CMT aired the video for a few days before removing it last Monday, sparking backlash over censorship.

Critics of the video also pointed to the fact that part of Aldean's video was shot outside a courthouse where a black teenager was allegedly lynched around 100 years ago.

"In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests. These references are not only meritless, but dangerous," said Aldean in a Twitter post.

Aldean says the lyrics also refer to his childhood, when "we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief," because "they were our neighbors, and that was above any differences."

"My political views have never been something I've hidden from, and I know that a lot of us in this country don't agree on how we get back to a sense of normalcy where we go at least a day without a headline that keeps us up at night. But the desire for it to—that's what this song is about," the statement continues.