophobic? 'Cse you don't got the strength to nquer some blogil monster that's part of youThat's rponsible for them homosexual thoughtsIf you don't want a lecture, partLike a sofa sectn or long as youMake your cisn and stand by , but I n't be bi 'Cse for me, that'd be next to impossibleOr you learn to ntrol your urgYou say, "It's like pull' teeth and morals are oral surgeons"But how would you even know anyways if you're a virgWhy n't you be a normal person?

GAY LUS

Em has faced ntroversy and prott over homophobic lyrics for s. A short d cut of a jot song tled “What If I Was Gay? Wa, what if I told you that I was gay?

The ntext of the l remas unclear, but the song feels likely to brg scty due to Em’s long history of facg accatns of homophobia. However, he has yet to clarify the fate of “What If I Was Gay?