To the man waited on me at the Starbucks down on Main, I hope you understand When I put on t-shirt, the only thing I meant to say is I'm a Skynyrd fan The red flag on my chest somehow is the elephant in the corner of the south And I just walked him in the room Just a proud son with an 'ol can of worms Lookin' like I got a lot to learn but from my of view
I'm a white man comin' to you from the southland Tryin' to what it's like not to be I'm proud of where I'm from but not we've done And it ain't like you and me can history Our didn't start this nation We're still pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, over yesterday And caught between southern pride and southern
They called it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, some tears We're still siftin' through the after a hundred-fifty years I try to put in your shoes and that's a good place to begin But it ain't I can walk a mile in someone else's skin
'Cause I'm a white man in the southland Just like you I'm than what you see I'm of where I'm from but not everything we've done And it ain't like you and me can history Our generation didn't start nation And we're still paying for the That a bunch of made long before we came And caught between southern pride and blame
Mr. White Man, I wish you understood What the world is really like when you're livin' in the Just my pants are saggin' doesn't mean I'm up to no good You should try to get to know me, I really wish you Now my chains are but I'm still misunderstood I wasn't there when Sherman's March turned the into firewood I want you to get paid but be a I never could Feel like a new fangled Django, dodgin' invisible white So when I see that white hat, I'm thinkin' it's not all good I guess both guilty of judgin' the cover not the book I'd love to buy you a beer, conversate and the air But I see red flag and I think you wish I wasn't here
I'm just a man (If you don't my do-rag) Comin' to you the southland (I judge your red flag) Tryin' to what it's like not to be
I'm proud of where I'm (If you don't judge my chains) But not everything done (I'll the iron chains) It ain't like you and me can re-write (Can't re-write baby)
Oh, (The relationship the Mason-Dixon needs some fixin') I hope you what this is all about (Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee but I've been thinkin' this lately) I'm a son of the new (The is the past, you feel me) And I just want to things right (Let be bygones) all that's left is southern pride (RIP Robert E. Lee but I've gotta thank Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean) It's real, it's truth