They weren ' t from Alabama but they were from the South . But it was Alabama , the governor , and the National guard who did all they could do to stand up to the feds that were held up as an example of meanspirited southern bigotry to America . Being White southerners the members of Lynrd Skynrd were also expected to have guilty consciences that bothered them . This song is about saying they don ' t feel a shred of guilt , only love for their kind and for the governor . Btw , the confederate battle flag appears very prominently on their album covers . <| sep |> A mass effect to series or some series about the scp foundation . <| sep |> I don ' t remember him being in that movie . <| sep |> It sound like BLT , but yeah , it is not BLT