SirGreenThumb
Well-Known Member
I was going to post a video of this song, but cant since it has been removed from just about everywhere due to copyrights.
I had heard about this song browsing on the net and have since been amazed by the uproar people are causing because of this song. I guess I can't really say that I am surprised, but I mean seriously.
Here are the lyrics:
To the man who waited on me
At the Starbucks down on Main
I hope you understand
When I put on that t-shirt
The only thing I meant to say
Is Im a Skynyrd fan
The red flag on my chest is somehow like the elephant
In the corner of the South
And I just walked him right in the room
Just a proud rebel son
With an old can of worms
Looking like Ive got a lot to learn
But from my point of view
Im just a white man
Coming to you from the Southland
Trying to understand what its like not to be
Im proud of where Im from
But not everything weve done
And it aint like you and me to rewrite history
Our generation didnt start this nation
Were still picking up the pieces
Walking over eggshells
Fighting over yesterday
And caught between southern pride
And southern blame
They called it Reconstruction
Fixed the buildings, dried some tears
Were still sifting through the rubble
After 150 years
Ill try to put myself in your shoes
And thats a good place to begin
It aint like I can walk a mile
In someone elses skin
Cause Im just a white man
Living in the Southland
Just like you, Im more than what you see
Im proud of where Im from
And not everything weve done
And it aint like you and me to rewrite history
Our generation didnt start this nation
And were still paying for the mistakes
Than a bunch of folks made
Long before we came
Caught somewhere between southern pride
And southern blame
[LL Cool J]
Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you understood
What the world is really like when youre living in the hood
Just because my pants are saggin doesnt mean Im up to no good
You should try to get to know me, I really wish you would
Now my chains are gold, but Im still misunderstood
I wasnt there when Shermans March turned the south into firewood
I want you to get paid, but be a slave I never could
Feel like a new-fangled Django dogging invisible white hoods
So when I see that white cowboy hat, Im thinking its not all good
I guess were both guilty of judging the cover, not the book
Id love to buy you a beer, conversate and clear the air
But I see that red flag and I think you wish I wasnt here
Im just a white man
(If you dont judge my do-rag)
Coming to you from the southland
(I wont judge your red flag)
Trying to understand what its like not to be
Im proud of where Im from
(If you forget my gold chains)
But not everything weve done
(Ill forget the iron chains)
It aint like you and me can rewrite history
(Cant rewrite history, baby)
Oh, Dixieland
(The relationship between the Mason-Dixon needs some fixing)
I hope you understand what this is all about
(Quite frankly, Im a black Yankee, but Ive been thinking about this lately)
Im a son of the New South
(The past is the past, you feel me)
And I just want to make things right
(Let bygones be bygones)
Where all thats left is southern pride
(RIP Robert E. Lee, but Ive gotta thank Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean)
Let me first say that LL cool J's part just sucks, but the rest of the song really isn't bad. Now a lot of people are talking about "Southern Pride" and I cant tell you how many times I have seen people misunderstand the term. Obviously most people seem to think that "Southern Pride" has to do with owning slaves, and that is what caused the civil war, which in reality, most southerners didn't even own slaves and they worked their own farmlands themselves with their families. Southern pride has to do with state rights and the economy, and southerns weren't just going to roll over and become industrialized like the north. Hell, southerners didn't even own plantations.
And that last part about thanking Lincoln for freeing him. OMGF, seriously? You weren't even a slave, and not to mention the real agenda behind Lincoln freeing the slaves was his hope that they would leave afterwards, as he didn't believe black people had a right to live amongst whites. But yet, that isn't the kind of shit you hear about because then what would people think?
I'll leave this with this: You cannot right the wrongs of the people of the past, by wronging the people of the present.
I had heard about this song browsing on the net and have since been amazed by the uproar people are causing because of this song. I guess I can't really say that I am surprised, but I mean seriously.
Here are the lyrics:
To the man who waited on me
At the Starbucks down on Main
I hope you understand
When I put on that t-shirt
The only thing I meant to say
Is Im a Skynyrd fan
The red flag on my chest is somehow like the elephant
In the corner of the South
And I just walked him right in the room
Just a proud rebel son
With an old can of worms
Looking like Ive got a lot to learn
But from my point of view
Im just a white man
Coming to you from the Southland
Trying to understand what its like not to be
Im proud of where Im from
But not everything weve done
And it aint like you and me to rewrite history
Our generation didnt start this nation
Were still picking up the pieces
Walking over eggshells
Fighting over yesterday
And caught between southern pride
And southern blame
They called it Reconstruction
Fixed the buildings, dried some tears
Were still sifting through the rubble
After 150 years
Ill try to put myself in your shoes
And thats a good place to begin
It aint like I can walk a mile
In someone elses skin
Cause Im just a white man
Living in the Southland
Just like you, Im more than what you see
Im proud of where Im from
And not everything weve done
And it aint like you and me to rewrite history
Our generation didnt start this nation
And were still paying for the mistakes
Than a bunch of folks made
Long before we came
Caught somewhere between southern pride
And southern blame
[LL Cool J]
Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you understood
What the world is really like when youre living in the hood
Just because my pants are saggin doesnt mean Im up to no good
You should try to get to know me, I really wish you would
Now my chains are gold, but Im still misunderstood
I wasnt there when Shermans March turned the south into firewood
I want you to get paid, but be a slave I never could
Feel like a new-fangled Django dogging invisible white hoods
So when I see that white cowboy hat, Im thinking its not all good
I guess were both guilty of judging the cover, not the book
Id love to buy you a beer, conversate and clear the air
But I see that red flag and I think you wish I wasnt here
Im just a white man
(If you dont judge my do-rag)
Coming to you from the southland
(I wont judge your red flag)
Trying to understand what its like not to be
Im proud of where Im from
(If you forget my gold chains)
But not everything weve done
(Ill forget the iron chains)
It aint like you and me can rewrite history
(Cant rewrite history, baby)
Oh, Dixieland
(The relationship between the Mason-Dixon needs some fixing)
I hope you understand what this is all about
(Quite frankly, Im a black Yankee, but Ive been thinking about this lately)
Im a son of the New South
(The past is the past, you feel me)
And I just want to make things right
(Let bygones be bygones)
Where all thats left is southern pride
(RIP Robert E. Lee, but Ive gotta thank Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean)
Let me first say that LL cool J's part just sucks, but the rest of the song really isn't bad. Now a lot of people are talking about "Southern Pride" and I cant tell you how many times I have seen people misunderstand the term. Obviously most people seem to think that "Southern Pride" has to do with owning slaves, and that is what caused the civil war, which in reality, most southerners didn't even own slaves and they worked their own farmlands themselves with their families. Southern pride has to do with state rights and the economy, and southerns weren't just going to roll over and become industrialized like the north. Hell, southerners didn't even own plantations.
And that last part about thanking Lincoln for freeing him. OMGF, seriously? You weren't even a slave, and not to mention the real agenda behind Lincoln freeing the slaves was his hope that they would leave afterwards, as he didn't believe black people had a right to live amongst whites. But yet, that isn't the kind of shit you hear about because then what would people think?
I'll leave this with this: You cannot right the wrongs of the people of the past, by wronging the people of the present.
