Artist: Brad Paisley f/ LL Cool J
Album:  Wheelhouse
Song:   Accidental Racist
Typed by: kirenamloh@msn.com

[Brad Paisley]
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

[Chorus: Brad Paisley]
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 rewrite 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

[Brad Paisley] 
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

[Chorus: Brad Paisley]
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 rewrite history
Our generation didn't start this nation
And we're still paying for the mistakes
that a bunch of folks made long before we came
And 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 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

[Chorus: Brad Paisley] (LL Cool J)
Know I'm just a white man (If you don't judge my du-rag)
Comin to you from the Southland (I won't judge your red flag)
Tryin to understand what it's like not to be (Yeah...)
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)
And it ain't like you and me can rewrite history
(Can't rewrite history baby)

[Brad Paisley] (LL Cool J)
Ohhhh, 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

[Outro: LL Cool J]
R.I.P. Robert E. Lee 
but I gotta thank Abraham Lincoln for freein me, nah mean?
It's real... it's real..
It's truth