Blake Shelton didn’t expect so much backlash when he released his new single ‘Minimum Wage’ to country fans around the globe. The controversy started when critics and fans alike heard Shelton introduce the song to Carson Daily on NBC’s New Years Eve – “I can’t speak for everybody else, but I had a great 2020,” he said. “Even though a lot of bad stuff happened, personally for me, I got engaged to Gwen Stefani, and I don’t care what else happened besides that. That made it a great year for me.”

Here’s a sample of the lyrics…

Chorus:
You can make a six pack on the carpet / Taste like a million dollar bill / You can make a one bed room apartment / Feel like a house up on the hill / You can make my truck out in the driveway / Roll like a cleaned up Cadillac / Girl, lookin’ at you lookin’ at me that way / Can make a man feel rich on minimum wage.

Girl, your love is money, your love is money / Yeah, your love can make a man feel rich on minimum wage / Girl, your love is money, your love is money / Yeah, your love can make a man feel rich on minimum wage.

You can give me a tab that’s always open / Give me a yacht parked out in the ocean / But all that keepin’ up with the Jones’ / It just ain’t my style / Just give me some lights strung out in the yard / Give me a lawn chair under the stars / The top of the world’s right where you are / ‘Cause every time you smile.

Watch the video below and you be the judge. Do you hear anything wrong with the song?

Don’t forget Blake Shelton rocks the Iowa State Fair Grandstand this summer. Tickets and information www.iowastatefair.org.