The man has pseudo-friends who constantly criticize his actions. They moralize him, "teach" him and advise him to make a significant change in his life, because the way he is and what he does is not what they say it should be. They may find his life lame or immoral. They hold themselves up as role models. The man replies that he will make his own choices and decisions and he does not agree to unconditionally make himself under the influence of questionable quality advice. He justifies this by saying that there is always someone for whom he will be important, no matter what he does and no matter what he is. Although it is not said directly, I read it as meaning that he will always be important to himself in every way and he will always have his own support.
"Everyone is different and maybe that's a good thing, but you exceeded that mark 1000 times" - I remember very well how sad the words I once heard (from my peers and it was in negative context) at school made me feel.
Well my friends feel it's their appointed duty
They keep trying to tell me
All you want to do is use me
Well my answer said all that use me stuff
Is I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
Oh you just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Uh huh, until you use me up
Well my brother, you know
He sit me right down and he talked to me
Well he told me, that
I ought not let you just walk on me
(Well, you too big for that boy)
Well I'm sure he meant well
You know but when our talk was through
I just said now brother if you only knew
You'd wish that you were in my shoes
Oh you just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Uh huh, until you use me up
Well sometimes, it's true you really do abuse me
Well you get me in a crowd of high class people
And then you act real rude to me
But oh baby, baby, baby, baby
When you love me I can't get enough
And I said I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
Oh you just keep on using me
(Come on now)
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
Talking 'bout you using me
Well it all depends on what you do
It ain't too bad the way you're using me
Cause I sure am using you
To do the things you do
Uh huh, until you use me up
Oh no, Oh no, until you use me up
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
Baby, just keep on using
Oh no, until you use me up
Until you use me up
Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Until you use me up
Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky
Until you use me up
They keep trying to tell me
All you want to do is use me
Well my answer said all that use me stuff
Is I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
Oh you just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Uh huh, until you use me up
Well my brother, you know
He sit me right down and he talked to me
Well he told me, that
I ought not let you just walk on me
(Well, you too big for that boy)
Well I'm sure he meant well
You know but when our talk was through
I just said now brother if you only knew
You'd wish that you were in my shoes
Oh you just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Uh huh, until you use me up
Well sometimes, it's true you really do abuse me
Well you get me in a crowd of high class people
And then you act real rude to me
But oh baby, baby, baby, baby
When you love me I can't get enough
And I said I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
Oh you just keep on using me
(Come on now)
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
Talking 'bout you using me
Well it all depends on what you do
It ain't too bad the way you're using me
Cause I sure am using you
To do the things you do
Uh huh, until you use me up
Oh no, Oh no, until you use me up
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
Baby, just keep on using
Oh no, until you use me up
Until you use me up
Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Until you use me up
Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky, Funky
Until you use me up
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