Accidental Racist by Brad Paisley (2013)
Accidental Racist is a song by American country artist Brad Paisley, which generated controversy as discussing racism, particularly the song message showing Southern pride, including the Confederate flag. The song which features LL Cool J, is from Paisley’s ninth studio album, Wheelhouse (2013), written by Paisley, LL Cool J, and Lee Thomas Miller. [1]
Key Lyrics
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 coming 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 picking up the pieces, walking on eggshells, fighting 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 [2]
Controversy
Black Empowerment
References
- ↑ Accidental Racist. wikipedia.org. Retrieved January 27, 2021
- ↑ Brad Paisley Accidental Racist. genius.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021
