Jason Aldean—whose 2017 Las Vegas concert was the site of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history—sparked outrage with his video for “Try That in a Small Town.” The track is not just a statement of his personal politics, but a disturbing call to arms.
“Cuss out a cop,” Aldean sings in the first verse. “Spit in his face / Stomp on the flag and light it up / Yeah, ya think you’re tough / Try that in a small town.”
The chorus continues, “See how far ya make it down the road / Around here, we take care of our own / You cross that line / it won’t take long / For you to find out, I recommend you don’t / Try that in a small town.” Elsewhere, Aldean praises the South’s “good ol’ boys” who were “raised up right.” In maybe the song’s darkest lyrics, he suggests he’s been gearing up for some sort of race war: “Got a gun that my grandad gave me / They say one day they’re going to round up.”shows Aldean and his band performing in front of a white municipal building with an American flag hanging from it.
Around the same time Aldean was making headlines for his near-collapse on stage over the weekend, Twitter and TikTok users began criticizing his latest track for its
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