What does Tim McGraw`s song, Southern Voice, mean?

Question

Mainly the `so and so did this` paragraphs, but what is he refering to?

Hank Williams sang it, Number 3 drove it
Chuck Berry twanged it, Will Faulkner wrote it
Aretha Franklin sold it, Dolly Parton graced it
Rosa Parks rode it, Scarlett O chased it

Smooth as the hickory wind
That blows from Memphis
Down to Appalachicola
"It's hi ya'll did ya eat well
Come on in I'm Sure glad to know ya"

Don't let this old gold cross
In this Allman Brothers t-shirt throw ya
It's cicadas making noise
With a southern voice

Hank Aaron smacked it, Michael Jordan dunked it
Pocahantas tracked it, Jack Daniels drunk it
Tom Petty rocked it, Dr. King paved it
Bear Bryant won it, Billy Graham saved it

Smooth as the hickory wind
That blows from Memphis
Down to Appalachicola
"It's hi ya'll did ya eat well
Come on in I'm Sure glad to know ya"

Don't let this old gold cross
In this Crimson Tide t-shirt throw ya
It's cicadas making noise
With a southern voice

Jesus is my friend, America is my home
Sweet iced tea and Jerry Lee
Daytona Beach
That's what gets to me
I can feel it in my bones

Smooth as the hickory wind
That blows from Memphis
Down to Appalachicola
"It's hi ya'll did ya eat well
Come on in child I'm sure glad to know ya"

Don't let this old gold cross
In this Charlie Daniels t-shirt throw ya
We're just boys making noise
With a southern voice

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Southern Voice
I got a southern voice
A southern voice

Answer 1

Tim McGraw reminds us that there are many 'Southern Voices.' He sings them all.



By David Masciotra



Brechtbug



Sidewalk graffiti advertisement for Tim McGraw, found near the corner of 6th Avenue and 4th Street in SOHO, New York City.



It’s a cliché among liberals to look at the rural American South with snobbery and scorn, condemning an entire region to some Deliverance-stereotype. Bill Maher devotes a few minutes during every episode of his weekly talk show “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO (currently on break) to ridiculing the South. The arbitrators of established truth, such as the New York Times, dedicate hours to studying what makes the South “the way it is.” A writer for the liberal magazine Mother Jones recently said his notion of Southern culture was “redacted on advice of my frontal lobe.”



Left-leaning outsiders have mistreated the South for decades and I could go on with my protests. But instead, I think we should turn to an unlikely and unassuming critic, a country superstar who is an outspoken Democrat, has seized the opportunity with much more urgency, authority, and danceability than I ever could.



Tim McGraw’s new single “Southern Voice” from his album of the same name should be required listening for country music fans — and for liberals who amuse themselves, and no one else, by pretending that the American South is simply a pit of toothless, rump-scratching, drunken low-lives whose favorite hobbies are burning crosses, incest, and dropping out of school.



It opens with a Stonesy guitar and bluesy harp, but carries on with an irresistible twang and bouncy beat. The infectious hook should stay with any listener long after the song’s conclusion. Although, like much of McGraw’s music it is overly polished, “Southern Voice” has a refreshingly adult and ragged sentimentality that is desperately needed in country music, especially after Taylor Swift won Entertainer of the Year at this year’s Country Music Awards.



The song becomes very interesting once one listens to the words.



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Answer 2

Southern Voice Magazine

Answer 3

Maybe he's talking about country music? Or country in general...... that makes some sense because of the Hank Williams sang it, Chuck Berry twanged it, Will Faulkner wrote it. And since the song is called Southern Voice I'm guessing it's about country music.

Answer 4

Just about America in general. Just talking about all the people that are from the South and what they did.

Answer 5

Funny, I was wondering the same thing myself

Answer 6

Not really sure what to say