Ronnie Van Zant explained that the lyrics about the governor of Alabama had been misunderstood. The public failed to notice the “Boo! Boo! Boo!” immediately following that line, and the media picked up only the part about the people in Birmingham loving the governor. Van Zant put it bluntly: “We’re not into politics, we don’t have no education, and Wallace don’t know anything about rock and roll.”