To the man that waited on me at the Starbucks down on Main, I you understand I put on that t-shirt, the only thing I meant to say is I'm a Skynyrd fan The red flag on my chest is like the elephant in the corner of the south And I just walked him 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 to you from the southland Tryin' to what it's like 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 start this nation We're still up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, fightin' over yesterday And caught between southern pride and southern
They it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried some tears We're still siftin' through the rubble after a hundred-fifty I try to put in your shoes and that's a good place to begin But it like I can walk a mile in someone else's skin
'Cause I'm a man livin' in the southland Just like you I'm more what you see I'm proud of I'm from but not everything we've done And it ain't like you and me can re-write Our generation start this nation And we're still for the mistakes That a bunch of folks made long before we And caught between southern and southern blame
Dear Mr. Man, I wish you understood the world is really like when you're livin' in the hood Just my pants are saggin' doesn't 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 into firewood I want you to get paid but be a I never could Feel like a new Django, dodgin' 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 to buy you a beer, conversate and clear the air But I see red flag and I think you wish I wasn't here
I'm a white man (If you judge my do-rag) Comin' to you the southland (I judge your red flag) Tryin' to understand what it's not to be
I'm proud of where I'm (If you don't judge my 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 relationship between the needs some fixin') I you understand what this is all about (Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee but I've been thinkin' 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) all that's left is southern pride (RIP Robert E. Lee but I've gotta thank Abraham Lincoln for me, know what I mean) real, it's real It's