Blake Sheldon responded to criticism of his new song "Minimum Wage."

Blake Shelton broke the silence after being complained about in his new song "Minimum Wage" and called on critics to "stir up trouble."

The song was officially released on Friday and made headlines after the country singer sang the song on NBC's New Year's Eve special.

Lyrics for the song include things like "You can practice six abs on the carpet /Taste like a million dollars/ You can make a one-bedroom apartment feel like the house is on the hill and the girl looks at you and looks at me like this / Can make a guy feel like he has money at the minimum wage." ”

The country singer responded to the criticism by saying, "If this is an offense to you, then we can only seek common ground while reserving differences."

The singer continued: "They just want to hear what they want, they want to provoke a war. Whatever your intentions are, whatever the truth is, they want it to upset them so they can go on social media and try to catch the headlines. ”

"I just feel like these days, some people don't want to know the truth," he added.

Blake Shelton initially sidestepped those criticisms, but in an interview with CMT on Thursday, he opened up about his new single and said anyone with objections to the song had apparently not heard the song or read the lyrics.