In my opinion this song is not about Slash at all. This song is a meta-song about the creation of Chinese Democracy. The 'you' is Todd Sullivan and/or some other studio executive(s) at Geffen who kept hounding Axl for years about the unfinished CD album.
Literally almost every line in the song makes perfect sense when interpreted this way, whereas trying to see it as a Slash song gives more questions than answers.
Nobody owes you
Not one god damn thing
You know where to put your
"Just shut up and sing"
In my opinion this song is not about Slash at all. This song is a meta-song about the creation of Chinese Democracy. The 'you' is Todd Sullivan and/or some other studio executive(s) at Geffen who kept hounding Axl for years about the unfinished CD album.
Literally almost every line in the song makes perfect sense when interpreted this way, whereas trying to see it as a Slash song gives more questions than answers.
Nobody owes you Not one god damn thing You know where to put your "Just shut up and sing"
[Edit: misspelling]