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| Uncle L and Brad Paisley record a controversial song. |
The actor and rapper LL Cool J (born James Todd Smith) accompanies country music star Brad Praisley in a song that's generated a controversy.
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| Brad Paisley with President Barack Obama. |
If you understand the reason of the single, it's trying to awaken the public to racial stereotypes that many American get of White men and Black men.
Country music is regarded as primarily White man's music. Hip-Hop is regarded as primarily Black man's music.
Brad Praisley was a supporter of President Barack Obama.
LL Cool J was a supporter of perennial loser Mitt Romney.
Didn't know that?
Well here they've recorded a response to all the hate that comes down the social media networks!
Here's the lyrics from the entertainers:
To the man who 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 is somehow 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 old can of worms
Looking like I’ve got a lot to learn
But from my point of view
I’m just a white man
Coming to you from the Southland
Trying 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 to rewrite history
Our generation didn’t start this nation
We’re still picking up the pieces
Walking over 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 sifting’ through the rubble
After 150 years
I’ll try to put myself in your shoes
And that’s a good place to begin
It ain’t like I can walk a mile
In someone else’s skin
‘Cause I’m just a white man
Living in the Southland
Just like you, I’m more than what you see
I’m proud of where I’m from
And not everything we’ve done
And it ain’t like you and me to rewrite history
Our generation didn’t start this nation
And we’re still paying for the mistakes
Than a bunch of folks made
Long before we came
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 living 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 dogging invisible white hoods
So when I see that white cowboy hat, I’m thinking it’s not all good
I guess we’re both guilty of judging 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)
Coming to you from the southland
(I won’t judge your red flag)
Trying to understand what it’s like not to be
I’m proud of where I’m from
(If you forget my gold chains)
But not everything we’ve done
(I’ll forget the iron chains)
It ain’t like you and me can rewrite history
(Can’t rewrite history, baby)
Oh, Dixieland
(The relationship between the Mason-Dixon needs some fixing’)
I hope you understand what this is all about
(Quite frankly, I’m a black Yankee, but I’ve been thinking 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)
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| LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell |
The New York Daily News reports that most reviewers, including comedians, writers and musicians, used “horrible,” “bizarre” or “racist” to describe the nearly six-minute song, which explores modern-day race relations.
So I guess, we can add LL Cool J to the list of rappers who say controversial themes to drive agitation from the media. Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Lil' Wayne, Rick Ross, The Game, 50 Cent and Nicki Minaj are already causing enough trouble for Black entertainment.
Hell, LL Cool J released his fourteenth album this year. I haven't heard one single on the radio. His album features Brad Paisley, Snoop Dogg, Monica, and T-Pain.
All I knew about LL Cool J these days was his role on NCIS: Los Angeles with Chris O'Donnell.
Again, despite the song, they're entitled to their beliefs. The song isn't good.
The liberal and conservative agitators will debate this controversy as usual. Rappers will slam LL Cool J for appearing on it. Country music stars will slam Brad Paisley for even making a song like this and also performing for President Barack Obama this year.
Many conservatives continue to defend the Confederacy. The breakaway states became a nation in 1861.
For only four years, the Confederacy lead the way for having slavery and gun rights. The Republicans of the South have pride in the heritage as Confederate sons. Being on the losing side of a war and history isn't something I would of bragged about!
Nowadays, modern day Republicans and Black conservatives want to say they're the ones who freed "us Black folk" and we "owe them" for our freedom. Unware the Republican Party itself still flies the Confederate flag.
Black conservatives are unaware the Republican Party wanted succession from the United States after President Barack Obama, the first Black president won reelection.
Black conservatives are unaware their brothers in the Republican Party continue to say the first Black president is either a "socialist", "Muslim", "not an American-born" citizen and "uppity".
I guess this is how I interrupted the song!
Brad Paisley appears on Arista Records Nashville and Sony Music Group.
LL Cool J appears on S-BRO Entertainment and previous music is licensed by Def Jam
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