Artist: Yelawolf Album: To Whom It May Concern {S} Song: To Whom It May Concern Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Intro: Yelawolf] So I had a phone call with a good friend of mine the other night And umm, it seems that I've created some confusion He told me straight up, "People don't know you like I do, man" I guess I haven't said enough Or maybe I've said too much, I don't know But I don't wanna leave any stone unturned Or no questions about who I am, or what I represent So here you go [Yelawolf] I grew up in the deep gutter Raised by wolves, church steeples and a single white mother Taught to be blind to any color by hippies who been smokin weed since the '60s with "Dukes of Hazzard" for bed covers Rock-n-roll, country music and cocaine One hand on the Bible and the Ouija board in the other The irony of it all is so thick that a fly would get stuck in the thin air of that dope smoke Lynyrd Skynyrd and Michael Jackson, practicin moonwalkin with a broomstick in the kitchen, poppin and lockin No BET on television, we didn't have it We had the rabbits, the tin foil Mason jar on the counter full of bacon oil Now lookin back, talkin 'bout freedom, yeah you were spoiled Oblivious to the hideous crimes from the insidious minds that took place right below us on the Southern soil The blood and the pain left a recoil The creekwater's holdin secrets Ghosts of Confederate veterans in the wind Backwoods are haunted with the death and the sin Slave ships carried the lost souls Wicked white men slaughterin angels for a fuckin bar code We buried these wicked ways, the world is still turnin And these motherfuckers with they crosses is still burnin Yeah I seen 'em at the courthouse Not really sure what they're tryin to prove still Jumped up on mountains they're still tryin to move hills And their daughters probably listen to Dru Hill Pussy hotter than blue steel for Dru Hill So Jesus come take the wheel - no, you steer drunk The youth here are punks, the truth here it come I'll show you how these country folks +Pop That Trunk+ Uhh, and my honesty is modest To tell the whole truth, yeah I've pondered and I've pondered To be spit at and called a wigger from who you considered a father at 14'll make you wonder and you wonder Yeah, that's hard to hear, ain't it? But at that very moment my picture got painted Call it God, call it what you will But I knew the South was sick still and in need of some changes So I, took it upon myself to adpot all of the outcasts I took the American and the Confederate flag Threw it in my back pocket, I even went and got tats and carried them like a shield for the shit that once held me back And these redneck brothers of mine playin that Three 6 In a fuckin cornfield in big trucks with lift kits Oblivious to the beauty of juxtaposition They had no idea how special it was to witness Them in deep Alabama playin Snoop and Group Home Big Hank and Metallica, I discovered a new zone And Catfish Billy, a way for me to talk about it From then on I was questioned and highly doubted by my peers, who didn't understand that all these years we'd been the brunt of the jokes, America made it clear that we were backwards, wrong, behind, and segregated So I decided that Yelawolf would go make it more obvious that we've grown, I polished up my tone I signed to Shady and brought a record deal home Look momma no hands, I'm comin up, yeah I'm grown Respect from the O.G.s, co-signin my songs First it was Bun B, then Raekwon and T.I.P. Then all of these MC's wanted features from me But I was a live wire, my tongue was a fuckin blade to these critics who didn't get it, the clips from the grenade in my teeth, a little too unique The market for me was smaller than some thought it would be Even me, so I looked in the mirror Saw the Jordans, the gold chain, my shirt Pantera Rebel flag in my pocket, RED tattooed on my neck Heart of Dixie across the stomach and it ain't clicked yet? Maybe I wore the wrong shoes back to the woods Because these suede #5's can't get wet Maybe it's somethin I need to go figure out on my own So after "Radioactive" I took my shit back home Disappeared from the world, became increasingly different Tuned in every once in a while to see who was spittin But mainly I was in Nashville gettin back to my roots Explorin music with "Love Story", I made it my truth Dropped a single called "Till It's Gone" and travelled the globe I started seein rebel flags everywhere at my shows I didn't think nothin of it, I assumed that they get it I'm on some New South shit, but I have to admit it I saw the posts up on Instagram proclaimin I'm racist and that I'm fucked in the head and I don't know where my place is I started takin it personal cause I treat people equal Homie, I got mixed kids and music is how I feed 'em Lo and behold as I'm sayin this I discover this evil white boy went in a church and killed nine innocent people Goddamn, hold on, moment of silence... Nine innocent church-goin people get murdered, there's not a word I can utter There's not a rhyme I can say, there ain't no fixin that EVER! Those people brutally slain, and I refuse to see ways to justify all the blame, that motherfucker's insane! I got so mad at my own image, I took down merch No explainin it now, it's only makin it worse! This fuckin coward, this criminal's just a puppet, a mental case But the truth is the truth, he did it because of race There's nothin I can describe the shame that I felt inside A white boy with the flag committed this homicide I tried so long to defend the South, and yes it was my decision My interviews broke on the internet, you can see my vision I never thought myself to be like a politician Just a witness to the sickness, the kindlin was in the bridge and the bricks that I laid to the road that I built from the love and the wisdom I'm tryin to find my way, but now I'm feelin imprisoned from the stereotypes - I was prepared for the fight Hell, I'll be stereotyped until my burial site I married a loaded gun, when I married this mic Ain't playin Russian Roulette, ain't playin 'round with my life Cause what I cannot lose is the respect that I've gained Friendships I cherish, fuck the money and fame Black American culture is in the thread of my veins It's rock-n-roll 'til I die, I'm just a rebel in shame Yes I apologize, for me and anybody with that flag Honestly any proud Southerner is sad How do you think I feel when I look at my granddad imagining him dead because of that piece of trash? I got nephews, nieces, who need this peace between this, but media is fiendish So if you feel like you're above it or beneath it Have a logical mind about who your team is And when you look at me dawg Don't look at me like another branch off a tree log I took this shit and balanced it the best that I could Try to hold up the wood of America's old see-saw But this ain't "Hee Haw" with MeMaw We ain't on "The Cosby Show" - are we bro? Daddy may give a goodnight kiss, but I can promise you this that you ain't promised tomorrow I wish I could go back to the innocence I remember my friends with no differences But pigment is relative, isn't it? Maybe by 2050 we'll be over it Big KRIT, I love you homie, keep killin shit You inspired this verse, I got your back and let's live with this It is what it is, we cannot fix all this ignorance Slumerican flags up, it's over, I'm endin this