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 somehow is like the elephant in the corner of the south And I just walked him in the room 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 a white man comin' 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 like you and me can re-write history Our generation didn't this nation still pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, fightin' over yesterday And caught between southern pride and blame
They it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried some tears We're still siftin' through the 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 in the southland Just like you I'm more what you see I'm proud of where I'm from but not everything we've And it ain't like you and me can re-write Our didn't start this nation And we're paying for the mistakes That a of folks made long before we came And caught between southern and southern blame
Dear Mr. Man, I wish you understood What the world is really like when you're livin' in the Just because my pants are saggin' doesn't mean I'm up to no You should try to get to know me, I wish you would Now my chains are gold but I'm still I wasn't when Sherman's March turned the south into firewood I want you to get paid but be a I never could like 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 both guilty of judgin' the cover not the book I'd love to buy you a beer, and clear the air But I see that red and I think you wish I wasn't here
I'm a white man (If you judge my do-rag) Comin' to you the southland (I won't your red flag) to understand what it's like not to be
I'm of where I'm from (If you judge my gold chains) But not everything we've (I'll forget the chains) It like you and me can re-write history (Can't history baby)
Oh, (The relationship the Mason-Dixon needs some fixin') I hope you what this 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 want to make things right (Let be bygones) all that's left is southern pride (RIP E. Lee but I've gotta thank Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean) It's real, it's truth