To the man that waited on me at the Starbucks down on Main, I you understand When I put on that t-shirt, the 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 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 the southland Tryin' to understand it's like not to be I'm proud of where I'm from but not 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 between southern pride and southern blame
called it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried some tears We're siftin' through the rubble after a hundred-fifty years I try to put myself in your shoes and that's a place to begin But it ain't like I can walk a mile in else's skin
'Cause I'm a man livin' in the southland Just like you I'm more than you see I'm proud of where I'm from but not everything we've And it ain't you and me can re-write history Our generation start this nation And still paying for the mistakes That a of folks made long before we came And caught between southern pride and southern
Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you What the world is really like you're livin' in the hood Just because my pants are saggin' doesn't I'm up to no good You should try to get to know me, I really wish you Now my chains are but I'm still misunderstood I wasn't there when Sherman's March turned the into firewood I want you to get paid but be a I never could Feel like a new fangled Django, invisible white hoods So I see that white 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 red flag and I think you wish I wasn't here
I'm just a man (If you don't my do-rag) Comin' to you the southland (I won't your red flag) Tryin' to understand it's like not to be
I'm proud of where I'm (If you judge my gold chains) But not everything we've (I'll the iron chains) It like you and me can re-write history (Can't history baby)
Oh, (The relationship between the needs some fixin') I you understand what this is all about (Quite I'm a black Yankee but I've been thinkin' about 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 is southern pride (RIP Robert E. Lee but I've gotta thank Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean) It's real, real It's