Not mincing his words.
Over the weekend, Morgan Wallen headlined Neyland Stadium, home of his Volunteers, where he brought out several guests over the course of the two nights of record-breaking concerts, including Eric Church, Darius Rucker and Miranda Lambert, with Morgan’s close friends Ernest and HARDY opening both shows.
And as is pretty typical with his introduction to “God’s Country,” the #1 hit written by Hardy along with Devin Dawson and Jordan Schmidt, HARDY spoke before the song about how much he loves being an American, and paid tribute to all the men and women who protect our country every day so we can enjoy things like going to concerts safely.
But this intro was especially passionate, as HARDY noted how much the divide and rhetoric in the United States has been heightened with the election coming up and all of the “crazy sh*t,” to sum it up simply the way he did, that’s gone on this year.
He was clearly frustrated with the way many have been talking about hating America and not wanting to live here or be proud of our country, which always seems to be more heavily discussed during an election year, to which he had a simple solution, using plenty of expletives to say:
“If you don’t like living here, go f***ing live somewhere else motherf****r.”
Clearly very passionate about it, his frustration is palpable even in the video, and all of the fans in Neyland Stadium seemed to agree as they cheered him on throughout the speech.
It’s kind of hard to hear certain parts of what he said, but I think it’s especially important to focus on what Hardy mentions about the servicemen and women who work day in and day out to keep us safe so all of us Americans can feel safe going to concerts, like the one Hardy opened in Knoxville this weekend, which seems to be his ultimate point:
“Especially this year with all the crazy sh*t going on, I see a lot of people posting and talking sh*t about living in the United States of America and being a United States citizen. And to that I say, f*ck you.
If you don’t like living here, go f***ing live somewhere else motherf****r. The United States is the greatest country on this planet, period… I’m damn proud to live in this country, I’m damn proud of it.
We’ve got people that work their f***in’ a** off every day of their life, put their life on the f***ing line so we can go to concerts in Neyland Stadium… and that’s a country I like to call ‘God’s Country.'”
Honestly, it’s a lot more effective if you watch the clip here:
@alexa.becker♬ original sound – alexa
I guess we better cue this one up now…
“God’s Country”
