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American country music contains numerous images of "traditional" life, family life, religious life, as well as patriotic themes. Songs such as Merle Haggard's "The Fightin' Side of Me", and "Okie from Muskogee" have been perceived as patriotic songs which contain an "us versus them" mentality directed at the counterculture "hippies" and the anti-war crowd, though these were actually misconceptions by listeners who failed to understand their satirical nature.[113]

David Carranco(davidcarranco11): Kacey Musgraves

The Female country artist Kacey Musgraves integrates politics within the lyrics of her country music. Musgraves talks about gay rights and cannabis consumption in her songs. Her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Musgraves was unveiling a new song from her new album "Biscuits". The songs name was "Family is family." The chorus of the song was "Family is family, in church or in prison/You get what you get and you don't get to pick 'em/They might smoke like chimneys but give you their kidneys/Yeah friends come in handy but family is family"[1]

Sharmin Gaziani(sharmingaziani): Cowboy Troy

African American country rapper Cowboy Troy, also known as Troy Lee Coleman III, incorporates real life problems into his music calling for societal change. He sheds light on concepts like class analysis, gender issues, and popular narratives about the "white" working class.[519] One of his songs called "I Play Chicken With The Train" acknowledges conservative and progressive electoral points that tend to be brought up with Presidential elections. He said himself that he made a reference to the McCain and Obama race in 2008.[67]

Galilea Ramirez(Ramirezgalilea): Brad Paisley

Although race is a rare topic to get portrayed by country music, some country artists have made an effort to approach this theme with their songs. On April 19 Brad Paisley released an album with the name "Wheelhouse". The album included the track 'Accidental Racist', which later became a song that brought up many discussions. "Without a doubt, "Accidental Racist" generated many negative reviews and most of the commotion after the release of Wheelhouse"[4]. The lyrics to "Accidental Racist" were not the best but the message it portrayed was very powerful and true. Will Hermes, a well known American critique from Rolling Stone, commented on the song," It's probably not going to win any awards for songcraft and rapping, but in the wake of movies like Django Unchained and Lincoln, it shows how fraught racial dialogue remains in America"[5]. Like any other genre of music, country music opens up a door to talk about topics like family issues, love, politics, or racial reconciliation in this case. Brad Paisley stated, "This song was meant to generate discussion among people who listen to my album."[6]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramirezgalilea (talk • contribs) 02:24, 26 March 2019 (UTC)