[ti:accidental racist]
[ar:brad pasley]
[al:]
[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