Lil Wayne: I'm not stepping on U.S. flag in video

Lil Wayne says he wasn't intentionally stepping on the American flag when shooting his latest video.

Video of the rapper from his music video shoot for the song "God Bless Amerika" hit the Web on Monday. In it, he appears to be stepping on top of the American flag. But he said in a Facebook post Tuesday the flag on the ground will not appear in the clip.

He wrote it was never his intention "to desecrate the flag of the United States of America."

He said the flag will reveal a group of people behind him in the video, explaining, "The clip that surfaced on the Internet was a camera trick clip that revealed that behind the American Flag was the Hoods of America. In the final edit of the video you will see the flag fall to reveal what is behind it but will never see it on the ground. In most people eyes including my own who were raised in that environment, the Hood is the only America they know and the only America I knew growing up."

The New Orleans-based rapper said in the statement his environment helped shape the way he views America and his song and video represent the people he grew up with, noting, "I was fortunate from my God giving talents to escape the Hood and see the other beautiful places this country has to offer but most people who are born in that environment don't get that chance. That's their view of their America. That was Dwayne M Carter from Hollygrove New Orleans view of America. That's who I'm speaking for in this song."

"God Bless Amerika" appears on Lil Wayne's new album, "I Am Not a Human Being II," released in March.

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