Sunshine State

[Pollerprofi]

Great, I love your song, the best greetings from Germany

[harrisandrew19]

Zito and Garrett brought me hither

[SteveArvey]

Grant!! You are the Best!!

[Stockwrock]

i enjoyed this video and song very much. very good job of editing in images that relate to the song's lyrics.

[Lexington219]

I wish all of those damn people from the North would just go home and stay there. Just because you overbuilt your states doesnt mean you need to move down south or out west and do it there.

[davethegeek2]

@Lexington219 Yeah, all you yankees need to come get your parents and take them home!

[dingdongditch1000]

FLORIDA SUCKS!!!

[egortheundead]

.....I can't decide whether to laugh or cry. Oh Florida...

[SuperDrummerboy10]

Florida is the best state ever! If you stay out of the tourist spots you're in the deepest, most redneck state in south. I've been born and still being raised in central florida and can't imagine living anywhere else.

[496gonfishin]

@SuperDrummerboy10 I'm born and raised in palm beach county and he's right the over development sucks but i still love Florida

[davethegeek2]

@KWalsh554 Hey, we can't help it is all those retired yankee democrats keep moving down here. we are burying them almost as fast as they arrive...lol

[davethegeek2]

@SuperDrummerboy10 lol, you think central florida is redneck??? You need to visit Grant's neighborhood in the forgotten coast area. central florida is about is southerns as nashville...lol

[Tamcon05]

Great song!

[billsoflo]

Thanks Grant!I love your spin! Now, excuse me, I gotta go vote for this dumbas song!

[phreeesubz]

hell fucking yeah!!!!! florida's my state!!!!

[rtisi]

excellent!!! Guys like Grant need exposure and having a cool video is a start. Good for you Brother!

[sunshinelily10]

haha i dont know what generation i am..or if im in a generation.. haha but i live in florida too!! go florida!!

[serenolefire]

I saw Grant (again) last night as he opened for Robert Earl Keen at The Moon in Tallahassee. He opened his set with this song... he got more "claps" and yells than Robert Earl did for any of his stuff. Grant is an awesome talent and just a great guy all around.

[widespreadhope]

it's just his way of being funny - grant's gotta very unique sense of humor, he loves florida - man peeps, lighten up! Everybody else...does ;)

xox

[rtextreme]

lol.

99X plays this song every morning when they do there crazy ass new portion of the Zeto and Garret show.

i fuckin love this song!

[ADHDtrooper]

@rtextreme I LOVE that show...and Stan and Haney in the afternoon

[jmh11962]

the guy was born and raised here! he's running down the way that this sorry excuse for a government that exists in this state allows population over growth! do you think overcrowding is the way to live??? neither do i ! i was born here too!(sixth generation!!!) 48 too many years ago "in the 305"(how lame is that, miami's a shithole on a good day!) and have watched this place turn into a septic tank ever since disney came to this state!!!!!

[IMFLORIDA305]

ima say it 1 more time fuck yankees ima proud black southerner who happens to love everythang about my homestate of florida no matta how many transplants come down here i will neva move i was born here ima die here i heard tampa has the biggest confederate flag in the nation i would love to see it because it reminds people that aint from here that there still in the south and southerners aint goin no where so get used to it all my florida natives i love ya

[SkinnyFLA]

Aye bruh thats some real shit. I got the state tatted on my right arm Ima love the state of Florida til Im in the dirt. All you mothafuckin yankees wanna abandon your hometown and try to move down here then got the nerve to tell us we aint the real South, but fuck that. Im a be Floridian/Southern forever even if Im the last real Florida native left. I love Confederate flags as long as they're used to show Southern heritage and not racism. FLA all day!!!! and fuck you transplants

[SkinnyFLA]

Oh and yeah I was in Tampa last month and its the biggest Confederate flag in the world I think. Its funny how these fuck ass transplants complain bout it, but nobody told them to bring they ass down here. They wanted to pull it down during Super Bowl weekend so it wouldn't scare the outta towners but I commend the people who stood up and let that bitch fly to let these folks know we just the deepest part of the dirty south

[Insanityisthefuture]

He actually did win, btw.

I saw him in person, he has to go to like 67 countys... and sing it... It's soooo good! HE ROCKS!

I also like his song, Jesus's Watchdog... LOL SOOOOO FUNNY!

[jmh11962]

Guys got it pegged! I'm fifth gen Floridian and been watchin' it go to hell for YEARS!!!

i wouldn't recommend living here to my worst

enemy!!!!!

