This song made me extremely uncomfortable after the first listen. I was thinking Eric Church was being narrow-minded and talking trash on a different lifestyle. After a few more listens, though, it became apparent that it was about a fake "homeboy," not one born in the ghetto. The kind that was brought up in a good home and a good neighborhood but wants to act "gangsta" because he thinks it's cool. The line about tearing off in Daddy's car indicates he didn't grow up in poverty, but that he was spoiled rotten, since he had access to his parents' car. Then the line about unloading hay takes it a step further, implying that he got sent to a farm to learn the value of discipline and hard work, not to mention change his outlook on life and straighten out his bad attitude.
This song made me extremely uncomfortable after the first listen. I was thinking Eric Church was being narrow-minded and talking trash on a different lifestyle. After a few more listens, though, it became apparent that it was about a fake "homeboy," not one born in the ghetto. The kind that was brought up in a good home and a good neighborhood but wants to act "gangsta" because he thinks it's cool. The line about tearing off in Daddy's car indicates he didn't grow up in poverty, but that he was spoiled rotten, since he had access to his parents' car. Then the line about unloading hay takes it a step further, implying that he got sent to a farm to learn the value of discipline and hard work, not to mention change his outlook on life and straighten out his bad attitude.