HEY, ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT’S GOOD HAVING ANOTHER BROTHER MOVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. – HEY, MAN, IT’S GOOD TO HAVE YOU OVER. AND I THINK THAT YOU WILL DIG THIS. – ALL RIGHT. HEY! – HUH? – NICE GUITAR COLLECTION. – OH, THANKS, MAN. HEY, YOU WANNA HEAR SOMETHING?
– YEAH, SURE. – ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET THIS STARTED. LET’S GET THIS STARTED. [playing guitar] ♪ WELL, I’M JUST A GOOD OLD AMERICAN BOY ♪ ♪ WITH A HEART THAT’S RED, WHITE, AND TRUE ♪ ♪ I’M DREAMIN’ OF THE GIRL WITH THE RED HAIR AND FRECKLES ♪
♪ AND HER EYES LIKE THE SKIES OF BLUE ♪ – COUNTRY MUSIC. – YEAH, I GREW UP IN TEXAS. YOU KNOW, SO… – ALL RIGHT. – ♪ KEEP HER SAFE FROM THE HOMIES ♪ ♪ IN THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN ♪ ♪ WHERE THEY’RE SMOKIN’ THE REEFER AND ACTING LIKE CLOWNS ♪
♪ KEEP THAT PRETTY WHITE DRESS FROM GETTING DIRTY AND BROWN ♪ ♪ ‘CAUSE THAT’S THE AMERICAN WAY ♪ WOO-HOO! – WHOA. PRETTY RACIST SONG. [both laugh] – RACIST? AGAINST WHO? – BLACK PEOPLE. – BLACK PEOPLE? BUT I’M BLACK. [laughs] – WELL, KEEPING THE REDHEADED GIRL AWAY
FROM THE HOMIES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN? – HOMIES? COME ON, BROTHER. THERE’S ALL KINDS OF HOMIES. YOU KNOW, WHITE HOMIES, ASIAN HOMIES. – NO, HOMIES ARE BLACK. – NO, I THINK YOU’RE MAKING THEM BLACK, MAN. I THINK THAT’S YOUR STUFF. YOU HEAR THE TWANG AND THEN YOU ASSUME THAT IT’S RACIST.
BUT THAT’S JUST WHAT COUNTRY MUSIC IS LIKE. HERE, LOOK, YOU’RE GONNA LIKE THIS ONE. YOU’LL LIKE THIS ONE. – ALL RIGHT. – [playing guitar] ♪ SOME FOLKS WEAR THEIR HATS WAY OFF TO THE SIDE ♪ ♪ WITH THEIR PANTS DOWN LOW AND A GUN TUCKED INSIDE ♪
♪ TAKE THEIR BEER BY THE 40 AND THEIR CHICKEN DEEP-FRIED ♪ ♪ I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ♪ ♪ THE ONLY DARK I LIKE IS WHEN I TURN OFF THE LIGHTS ♪ ♪ THE ONLY HOOD I LOVE IS POINTY AND WHITE ♪
♪ CAN’T TRUST YOU IF I CAN’T ♪ ♪ SEE YOUR FACE AT NIGHT ♪ ♪ I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ♪ – ALL RIGHT, WAIT. HEY! STOP THAT. THAT’S RACIST. – WHAT’S–WHAT? WHAT IS RACIST ABOUT IT? – “THE ONLY HOOD I LOVE IS POINTY AND WHITE”? – YEAH, MAN.
– THAT’S TALKING ABOUT THE KLAN, MAN. – THE KU KLUX KLAN? ARE YOU OUTSIDE OF YOUR MIND? THAT’S TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC IMAGERY, MAN, LIKE A PICKUP TRUCK OR SLEEPING UNDER THE STARS, OR YOUR DOG GOT KILLED OR YOUR WIFE LEFT YOU. SAME THING!
– I WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE WITH ANY OF THOSE THINGS. – WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE THINGS AND WHAT IS IN THE SONG? – THEY’RE NOT RACIAL! – HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING, MAN? I’M JUST GONNA BE FRANK. YOU’RE GETTING A LITTLE, LIKE, AL SHARPTON,
LIKE, FARRAKHAN ON ME RIGHT NOW. – OH, MY GOD. ARE YOU SERIOUS? – YO, DUDE, DUDE, PLEASE. HEY, CAN I DO ONE MORE? LET ME JUST DO ONE MORE, DOG. I ABSOLUTELY PROMISE YOU THAT THIS SONG IS NOT RACIST AND IT’S IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO MISINTERPRET IT AS SUCH.
– OKAY, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU’RE ABOUT TO SING THE MOST RACIST SONG SO FAR. – I’M NOT. ♪ HIDEY-LIDEY-LIDEY-LEE ♪ ♪ GET ME A ROPE AND FIND ME A TREE ♪ – OKAY, I’M OUT. – COME ON, MAN. HEY! SHOOT. I’M OVER HERE TRYING TO SING ABOUT A TIRE SWING.
GONNA WRITE OFF AN ENTIRE GENRE OF MUSIC. [playing guitar] ♪ THE BANJOS ARE STRUMMING, AND THE DRUMS ARE A-BANGIN’ ♪ ♪ LET’S GET THE BOYS TOGETHER AND HAVE OURSELVES A-HANGIN’ ♪ OH, DAMN. NOW I SEE IT. NOW I SEE IT.
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