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