To the man waited on me at the Starbucks down on Main, I hope you understand I put on that t-shirt, the only thing I meant to say is I'm a Skynyrd fan The red on my chest somehow is like the elephant in the corner of the south And I just walked him right in the Just a proud rebel son an 'ol can of worms Lookin' I got a lot to learn but from my point 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 everything done And it like you and me can re-write history Our didn't start this nation We're still pickin' up the pieces, on eggshells, fightin' over yesterday And caught between southern pride and southern
They called it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried tears We're still siftin' through the rubble after a 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
I'm a white man livin' in the southland Just you I'm more than what you see I'm proud of where I'm from but not everything we've And it like you and me can re-write history Our generation start this nation And we're paying for the mistakes That a bunch of folks made long before we And caught between southern and southern blame
Mr. White Man, I wish you understood What the world is like when you're livin' in the hood Just because my 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 are gold but I'm still misunderstood I wasn't there when Sherman's March turned the into firewood I you to get paid but be a slave I never could Feel like a new fangled Django, invisible white hoods So when I see that white cowboy hat, I'm thinkin' it's not all I guess both guilty of judgin' the cover not the book I'd love to buy you a beer, conversate and the air But I see that red flag and I think you wish I here
I'm just a man (If you don't my do-rag) Comin' to you from the (I judge your red flag) Tryin' to what it's like not to be
I'm proud of where I'm (If you don't my gold chains) But not everything done (I'll the iron 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 is all about (Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee but I've 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 left is southern pride (RIP Robert E. Lee but I've gotta Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean) It's real, real It's