To the man that waited on me at the Starbucks 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 flag on my chest somehow is the elephant in the corner of the south And I just him right in the room Just a proud son with an 'ol can of worms Lookin' like I got a lot to learn but my point of view
I'm just a white man comin' to you 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 start this We're still pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, fightin' yesterday And caught southern pride and southern blame
They called it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, some tears We're still siftin' through the rubble after a hundred-fifty I try to put in your shoes and that's a good place to begin But it ain't like I can walk a mile in else's skin
I'm a white man livin' in the southland Just like you I'm more what you see I'm proud of where I'm from but not we've done And it ain't like you and me can history Our didn't start this nation And we're still for the mistakes That a bunch of folks made long before we And caught between southern and southern blame
Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you What the world is really like when you're in the hood Just because my are saggin' doesn't mean I'm up to no good You try to get to know me, I really wish you would Now my chains are but I'm still misunderstood I wasn't when Sherman's March turned the south into firewood I want you to get but be a slave I never could like a new fangled Django, dodgin' invisible white hoods 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 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 just a man (If you don't my do-rag) Comin' to you from the (I judge your red flag) Tryin' to understand what like not to be
I'm proud of where I'm (If you don't judge my 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 needs some fixin') I hope you understand what this is all (Quite frankly I'm a black 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 to make things right (Let be bygones) Where all that's left is southern (RIP Robert E. Lee but I've gotta thank Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, what I mean) It's real, it's It's