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 meant to say is I'm a fan The red flag on my chest somehow is the elephant in the corner of the south And I walked him right in the room Just a proud rebel son an 'ol can of worms Lookin' like I got a lot to learn but my point of view
I'm just a white man to you from the southland Tryin' to what it's like not to be I'm proud of where I'm but not everything we've done And it ain't like you and me can history Our generation didn't this nation We're pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, fightin' over yesterday And caught between southern pride and southern
They it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried some tears We're still through 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 livin' in the Just you I'm more than what you see I'm proud of where I'm from but not everything done And it ain't like you and me can re-write Our generation didn't start this And we're paying for the mistakes That a of folks made long before we came And caught between southern pride and blame
Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you the world is really like when you're livin' in the hood Just because my pants are saggin' doesn't I'm up to no good You should try to get to know me, I wish you would Now my are gold but I'm still misunderstood I wasn't there when Sherman's March turned the into firewood I you to get paid but be a slave I never could Feel like a new fangled Django, 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 to buy you a beer, conversate and clear the air But I see that red flag and I think you wish I wasn't
I'm a white man (If you don't my do-rag) to you from 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 judge my gold chains) But not everything done (I'll the iron chains) It ain't like you and me can history (Can't re-write baby)
Oh, (The between the Mason-Dixon needs some fixin') I you understand what this is all about (Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee but I've been about this 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 left is pride (RIP Robert E. Lee but I've gotta Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean) It's real, real It's