BECAUSE MY SKIN COLOR IS NOT WHITE, DOESN’T MEAN I’M NOT COUNTRY. YES, I HAVE A BLACK DAD AND YES MY MOM IS WHITE. MY SKIN COLOR IS TAN. MY DAD IS FROM SC AND MY MOM IS FROM MISSOURI. I CAN TRACE MY COUNTRY ROOTS BACK SO FAR. NOW, WHAT STARTED THIS WAS SOMEONE ON TUMBLR SAID TO ME THAT THEY THINK IT’S WEIRD THAT I’M COUNTRY BUT I ONLY HAVE ONE COUNTRY SONG ON MY PERSONAL BLOG AND I DON’T POST A LOT OF COUNTRY THINGS ON IT. OK,

1) WHY DO YOU THINK I HAVE A COUNTRY BLOG? WHAT SENSE WOULD IT MAKE TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME THINGS ON MY PERSONAL AND MY COUNTRY BLOG? IT’S LIKE HAVING 2 OF THE SAME BLOGS.

2) WHO CARES HOW MANY COUNTRY SONGS I HAVE? IS LISTENING TO DIFFERENT MUSIC OTHER THAN COUNTRY MAKE ME NOT COUNTRY?

WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY IS, I AM DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PEOPLE AND I AM UNIQUE. EVERYONE ON MY MOM’S SIDE OF THE FAMILY IS PURE COUNTRY AND NOTHING MORE. MY MOM MARRIED A BLACK GUY, SO THAT MAKES ME NOT COUNTRY? I DON’T THINK SO. I DON’T HAVE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF TO ANYONE BUT IT PISSES ME OFF TO NO END WHEN SOMEONE TRIES TO TELL ME I’M NOT COUNTRY BECAUSE OF MY SKIN TONE OR THE KIND OF THINGS I LIKE. SORRY I’M DIFFERENT, SORRY I LIKE OTHER THINGS OTHER THAN COUNTRY THINGS. I KNOW WHO I AM, NOBODY CAN TELL ME OTHERWISE. I LOVE WHO I AM, I AM ME AND NOBODY CAN CHANGE THAT. LIKE I HAVE SAID BEFORE, BEING COUNTRY ISN’T ABOUT THE SKIN COLOR, THE CLOTHES, THE MUSIC, NONE OF THAT. BEING COUNTRY IS ABOUT THE MORALS. SO BASICALLY, IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME, DON’T TELL ME WHAT I AM AND AM NOT.

THAT PROBABLY DIDN’T MAKE SENSE BUT I’M JUST RANTING BECAUSE THAT PISSED ME OFF.

BOTTOM LINE: I AM COUNTRY, AND I LOVE BEING COUNTRY. NO DISRESPECT BUT, WHO ARE YOU TO SAY WHO’S COUNTRY AND WHO’S NOT? 

LOVE Y’ALL♥

(Source: live-love-country)