Neil wrote Southern Man and Alabama out of protest against racial prejudice and problems with the South. Lynyrd Skynyrd, being from the South themselves, wrote Sweet Home Alabama to basically say, "It's not all bad down here". The first verse of this song was a response to Skynyrd's song.
Neil wrote Southern Man and Alabama out of protest against racial prejudice and problems with the South. Lynyrd Skynyrd, being from the South themselves, wrote Sweet Home Alabama to basically say, "It's not all bad down here". The first verse of this song was a response to Skynyrd's song.