i guess he just wanted to tell some specific experiences, using strong expressions (he's always used to be crude, isn't he?); i don't think he wanted to pointed out a general statement in certain matters.
Radicals and racists
Don't point your finger at me
I'm a small town white boy
Just tryin' to make ends meet
Don't need your religion
Don't watch that much TV
Just makin' my livin', baby,
Well that's enough for me
That's just it. If you go by those lyrics it's a great (and non-offensive) song. Being a white, heterosexual male, I was never personally upset by the earlier lyrics but it did make it difficult to sing it in public.
i post this here as this topic seems to have more visibility hehe
ALICE IN CHAINS TO PERFORM AT FESTIVAL WITH GUNS N’ ROSES
Alice In Chains will perform at the Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Okalahoma at the Catch the Fever Festival Grounds. The fest is set to take place on May 24-26. Also performing will be Guns N’ Roses, Bush, Cheap Trick, Bullet For My Valentine, Papa Roach, Skillet, Hollywood Undead, Steel Panther, Asking Alexandria, Ratt, Halestorm, Device (with David Draiman), All That Remains, Escape the Fate, Dokken, Clutch, Motionless In White, Big Wreck, The Sword, Young Guns, Thousand Foot Krutch, Otherwise, Red Line Chemistry, Mindset Evolution, Heaven’s Basement, We As Humans, American Fangs, O’Brother and more.
