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'Accidental Racist:' Brad Paisley not explaining very well

Country star Brad Paisley. (June 9, 2011)

Photo credit: AP

Brad Paisley isn’t doing too well at explaining his new duet with LL Cool J “Accidental Racist.”

The controversial song, from his new album “Wheelhouse” out Tuesday, centers around Paisley wanting to be able to wear his Confederate flag T-shirt and have it represent Lynyrd Skynyrd and not the states that went to war to continue slavery. (I am not making this up.)

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