> billie separates himself from the working-class white conservative americans (rednecks) and opposes the ideas brought up by george w. bushs administration. the band revealed that this song, and more specifically this line was inspired by the lynyrd skynyrd song thats how i like it. > billie joe said: > [when i heard the song, it said] im proud to be a redneck and i was like, oh my god, why would you be proud of something like that? this is exactly what im against.
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