To the man that waited on me at the Starbucks 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 like the in the corner of the south And I just walked him right in the Just a rebel son with an 'ol can of worms like I got a lot to learn but from my point of view
I'm just a man comin' to you from the southland to understand what it's like not to be 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 this nation We're still pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, over yesterday And caught between southern and southern blame
They it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried some tears We're still siftin' the rubble 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 livin' in the Just you I'm more 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 re-write Our generation start this nation And we're paying for the mistakes That a bunch of folks made long we came And between southern pride and southern blame
Mr. White Man, I wish you understood What the world is like when you're livin' in the hood Just because my pants are saggin' doesn't mean I'm up to no You should try to get to know me, I really you would Now my chains are gold but I'm still I wasn't there when Sherman's March the south into firewood I want you to get paid but be a slave I never Feel like a new fangled Django, dodgin' invisible white So when I see that white cowboy hat, I'm it's not all good I guess we're both guilty of judgin' the cover not the I'd love to buy you a beer, conversate and the air But I see that red flag and I think you wish I wasn't
I'm a white man (If you judge my do-rag) Comin' to you the southland (I won't judge red flag) to understand what it's like not to be
I'm proud of I'm from (If you don't my gold chains) But not we've done (I'll forget the chains) It ain't like you and me can history (Can't history baby)
Oh, (The relationship between the Mason-Dixon needs fixin') I hope you understand what 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) Where all that's left is southern (RIP Robert E. Lee but I've gotta thank Abraham for freeing me, know what I mean) It's real, real truth