Further into the album, however, Tyler directly talks about being gay, as he says in his song 'I Ain’t Got Time!' how he has been 'kissing white boys since 2004.' Meanwhile, the song 'Garden Shed' seems to be entirely dedicated to the topic of his sexuality, as he talks about how he used to believe his sexuality to be a 'phase,' but that there now is 'no reason to pretend' he is someone else. These lyrics signify with clever wordplay on 'beaches' and a direct metaphor between women and the ocean how he was always into men but was constantly asked by his friends if he ever slept with the women he was talking to. See, I was in the woods with flowers, rainbows and posies falling outta my pocket, but y’all want to know if I swam to cool down' on 'Foreword,' the first song on the album. Tyler teases his listeners about it almost immediately with the lyrics 'Sea I was never into the beaches and all the sands.

But now 'Flower Boy' seems to break the silence for good, as Tyler raps about his coming out and the topic of sexuality in nine out of the album’s fourteen tracks.

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