22 Redneck Lyrics You Won’t Understand If You’re Not Country

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There are lots of country songs acknowledging the fact that country folks use some pretty unique words.

In “The Way I Talk,” Morgan Wallen celebrates his Southern drawl, saying he’s “got some words you’ve never heard unless you come from down yonder.” Brent Cobb touches on the topic on “When Country Came Back to Town,” saying the best country songwriters spend their days “makin’ redneckisms rhyme.”

But there are also plenty of country songs that non-country listeners might need a translator to understand. When particularly rural topics come up — chewing tobacco, hunting, fishing, farming and the rodeo, to name a few — these song’s lyrics get into some words that might not translate to a more urban demographic.

Read on for 22 songs that contain specifically country words, phrases or concepts. If you understand them all? Well, as Jeff Foxworthy says, you might be a redneck.

22 Redneck Lyrics You Won’t Understand if You’re Not Country

Some of the greatest country songs include some words or turns of phrase that you’ve probably only heard before if you grew up in the sticks. Here are 22 songs with lyrics that speak specifically to country folks.

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