[cooliodude565]

this isnt fair to the people who still live here!!! i personaly love it here. you have it all wrong!! although, most of the things are true, dont make it so negitive!!!!

[ellenmargo]

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!! A songwriter after my own heart!!

-e.bukstel

[ZelyoniyRanger]

LOL! I love this song. True Florida Cracker. Hope this hits home and scares at least a few retirees away. :)

[sparkywundermutt1]

Haha, yes sir.

[sanjigirl]

Oh gosh... XDDD

[mardijohns]

Well said, Grant! I was born in Orlando but escaped in 1971 (the year Walt Dismal World opened) to the mountains of North Carolina...with hoards of Floridiots hot on my heels. You will have to write a song about THAT, Grant!

Will see you tomorrow night at Woodlands in Blowing Rock with bunches of your old Carolina friends!

Mardi

[flyinghyy]

lucky cat at 1:15 () :

[rj72786]

I agree with you and I am also part of the 10% of natives

[Clemburke1111]

Did you write this? It should be considered for the new state song.

[test1905]

It's an original song by grant peeples. It certainly has more style than the "sawgrass" song, don't you think?

[Clemburke1111]

test, I have lived away from my Home state for a while and had no idea the state song had changed until today, and the "sawgrass song" is terrible, the one you sang is MUCH better. I moved away in 2001, and all my life I wanted to get out of Florida ,,now I miss it ,,,go figure, lol

[chr8st8n3]

hah.. i love this song.. i heard it once when me and my family were eating dinner. good times :) lol

[TheChode]

Grant I just want you to know that I loved your show at the Legion Hall :) Twas a good first date. Hope all is well, Cody

[moatboat]

Hey bzzcat, Did you know over 90% of "floridians" aren't from Florida? They're Dum-ass Yankee- transplants come down here tryin' to tell us natives what to do. Well, talk your trash but remember... they can't extract DNA from gator turds.

Come on down, I'll teach ya' how to water-ski behind a row boat, feed ya some great tasting manchineel fruit, teach ya' the difference a mud snake and water moccosin. Then teach you all about "Tar n Feathers", send ya' back home via the closest railway.

[bzzcat]

DNA from gator turds? ha!... good one! Thanks for the offer Moatboat, but I already know all about Florida...have lived here for 35 years and got a close up look at the lifestyles of the natives. So go ahead and climb back into your pickup, pop the top on another bud, and make a run to the circle K for some more smokes! ....BTW...I enjoyed the song.

[macktyner]

love it grant!!!! paula may

[bzzcat]

This dude looks like he stinks of Marlboro and beer...just like the rest of the FLA rednecks!... YeeeeHAaaW! Come on down!

[IMFLORIDA305]

florida i love my home i dont care if im rude or not up north people go back up north please

[rj72786]

same here, go home you Yankees, dont mess up our state, like you do up north

[cerullo5]

i agree 100%. i just moved back to PA. I hate it. i lived in Clearwater for 13 years. and what about those "Snow Birds"??? lol

[Paxtonrob]

Hey Grant... it's in my favorites! You should put your van in a video. Love to see that! BTW, check out Chuck Cannon's video "Strange" when you have time.

[alligatorob]

Great video, I can't believe it was passed over to replace Old Folks at Home.

[CMA1170]

First learned of you here, but checked out your website and saw you'll be playing at the GambleFest in May - I'm from Wakulla (coolest place on earth) but live in St. Augustine now and looking forward to seeing you at the festival. I especially loved the "Down Here in the County," in my mind no doubt its good ol Wilkillya County - I can picture it all now. Great music, great sound - much success!

[friedum1]

Great Song, from one cracker to another!

[lisasbartndrs]

GRANT!!! THIS IS TOTALLY FANTASTIC! I am certain that it must have gotten lost in the mail, on it's way to the Florida Song judges!!! Luv ya my pal, LisaD

[thewhaleys42]

This has to be the funniest, most accurate rendition of Florida. I love that it came out of the ville! Way to go!

[cdatally]

HAHA, very awesome

[taylortotmom]

Grant, I've been singing this since I saw you at the JPF showcase in June. It's a hoot!

[taylortotmom]

Well, since I double posted, let me give you a thumbs up :)

[lgpeeps]

I remember that nite!!!!!!!!!!!

The song was still on the back of a shopping bag.

