Accidental Racist-Brad Paisley

[00:27.97]To the man that waited on me at the Starbucks down on Main, I hope you understand [00:41.61]When I put on that t-shirt, the only thing I meant to say is I'm a Skynyrd fan [00:55.24]The red flag on my chest somehow is like the elephant in the corner of the south [01:03.38]And I just walked him right in the room [01:09.07]Just a proud rebel son with an 'ol can of worms [01:13.76]Lookin' like I got a lot to learn but from my point of view [01:21.35]I'm just a white man comin' to you from the southland [01:28.99]Tryin' to understand what it's like not to be [01:35.88]I'm proud of where I'm from but not everything we've done [01:42.52]And it ain't like you and me can re-write history [01:48.92]We're still pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, fightin' over yesterday [02:03.59]And caught between southern pride and southern blame [02:17.22]They called it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried some tears [02:24.02]We're still siftin' through the rubble after a hundred-fifty years [02:30.56]I try to put myself in your shoes and that's a good place to begin [02:37.45]But it ain't like I can walk a mile in someone else's skin [02:43.83]'Cause I'm a white man livin' in the southland [02:50.94]Just like you I'm more than what you see [02:57.08]I'm proud of where I'm from but not everything we've done [03:04.25]And it ain't like you and me can re-write history [03:10.44]Our generation didn't start this nation [03:17.60]And we're still paying for the mistakes [03:20.10]That a bunch of folks made long before we came [03:21.98]And caught between southern pride and southern blame [03:38.81]Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you understood [03:42.35]What the world is really like when you're livin' in the hood [03:45.50]Just because my pants are saggin' doesn't mean I'm up to no good [03:48.89]You should try to get to know me, I really wish you would [03:52.40]Now my chains are gold but I'm still misunderstood [03:55.84]I wasn't there when Sherman's March turned the south into firewood [03:58.94]I want you to get paid but be a slave I never could [04:02.43]Feel like a new fangled Django, dodgin' invisible white hoods [04:05.82]So when I see that white cowboy hat, I'm thinkin' it's not all good [04:09.52]I guess we're both guilty of judgin' the cover not the book [04:12.67]I'd love to buy you a beer, conversate and clear the air [04:16.41]But I see that red flag and I think you wish I wasn't here [04:19.51]I'm just a white man [04:22.06](If you don't judge my do-rag) [04:23.66]Comin' to you from the southland [04:25.57](I won't judge your red flag) [04:27.56]Tryin' to understand what it's like not to be [04:32.72]I'm proud of where I'm from [04:35.12](If you don't judge my gold chains) [04:36.56]But not everything we've done [04:39.06](I'll forget the iron chains) [04:40.50]It ain't like you and me can re-write history [04:46.38](Can't re-write history baby) [04:47.69]Oh, Dixieland [04:51.89](The relationship between the Mason-Dixon needs some fixin') [04:54.04]I hope you understand what this is all about [05:02.37](Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee but I've been thinkin' about this lately) [05:06.07]I'm a son of the new south [05:12.47](The past is the past, you feel me) [05:13.85]And I just want to make things right [05:19.79](Let bygones be bygones) [05:21.30]Where all that's left is southern pride [05:29.53](RIP Robert E. Lee but I've gotta thank Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean) [05:36.53]It's real, it's real [05:42.93]It's truth