To the man waited on me at the Starbucks down on Main, I hope you understand When I put on that t-shirt, the only I meant to say is I'm a Skynyrd fan The red on my chest somehow is like the elephant in the corner of the south And I walked him right in the room Just a proud 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 Tryin' to understand what it's not to be I'm of where I'm from but not everything we've done And it ain't you and me can re-write history Our generation didn't this nation We're still pickin' up the pieces, on eggshells, fightin' over yesterday And caught between southern pride and southern
They called it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried tears We're still through the rubble after a hundred-fifty years I try to put myself in your shoes and that's a good to begin But it ain't like I can walk a mile in someone skin
'Cause I'm a white man livin' in the like 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 start this nation And still paying for the mistakes a bunch of folks made long before we came And between southern pride and southern blame
Mr. White Man, I wish you understood What the world is really like when 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 are gold but I'm still misunderstood I wasn't there Sherman's March turned the south into firewood I want you to get paid but be a slave I could Feel a new fangled Django, dodgin' invisible white hoods So when I see that cowboy hat, I'm thinkin' it's not all good I guess we're both guilty of 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 I wasn't here
I'm just a man (If you judge my do-rag) Comin' to you from the (I judge your red flag) Tryin' to understand what like not to be
I'm of where I'm from (If you don't judge my chains) But not everything we've (I'll the iron chains) It ain't like you and me can history (Can't re-write baby)
Oh, (The relationship between the needs some fixin') I hope you understand what this is all (Quite frankly I'm a Yankee but I've been thinkin' about this lately) I'm a son of the new (The past is the past, you me) And I just want to make things (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