To the man that waited on me at the Starbucks down on Main, I hope you 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 elephant in the of the south And I walked him right in the room a proud rebel son with an 'ol can of worms Lookin' like I got a lot to learn but from my of view
I'm just a white man comin' to you from the Tryin' to understand what it's not to be I'm proud of where I'm but not everything we've done And it ain't you and me can re-write history Our generation didn't start this We're still pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, fightin' over And caught between southern pride and blame
They called it Reconstruction, the buildings, dried some tears still siftin' 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 in someone else's skin
'Cause I'm a man livin' in the southland Just like you I'm more what you see I'm proud of where I'm but not everything we've done And it ain't you and me can re-write history Our generation didn't start nation And we're paying for the mistakes That a of folks made long before we came And caught between southern pride and southern
Mr. White Man, I wish you understood What the is really like when you're livin' in the hood because my pants are saggin' doesn't mean I'm up to no good You should try to get to know me, I wish you would Now my chains are 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 never Feel like a new fangled Django, dodgin' invisible hoods So when I see that cowboy hat, I'm thinkin' it's not all good I guess we're both guilty of judgin' the not the book I'd love to buy you a beer, and clear the air But I see that red flag and I think you wish I wasn't
I'm just a man (If you judge my do-rag) Comin' to you the southland (I judge your red flag) Tryin' to understand 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 the iron chains) It ain't like you and me can re-write (Can't history baby)
Oh, (The relationship between the needs some fixin') I hope you understand what is all about (Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee but I've been thinkin' about 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 thank Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean) real, it's real It's