This song seems to be about how his former "Queen", Cleopatra, has been ruined. She was his idol, but then he found her "laying down with Sampson." He says "The jewel of Africa
What good is a jewel that ain't still precious?" And then his view of women has changed forever. Until now, his Cleopatra works at a strip club, he pimps her for money. He is unemployed and she pays his bills. She has sex with him, but she doesn't love him anymore, because he doesn't pay her. What a conundrum...
This song seems to be about how his former "Queen", Cleopatra, has been ruined. She was his idol, but then he found her "laying down with Sampson." He says "The jewel of Africa What good is a jewel that ain't still precious?" And then his view of women has changed forever. Until now, his Cleopatra works at a strip club, he pimps her for money. He is unemployed and she pays his bills. She has sex with him, but she doesn't love him anymore, because he doesn't pay her. What a conundrum...