The song is about the effect that other rappers have on people. The example those rappers set makes people judge the other guys the same way... Mos talks about himself as a lyricist but he is let down by the way people bring that fake shit into rap, he lets you know that he is on top of the game. Slick Rick is telling a story bout him as a soldier in Iraq, his interactions with the locals has him on the recieving end of their lack of trust for soldiers(Americans) and they show it verbally. Its all because of the bad examples other people set for him... At the end he hits them with a classic song winning their hearts after all.
The song is about the effect that other rappers have on people. The example those rappers set makes people judge the other guys the same way... Mos talks about himself as a lyricist but he is let down by the way people bring that fake shit into rap, he lets you know that he is on top of the game. Slick Rick is telling a story bout him as a soldier in Iraq, his interactions with the locals has him on the recieving end of their lack of trust for soldiers(Americans) and they show it verbally. Its all because of the bad examples other people set for him... At the end he hits them with a classic song winning their hearts after all.