The story behind the music video is even better.

“This video is shot in my home town of Athens, Alabama. The actors are my family and friends,” Howard writes in a press release. “Terry Crews plays a man who isn’t out to change the world, he plays a man who just wants to come home to those who understand and love him best. We see his inner beauty, grace and humanity in a place that is so often misunderstood.”

I love that this was done by someone from Alabama who loves Alabama, and doesn’t take The Daily Show or The New York Times view of Alabama, which is a place of unrelenting racism and ubiquitous grinding poverty.

Also, Terry Crews seems like a really nice guy.

How did Terry Crews come to appear in the video? Simple. Brittany Howard asked (she also makes a cameo).

“I got an email from the Brittany Howard, asking me to be a part of a song she wrote that was all about her dad and how special he was to the family. And she poured her heart out in this letter. I couldn’t believe it,” Terry Crews recalls. “Brittany was like, ‘We can shoot it in L.A.,’ and I said, ‘No, I’m coming to you, we’re going to Alabama. We’re going to where you grew up, to where your family is.”

That’s just beautiful.