《Accidental Racist》是Brad Paisley、LL Cool J演唱的歌曲，收錄於《Wheelhouse (Deluxe Version)》專輯中。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Accidental Racist
- 所屬專輯：Wheelhouse (Deluxe Version)
- 歌曲原唱：Brad Paisley、LL Cool J
- 發行日期：2013年04月15日
歌曲歌詞
To the man that 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
I'm a Skynyrd fan
The red flag on my chest somehow is
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 'ol can of worms
Lookin' like I got a lot to learn
But from my point of view
I'm just a white man comin' to you
From the southland
Tryin' to understand
What it's like not to be
I'm proud of where I'm from
But not everything we've done
And it ain't like you
And me can re-write history
Our generation didn't start this nation
We're still pickin' up the pieces
Walkin' on eggshells
Fightin' over yesterday
And caught between southern
Pride and southern blame
They called it Reconstruction
Fixed the buildings
Dried some tears
We're still siftin' through the rubble
After a hundred-fifty years
I try to put myself in your shoes
And that's a good place to begin
But it ain't like I can walk a mile
In someone else's skin
'Cause I'm a white man
Livin' in the southland
Just like you I'm more
Than what you see
I'm proud of where I'm from
But not everything we've done
And it ain't like you
And me can re-write history
Our generation didn't start this nation
And we're still paying for mistakes
That a bunch of folks
Made long before we came
And caught somewhere between southern
Pride and southern blame
Dear Mr White Man
I wish you understood
What the world is really like
When you're livin' in the hood
Just because 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 would
Now my chains are gold
But I'm still misunderstood
I wasn't there when Sherman's 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
Dodgin' invisible white hoods
So when I see that white cowboy hat
I'm thinkin' it's not all good
I guess we're both guilty of
Judgin' the cover not the book
I'd love to buy you a beer
Conversate and clear the air
But I see that red flag
And I think you wish I wasn't here
I'm just a white man
(If you don't judge my do-rag)
Comin' to you from the southland
(I won't judge your red flag)
Tryin' to understand what it's like not to be
I'm proud of where I'm from
(If you don't judge my gold chains)
But not everything we've done
(I'll forget the iron chains)
It ain't like you and me can re-write history
(Can't re-write history baby)
Oh Dixieland
(The relationship between the Mason-Dixon Needs some fixin')
I hope you understand
What this is all about
(Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee But I've been thinkin' about this lately)
I'm 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 that's left is southern pride
(RIP Robert E Lee But I've gotta thank Abraham Lincoln For freeing me know what I mean)
It's real it's real
It's truth
