CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert may be joining Colin Kaepernick's protest of the mistreatment of blacks in America by taking a knee for the national anthem.

In a rap song Shumpert recorded and released on the entertainment blog karencivil.com titled "His Story" on Friday, he said "you best believe I'm going to take me a knee for the anthem."

Since the start of the NFL preseason in August, Kaepernick, a backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, hasn't stood for the Star Spangled Banner in protest of racial inequality toward African-Americans.

Shumpert's lyrics could be open to interpretation, but the words seem to spell it out. For the last two 49ers games, Kaepernick his knelt during the anthem. Several Cavaliers, including LeBron James, have been outspoken against police violence toward African-Americans.

Shumpert also appeared to use the song to address his arrest near Atlanta last month for driving while intoxicated (on marijuana) and for possession of weed.

He said: "came in the league and my image was so clean cut. Then I messed up and got locked up and this (expletive) sucks."

Shumpert also said: "They're trying to hold my head under the water I get it," and, (expletive) the high road I'm playing chicken and hoping they listen."

In the blog post introducing Shumpert's song, the author wrote: "Iman's found himself in some messy headlines lately and he wanted to address things properly."

Shumpert, 26, who is entering the second year of a four-year, $40 million contract with the Cavs, was arrested near midnight on Aug. 10 outside Atlanta when a sheriff's deputy witnessed him commit multiple lane violations while driving.

Shumpert admitted to smoking marijuana before getting in the car, and a deputy found a small amount of it in the trunk.

If Shumpert does indeed go through with his protest -- he likely would not be the only NBA player to do so -- his first opportunity would be the Cavs' preseason opener Oct. 5 at home against Orlando.