北京时间2007年2月12日，在美国洛杉矶斯台普斯中心举行的第49届格莱美颁奖典礼上，这首歌曲及所属专辑一举囊括年度最佳专辑，年度最佳唱片和年度最佳单曲。Dixie Chicks因带有强烈的反战情绪并攻击了布什而遭到保守的纳什维尔乡村电台的抵制，甚至收到了一些强硬歌迷的死亡威胁。在这种情况下，她们带着新专辑《Taking The Long Way》重新出击，并参与了专辑中全部歌曲的创作作为回答。由于在乡村音乐范围内受到的冲击，这张新专辑更多地偏向流行摇滚曲风，尤其在这首《Not Ready to Make Nice》中非常明显。然而，Dixie Chicks带给我们的不仅仅是音乐风格的改变，更多的是她们顽强的精神，勇于发出自己的声音，并未因为受到了打击而一蹶不振。这首歌就是她们的宣言。

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could
They say time here is everything
But I'm still waiting
I'm through with doubt
There's nothing left for me to figure out
I've paid a price
And I'll keep paying
I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and
I don't have time to go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
'Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is you think I should
I know you said
Can't you just get over it
It turned
my whole world around
And I kind of like it
I made my bed and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets and I don't mind sayin'
It's a sad sad story when a mother will teach her
Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger
And how in the world can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Sayin' that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over
I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and
I don't have time to go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
'Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is you think I should
I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and
I don't have time to go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
'Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is you think I should
Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I'm still waiting