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 thing I 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 walked him right in the room Just a rebel son with an 'ol can of worms Lookin' like I got a lot to learn but from my point of
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 like you and me can re-write history Our generation didn't start this still pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, fightin' over yesterday And caught southern pride and southern blame
called it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried some tears We're still siftin' through the rubble a hundred-fifty years I try to put myself in your and that's a good place to begin But it ain't like I can walk a mile in someone skin
I'm a white man livin' in the southland Just you I'm more than what you see I'm of where I'm from but not everything we've done And it like you and me can re-write history Our generation didn't this nation And we're still for the mistakes That a bunch of folks made long we came And caught between southern pride and southern
Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you What the world is really like when you're livin' in the Just because my pants are saggin' mean 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 south firewood I you to get paid but be a slave I never could Feel like a new fangled Django, dodgin' invisible white So when I see that white 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, and clear the air But I see red flag and I think you wish I wasn't here
I'm just a man (If you judge my do-rag) to you from the southland (I won't your red flag) Tryin' to what it's like not to be
I'm of where I'm from (If you judge my gold chains) But not everything done (I'll forget the chains) It like you and me can re-write history (Can't re-write baby)
Oh, (The between the Mason-Dixon needs some fixin') I hope you understand what this is all (Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee but I've been about 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) Where all that's left is pride (RIP E. Lee but I've gotta thank Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean) It's real, it's It's