Thanks so much for writing.

g

[taylortotmom]

Grant, I've been singing this since I saw you at the JPF showcase in June. It's a hoot!

[buddmar]

Wonderful! Good job! I loved it!!!

[HurricaneTeen]

This is hilarious! Sad but also kind of funny...like those crappy sappy songs nominated for our new state song.

And I just drove some yankees out of Florida at the Battle of Olustee reenactment this weekend :-D

[denouemen]

great job grant--i've sent this link around the country--you're famous in oregon, california, illinois, ohio, and new york--see you in march at the invitational! --dean

[dfusselman]

thanks, guy. it's gonna big a goodun

[IdigFlorida]

you make em laugh, I'll make em cry, great work lmao..........

It really is the last florida waltz.

Peace

idigflorida

[Razbaboo]

Did they really choose that song " Florida my home sweet home were the pine trees grow" as one of finalist. HA HA see the problem. Thanks Grant you are so cool ice cubes won't melt on your ass. I am still toe tapping, humming the tune and laughing.

[june201955]

It's a nice place to visit. But, I lived there once for 3 years. Couldn't wait to move back up north. There are too many reasons to mention why.

[fifiridgeway]

Duh-- june201955--I think that was the point of Grant's video--that Florida is being ruined and ain't really so great these days.

[PegLeggedMan]

"The Sunshine State ... can wreck your day!"

[djwhite077]

Not to be mean or unkind, but we native Floridians are glad you moved back up north and wish some more of you would, since it is truly the outsiders who have raped and ruined our state-mostly driven by greed-and who continue to do so at every opportunity.

[PegLeggedMan]

(Continued from previous comment) "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" will lie dead in the dust! PBS'll do an all-song three-hour special, everybody in the country will move to Florida and you'll be inducted into the State Hall of Fame! Grant for Governor!

[PegLeggedMan]

What about the hurricanes, Grant? Do you think maybe you lost points with the judges by not including Opal and Dennis and Wilma and Andrew, et al? Maybe this song is still a work in progress? I know! The judges were as disappointed as I was when it came to an end! You just need to keep adding on to it! Dude! It'll just keep gettin' better 'n' better! Give us the longest state song in the nation! (To be continued)

[Anniex111]

Great video! Being a Floridian I'm sure there was just a mix up in the counting of votes. Demand a recount, LOL. Yu got my vote!

[wethomas]

Can't we just buy the votes to make this the State song?

[lgpeeps]

I can't believe I didn't think of THAT

[fusselman]

That was excellent! Except I didn't hear anything about boiled peanuts...

[finnydippin]

mmmm...boiled peanuts. Now I have the craving...off to the local market with the good ones ;)

[Megsii]

you're funny, cuz

[lizzymiller]

If they make the Carl Hiaasen book, Tourist Season, a movie, they must use this song. You are a brave advocate. Keep fighting the good fight!

[lgpeeps]

thanks, girl.  1-800 Love back to ya

[Madbeachbum]

Great song and a great job compiling and editing the video (5 stars)

[lgpeeps]

David Fusselman rocks

[jasparhen]

i hope you film your next video at the phone booth in Carabelle that's the worlds smallest police station. and if we had to have a new state song, i wish it had been yours!

[lgpeeps]

that is a GREAT idea.

[newjuvenation]

My song didn't win either Grant, but you may be famous on YouTube.  This is great!

[PegLeggedMan]

Forget the state song contest. Grant a Grammy to Grant! Hell, everybody else does!

[AstaraSummers]

that is funny~ i agree with you, they must have lost your entry in the mail LOL!

[LiviWest]

Very funny, Grant! I really enjoyed it! I'm sure it'll drive the tourism up, not that FL needs it, though. I hear everybody stays, so you might start having population control issues...

[SeidlerProductions]

Please send this link to all the Chambers of Commerce and Tourist Development Councils, it shows we DO stand for something consistantly. Thanks for providing the cheerie start for my day. SopRob

[bluejeancountryqueen]

I can't wait for the next video.!! You know what it should be, don't cha?

[lgpeeps]

Well...not really. Gimme some hep.

[PadddyWak]

who else could rhyme "alabam(er)" and "slamm(er)"? grant, you oughtta run fer state court jester. this really is florida's state song -- just not the official one. keep on singin!

[lgpeeps]

Thanks so much. Rhyme might be a stretch

[hutchtom2]

Hell, everybody else does!