6. Accidental Racist - Brad Paisley
This song is the equivalent of listening to an ignorant redneck insistently plead that he is not, in fact, racist. OK, fine, I believe you're not racist. You don't think your race is better, you just think being racially offensive is OK.
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.
Well...yeah Brad because that's what those things mean. It doesn't matter if you're at Starbucks. Seriously, this is nothing but Brad Paisley trying ridiculously hard to justify racially charged symbolism as being fine because he's a fan of Lynyrd Skynyrd. I get that white guilt is pretty annoying, and as a southern man myself, I'd be the last person to enroll in the thought police against southern pride. Luckily, the song is "credible" because LL Cool J (a Yankee) joins in:
Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you understood What the world is really like when you're livin' in the hood
Hey! That's what everyone listening to this song is thinking.