Rednecks

[Intro] Last night, I saw Lester Maddox on a TV show

With some smart-ass New York Jew

And the Jew laughed at Lester Maddox 

And the audience laughed at Lester Maddox too 

Well, he may be a fool, but he's our fool 

If they think they're better than him, they're wrong

 So I went to the park and I took some paper along 

And that's where I made this song

 [Verse 1]

 We talk real funny down here 

We drink too much and we laugh too loud 

We're too dumb to make it in no northern town 

We're keepin' the niggers down

 [Verse 2] 

We got no-necked oilmen from Texas 

Good ol' boys from Tennessee 

College men from LSU 

Went in dumb, come out dumb too 

Hustlin' 'round Atlanta in their alligator shoes 

Gettin' drunk every weekend at the barbecues 

They're keepin' the niggers down 

 [Chorus] 

We're rednecks, we’re rednecks 

We don't know our ass from a hole in the ground 

We're rednecks, we're rednecks 

We're keepin' the niggers down

 [Verse 3] 

Now, your northern nigga's a Negro 

You see, he's got his dignity 

Down here, we too ignorant to realize 

The North has set the nigga free 

 [Verse 4] 

Yes, he's free to be put in a cage in Harlem in New York City 

And he's free to be put in a cage on the south side of Chicago 

And the west side 

And he's free to be put in a cage in Hough in Cleveland And he's free to be put in a cage in East St. Louis 

And he's free to be put in a cage in Fillmore in San Francisco 

And he's free to be put in a cage in Roxbury in Boston They're gatherin' 'em up from miles around 

Keepin' the niggers down 

[Chorus]

 We're rednecks, rednecks 

We don't know our ass from a hole in the ground 

We're rednecks, we're rednecks 

We're keepin' the niggers down 

We are keepin' the niggers down

You can explain the entire American political situation in two fifty-year old songs by Randy Newman. I’d have added the YouTube video, but I can’t post those from my phone. 

Look it up, if you like. I think it’s worth it.