Love The South

I grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Caroline I've lived up and down all around Tennessee searching for mountains to climb I guess you could say I'm a true southern boy Cause my Daddy's Birmingham Alabam And my Momma's Caroline and Tennessee And there ain't nowhere in the south that we ain't been Her great grandpa was John C. Calhoun now he had slaves But that ain't me and that ain't you I tell you what you be cool to me And I'll be cool right back to you Growing up in Caroline I went to public schools The teacher before class would say get in the line You look at our class you'd see black, brown, and white We were all friends with a smile That's why I love the south Over 20 years ago I was Minnesota bound Found myself up in the cold One day in Minneapolis I found the most beautiful girl Took her down to Tennessee showed her the countryside Shes says to me baby we should move there and retire We got back to Minnesota the streets were out of control She says baby maybe it's time to go She says to me baby Minnesota's so cold With all the unrest and crime up it's out of control The cops had a guy with a knee down on his neck Saying I can't breathe and he died as an effect The protesters threw bricks and busted all the glass Set fires to businesses and burned them down to ash It got me thinking about that mountaintop in Tennessee My baby and the dog and me I love the south