Accidental Racist-Brad Paisley/LL Cool J

[ti:Accidental Racist (feat. LL Co] [ar:Brad Paisley] [al:Wheelhouse (Deluxe Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:27.68]To the man that waited on me [00:30.00] [00:30.99]At the Starbucks down on Main [00:33.68] [00:34.49]I hope you understand [00:39.28] [00:41.46]When I put on that t-shirt [00:43.71] [00:44.46]The only thing I meant to say is [00:48.65]I'm a Skynyrd fan [00:53.08] [00:55.08]The red flag on my chest somehow is [00:58.35]Like the elephant in the corner of the south [01:02.09] [01:03.22]And I just walked him right in the room [01:05.90] [01:08.52]Just a proud rebel son [01:10.40]With an 'ol can of worms [01:12.21] [01:12.78]Lookin' like I got a lot to learn [01:15.40] [01:17.33]But from my point of view [01:20.38] [01:21.32]I'm just a white man comin' to you [01:25.58]From the southland [01:28.32] [01:29.06]Tryin' to understand [01:31.99]What it's like not to be [01:35.34]I'm proud of where I'm from [01:38.71]But not everything we've done [01:42.08] [01:42.64]And it ain't like you [01:44.71]And me can re-write history [01:48.82]Our generation didn't start this nation [01:55.31] [01:55.93]We're still pickin' up the pieces [01:58.68]Walkin' on eggshells [02:00.61]Fightin' over yesterday [02:02.61] [02:03.61]And caught between southern [02:07.72]Pride and southern blame [02:11.66] [02:17.47]They called it Reconstruction [02:19.40] [02:20.52]Fixed the buildings [02:21.96]Dried some tears [02:23.27] [02:23.95]We're still siftin' through the rubble [02:26.57] [02:27.20]After a hundred-fifty years [02:29.88] [02:30.63]I try to put myself in your shoes [02:34.13]And that's a good place to begin [02:36.93] [02:38.06]But it ain't like I can walk a mile [02:41.36]In someone else's skin [02:43.92]'Cause I'm a white man [02:47.44]Livin' in the southland [02:50.44] [02:51.19]Just like you I'm more [02:53.93]Than what you see [02:57.42]I'm proud of where I'm from [03:01.10]But not everything we've done [03:04.91]And it ain't like you [03:06.96]And me can re-write history [03:11.15]Our generation didn't start this nation [03:18.14]And we're still paying for mistakes [03:20.94]That a bunch of folks [03:22.69]Made long before we came [03:24.77] [03:25.35]And caught somewhere between southern [03:29.90]Pride and southern blame [03:34.59] [03:40.08]Dear Mr White Man [03:41.71]I wish you understood [03:42.75] [03:43.31]What the world is really like [03:44.94]When you're livin' in the hood [03:46.62]Just because my pants are saggin' [03:48.25]Doesn't mean I'm up to no good [03:50.06]You should try to get to know me [03:51.87]I really wish you would [03:53.55]Now my chains are gold [03:55.30]But I'm still misunderstood [03:56.91]I wasn't there when Sherman's March [03:58.53]Turned the south into firewood [03:59.53] [04:00.41]I want you to get paid [04:01.90]But be a slave I never could [04:03.65]Feel like a new fangled Django [04:05.24]Dodgin' invisible white hoods [04:06.61] [04:07.24]So when I see that white cowboy hat [04:09.17]I'm thinkin' it's not all good [04:10.73]I guess we're both guilty of [04:12.17]Judgin' the cover not the book [04:14.10]I'd love to buy you a beer [04:15.74]Conversate and clear the air [04:17.48]But I see that red flag [04:18.79]And I think you wish I wasn't here [04:20.11]I'm just a white man [04:23.16](If you don't judge my do-rag) [04:24.10]Comin' to you from the southland [04:26.53](I won't judge your red flag) [04:27.65]Tryin' to understand what it's like not to be [04:33.46]I'm proud of where I'm from [04:36.27](If you don't judge my gold chains) [04:37.52]But not everything we've done [04:39.90](I'll forget the iron chains) [04:41.15]It ain't like you and me can re-write history [04:47.27](Can't re-write history baby) [04:48.58]Oh Dixieland [04:52.64](The relationship between the Mason-Dixon [04:54.49]Needs some fixin') [04:55.42]I hope you understand [04:59.53] [05:00.35]What this is all about [05:03.70](Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee [05:04.83]But I've been thinkin' about this lately) [05:06.31] [05:07.05]I'm a son of the new south [05:10.92] [05:13.04](The past is the past you feel me) [05:14.96]And I just want to make things right [05:20.20] [05:20.76](Let bygones be bygones) [05:21.95]Where all that's left is southern pride [05:28.19] [05:30.50](RIP Robert E Lee [05:31.87] [05:32.56]But I've gotta thank Abraham Lincoln [05:34.04]For freeing me know what I mean) [05:35.99] [05:37.61]It's real it's real [05:41.57] [05:43.75]It's truth